Viscount

C27784
concept

A Viscount is a noble title ranking below an earl and above a baron, historically granted by a monarch to signify intermediate aristocratic status and associated land or responsibilities.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Viscount canonical 7
Viscount Cobham 1
viscount in the Peerage of Great Britain 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Viscount
Generated description
A Viscount is a noble title ranking below an earl and above a baron, historically granted by a monarch to signify intermediate aristocratic status and associated land or responsibilities.

Instances (10)

Instance Via concept surface
Richard FitzWilliam, 6th Viscount FitzWilliam
William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure
Gerald Balfour
John Graham of Claverhouse
John Vereker, Baron Gort
surface form: John Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort
viscount in the Peerage of Ireland
5th Viscount Howe
surface form: William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe
viscount in the Peerage of Great Britain
Gaston IV of Foix
John Gordon, 1st Viscount of Kenmure
John Denton Pinkstone French
John Lyttelton, 9th Viscount Cobham Viscount Cobham