Viscount of Irvine was a title in the

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.H.W. Forsyth Harwood, 'Ingram, Viscount Irvine', in J. Balfour Paul, ''The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland'' (David Douglas, Edinburgh 1908), V (1908)
pp. 9-20
It was created on 23 May 1661 for Henry Ingram, of

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, and Hoar Cross Hall,

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. He was made Lord Ingram at the same time, also in the Peerage of Scotland. Henry was the grandson of

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(c. 1565–1642), and on 7 June 1661 he married Essex, daughter of Edward (Montagu), 2nd Earl of Manchester by his third wife, Essex Cheke. Both of their sons succeeded to the Viscountcy, though the elder died in childhood. Lord Ingram's second son, the 3rd Viscount, was Member of Parliament for

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and

and served as

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. He married Isabella, daughter of John Machell (MP for Horsham). Five of their sons, the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Viscounts, all succeeded in the titles. The 5th Viscount was also Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire. The 6th and 7th Viscounts were both Members of Parliament for

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and Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire. The Dowager Isabella Ingram outlived all her sons and died in 1764 aged 94. The 8th Viscount was succeeded by his nephew, Charles, the 9th Viscount, the only son of Colonel the Honourable

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, seventh son of the 3rd Viscount. The 9th Viscount also represented Horsham in Parliament, as did his father. The titles became extinct on his death in 1778. The Honourable Isabella Ingram, eldest daughter of the 9th Viscount, was a mistress of

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Viscounts of Irvine (1661)

Temple Newsam House - Front view - geograph

* Henry Ingram, 1st Viscount of Irvine (1620–1666) * Edward Ingram, 2nd Viscount of Irvine (1663–1668) * Arthur Ingram, 3rd Viscount of Irvine (1666–1702) * Edward Ingram, 4th Viscount of Irvine (1686–1714) *

Rich Ingram, 5th Viscount of Irvine Colonel (United Kingdom), Colonel Rich Ingram, 5th Viscount of Irvine (6 January 1688 – 10 April 1721), was an English peer and politician. Early life Ingram was born on 6 January 1688. He was the second of nine sons born to Isabella Machell ...

(1688–1721) *

Arthur Ingram, 6th Viscount of Irvine Arthur Ingram, 6th Viscount of Irvine (21 December 1689 – 30 May 1736), styled the Honourable Arthur Ingram until 1721, was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 until 1721 when he succeeded to the peerage ...

(1689–1736) * Henry Ingram, 7th Viscount of Irvine (1691–1761) *

George Ingram, 8th Viscount of Irvine George Ingram, 8th Viscount Irvine (or Irwin) (16941763) was an English clergyman and peer in the Peerage of Scotland. His occupation of the Viscountcy was brief, from 1761 to 1763. He was Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons. Origin ...

(1694–1763) *

Charles Ingram, 9th Viscount of Irvine Charles Ingram, 9th Viscount of Irvine (19 March 1727 – 27 June 1778), known as Charles Ingram until 1763, was a British landowner, politician and courtier. He succeeded his uncle to the Viscountcy and the Temple Newsam estate in Leeds in 1763 ...

(1727–1778)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Irvine Extinct viscountcies in the Peerage of Scotland 1661 establishments in Scotland 1778 disestablishments in Scotland Noble titles created in 1661