| This is the writ of summons calling him to the Lords as viscount Lackington. |
| William Whitelaw was created a hereditary viscount on the recommendation of Margaret Thatcher. |
| He is a viscount, and descended from one of the noblest families in Auvergne. |
| But from 1385, the establishment of superior titles of duke, marquis, and viscount pushed barons into the lowest rank of the nobility. |
| In modern Britain, an earl is a member of the peerage, ranking below a marquess and above a viscount. |
| Attendants of an earl, viscount or baron wore six rows of curls on state wigs and five on house wigs. |
