Viscount Fairfax of Emley, in the County of Tipperary, was a title in the

Peerage of Ireland The Peerage of Ireland consists of those titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It is one of the five divisi ...

. It was created on 10 February 1629 for

Sir Thomas Fairfax Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (17 January 161212 November 1671), also known as Sir Thomas Fairfax, was an English politician, general and Parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English Civil War. An adept and talented command ...

, previously

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for

Hedon Hedon is a town and civil parish in Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately east of Hull city centre. It lies to the north of the A1033 road at the crossroads of the B1240 and B1362 roads. It is ...

. The fifth Viscount was

Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire The post of Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire was created in 1660, at the Restoration, and was abolished on 31 March 1974. From 1782 until 1974, all Lords Lieutenant were also Custos Rotulorum of the North Riding of Yorkshire. Lo ...

. The title became extinct upon the death of the ninth Viscount in 1772, all of whose children, apart from his daughter Anne, died in infancy.

Viscounts Fairfax of Emley (1629)

* Thomas Fairfax, 1st Viscount Fairfax of Emley (1574–1636) *Thomas Fairfax, 2nd Viscount Fairfax of Emley (–1641) *William Fairfax, 3rd Viscount Fairfax of Emley (1620–1648) *Thomas Fairfax, 4th Viscount Fairfax of Emley (died 1651) *

Charles Fairfax, 5th Viscount Fairfax of Emley Charles Fairfax, 5th Viscount Fairfax of Emley (died 6 July 1711), was an English peer. Fairfax was the son of Thomas Fairfax, 2nd Viscount Fairfax of Emley, by Alathea Howard, daughter of Sir Philip Howard, son of Lord William Howard. He succeed ...

(died 1711) *Charles Fairfax, 6th Viscount Fairfax of Emley (died 1715) *Charles Fairfax, 7th Viscount Fairfax of Emley (died 1719) *William Fairfax, 8th Viscount Fairfax of Emley (died 1738) *Charles Gregory Fairfax, 9th Viscount Fairfax of Emley (died 1772)

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fairfax of Emley Extinct viscountcies in the Peerage of Ireland Noble titles created in 1629