The peerage title Viscount Strangford was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1628 for Sir Thomas Smythe. In 1825 the sixth viscount was created Baron Penshurst in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, enabling him to sit in the House of Lords. These titles became extinct in 1869 with the death of the eighth viscount. The Peerage is a system of titles of nobility which exists in the United Kingdom and is one part of the British honours system. ... The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those peers created by British monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. ... Events March 1 - writs were issued in February 1628 by Charles I of England that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date. ... 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Viscounts Strangford (1628)

• Thomas Smythe, 1st Viscount Strangford (1599–1635)
• Philip Smythe, 2nd Viscount Strangford (1634–1708)
• Endymion Smythe, 3rd Viscount Strangford (d. 1724)
• Philip Smythe, 4th Viscount Strangford (1715–1787)
• Lionel Smythe, 5th Viscount Strangford (1753–1801)
• Percy Clinton Sydney Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford (1780–1855)
• George Augustus Frederick Percy Sydney Smythe, 7th Viscount Strangford (1818–1857)
• Percy Ellen Algernon Frederick William Sydney Smythe, 8th Viscount Strangford (1825–1869) (titles extinct)

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