Viscount Wallingford

Viscount Wallingford is in Viscountcies of England Alphabetically.

In 1616 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury [aged 72] was created 1st Viscount Wallingford. Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury [aged 33] by marriage Viscountess Wallingford.

On 25th May 1632 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury [aged 88] died. His son Edward [aged 5] de jure 2nd Earl Banbury, 2nd Viscount Wallingford, 2nd Baron Knollys. Parliament disallowed the succession on the basis that Edward had been born when William was some eighty-two years old and Edward was, in fact, the son of Edward Vaux 4th Baron Vaux Harrowden [aged 43] whom Edward's mother [aged 49] subsequently married around a month after William's death.

Before June 1645 Edward Knollys 2nd Earl Banbury [aged 18] was killed in a duel. His brother Nicholas [aged 14] succeeded 3rd Earl Banbury, 3rd Viscount Wallingford, 3rd Baron Knollys although was never summoned to Parliament as a consequence of questions over his father's paternity.

In 1674 Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury [aged 43] died. His son Charles [aged 11] de jure 4th Earl Banbury, 4th Viscount Wallingford, 4th Baron Knollys.

On 26th August 1740 Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury [aged 78] died at Dunkirk. His son Charles [aged 37] de jure 5th Earl Banbury, 5th Viscount Wallingford, 5th Baron Knollys.

On 13th March 1771 Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury [aged 67] died. He was buried on 19th March 1771 at St John the Baptist Church, Burford. His son William [aged 44] de jure 6th Earl Banbury, 6th Viscount Wallingford, 6th Baron Knollys.

On 18th March 1793 Thomas Woods Knollys 7th Earl Banbury [aged 65] died. He was buried at Winchester Cathedral [Map]. His son William [aged 30] de jure 8th Earl Banbury, 7th Viscount Wallingford, 7th Baron Knollys.

On 20th March 1834 William Knollys 8th Earl Banbury [aged 71] died. The House of Lords passed a resolution rejecting his claim to the Earldom and as a consequence Earl Banbury, Viscount Wallingford and Baron Knollys extinct.