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viscount

In the UK peerage, the fourth degree of nobility, between earl and baron.

The title was first granted in England in 1440 to John, Lord Beaumont. Originally the title was given to the deputy sheriff, who acted on behalf of an earl within his estate.



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The viscount complimented Mademoiselle Cormon on the excellence of her service and the admirable arrangements of the house, remarking that he had supposed the provinces behind the age in that respect; but, on the contrary, he found them, as the English say, "very comfortable.
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VISCOUNT GORING, his Son SIR ROBERT CHILTERN, Bart.
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"I am the Viscount de Bragelonne," answered Raoul, blushing at being unable to name his father, as the Count de Guiche had done.
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