Viscount Fitzhardinge
{{Short description|Extinct title in the Peerage of Ireland}}
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{{Infobox nobility title
| name = Viscount FitzHardinge
| image = File:Coronet of a British Viscount.svgFile:Berkeley arms.svg
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| caption = Arms: Gules, a Chevron between ten Crosses-Pattée, six in chief and four in base, Argent. Crest: A Unicorn passant Gules.
| creation_date = 14 July 1663
| creation =
| monarch = Charles II
| peerage = Peerage of Ireland
| baronetage =
| first_holder = Charles Berkeley, 1st Earl of Falmouth
| last_holder = John Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge
| present_holder =
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| remainder_to =
| subsidiary_titles = Baron Berkeley, of Rathdowne
| status = Extinct
| extinction_date = 19 December 1712
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| motto = PAUCA SUSPEXI PAUCIORA DEXPEXI
(Few suspected, fewer bargained)
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Viscount Fitzhardinge is an extinct title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 14 July 1663 for Charles Berkeley, later Earl of Falmouth, of the Bruton branch of the Berkeley family, with the subsidiary title of Baron Berkeley of Rathdowne, also in the Peerage of Ireland. It passed by special remainder to Charles' father, Charles, then to Maurice, elder brother of the first viscount, and then to their younger brother, John. The title became extinct on John's death in 1712.
Viscounts Fitzhardinge (1663)
- Charles Berkeley, 1st Viscount Fitzhardinge (bef. 1636–1665) (created Earl of Falmouth 1664)
- Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge (1600–1668)
- Maurice Berkeley, 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge (1628–1690)
- John Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge (1650–1712)
Family tree
{{Berkeley family tree}}
See also
References
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Category:Extinct viscountcies in the Peerage of Ireland
Category:1663 establishments in the British Empire