200px, Henry Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton. Viscount Wolverhampton, of

Wolverhampton Wolverhampton () is a city, metropolitan borough and administrative centre in the West Midlands, England. The population size has increased by 5.7%, from around 249,500 in 2011 to 263,700 in 2021. People from the city are called "Wulfrunian ...

in the

County of Stafford Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...

, was a title in the

Peerage of the United Kingdom The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union 1800, Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the ...

. It was created on 4 May 1908 for the

Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ...

politician Henry Fowler. The title became extinct on the death of his son, the second Viscount, on 9 March 1943.

Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler (9 April 1860 – 22 June 1929) was an English author of popular romances, and a poet and children's writer. She was a keen Methodism, Methodist. Family and status The elder daughter of Henry Hartley Fowler, 1st Viscoun ...

and Edith Henrietta Fowler, daughters of the first Viscount, were both authors.

Viscounts Wolverhampton (1908)

Henry Hartley Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton Henry Hartley Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton, (16 May 183025 February 1911) was a British solicitor and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons from 1880 until 1908 whe ...

(1830–1911) * Henry Ernest Fowler, 2nd Viscount Wolverhampton (1870–1943)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wolverhampton Extinct viscountcies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1908 Noble titles created for UK MPs