Viscount Gage, of Castle Island in the

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of the

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, is a title in the

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. It was created in 1720 for

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, along with the subsidiary title of Baron Gage, of

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in the County of Mayo, also in the Peerage of Ireland. In 1744 he also succeeded his cousin as eighth Baronet, of

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. The titles remain united. The Gage family descends from

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, who was created a baronet, of Firle Place in the County of Sussex, in the

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on 26 March 1622. George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage Volume 1'' 1900
/ref> His great-grandson, the seventh Baronet, represented Seaford in Parliament. He was succeeded by his first cousin,

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, the eighth Baronet. He sat as a Member of Parliament for

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and

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and also served as

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. In 1720, 24 years before succeeding in the baronetcy, he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Gage and Viscount Gage. His second son was the military commander the Hon.

. Lord Gage was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Viscount. He represented Seaford in the

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and served for many years as

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. In 1780 he was created Baron Gage, of Firle in the County of Sussex, in the

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, with remainder to heirs male, and in 1790 he was made Baron Gage, of High Meadow in the County of Gloucester, also in the Peerage of Great Britain, with remainder to his nephew and heir presumptive Henry, the eldest son of his younger brother, the aforementioned Sir Thomas Gage. On Lord Gage's death in 1791, the barony of 1780 became extinct while he was succeeded in the barony of 1790, the baronetcy and the Irish titles by his nephew Henry, the third Viscount. He was a Major-General in the Army. the titles are held by his great-great-great-grandson, the eighth Viscount, who succeeded his elder brother in 1993. The family seat is

, near

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Gage baronets, of Firle Place (1622)

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(died 1633) *

Sir Thomas Gage, 2nd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part o ...

(died 1654) *

Sir Thomas Gage, 3rd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part o ...

(died 1660) *

Sir John Gage, 4th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part o ...

(–1699) *

Sir John Gage, 5th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part o ...

(c. 1691–1700) *

Sir Thomas Gage, 6th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part o ...

(c. 1694–1713) *

Sir William Gage, 7th Baronet Sir William Gage (1695 – 23 April 1744) of Firle Place was a British landowner and politician who sat in the British House of Commons, House of Commons from 1722 to 1744. He was an early patron of cricket, in association with his friend Char ...

(1695–1744) * Sir Thomas Gage, 8th Baronet (died 1754) (had been created Viscount Gage in 1720)

Viscounts Gage (1720)

(died 1754) * William Hall Gage, 2nd Viscount Gage (1718–1791) *

Henry Gage, 3rd Viscount Gage Major-General Henry Gage, 3rd Viscount Gage (4 March 1761 – 29 January 1808) was a British Army officer, member of parliament and peer. Early life Henry Gage was born in Montreal, the eldest son of General Thomas Gage, military leader of B ...

(1761–1808) *Henry Hall Gage, 4th Viscount Gage (1791–1877) *Henry Charles Gage, 5th Viscount Gage (1854–1912) * Henry Rainald Gage, 6th Viscount Gage (1895–1982) *George John St Clere Gage, 7th Viscount Gage (1932–1993) * (Henry) Nicolas Gage, 8th Viscount Gage (born 1934) The

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is the present holder's son the Hon. Henry William Gage (born 1975).

Notes

References

* *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gage 1720 establishments in Ireland Viscountcies in the Peerage of Ireland Noble titles created in 1720