Editing Viscount Windsor (section)

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'''Viscount Windsor''' is a title that has been created twice.

The '''first creation''' came in the [[Peerage of Ireland]] in 1699 when [[the Honourable]] [[Thomas Windsor, 1st Viscount Windsor|Thomas Windsor]] was made ''[[Viscount]] Windsor, of Blackcastle''. He was the younger son of [[Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth]], and notably represented [[Droitwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Droitwich]], [[Bramber (UK Parliament constituency)|Bramber]] and [[Monmouthshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Monmouthshire]] in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. In 1712, he was created ''Baron Mountjoy'' in the [[Peerage of Great Britain]], giving him a seat in the [[House of Lords]] at [[Westminster]], one of [[Harley's Dozen]]. Windsor was a descendant of [[Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor]] and the Honourable Elizabeth Blount, sister of [[Edward Blount, 2nd Baron Mountjoy]], hence his choice of title (see also [[Baron Mountjoy]]). He was succeeded by his son, the second Viscount. He sat as [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Cardiff (UK Parliament constituency)|Cardiff]]. On his death in 1758, the titles became extinct. His daughter and heiress, the Honourable Charlotte Jane Windsor, married [[John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute|John Stuart, 4th Earl of Bute]]. In 1796, he was created Viscount Mountjoy, Earl of Windsor and [[Marquess of Bute]].<ref name="EB1911">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Mountjoy, Barons and Viscounts|volume=18|page=941}}</ref>

The '''second creation''' came in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]] in 1905 when [[Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth|Robert Windsor-Clive, 14th Baron Windsor]], was made ''Viscount Windsor, of St Fagans in the County of Glamorgan''. He was made [[Earl of Plymouth]] at the same time. For more information on this creation of the viscountcy, see the latter title.