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{{short description|Viscountcy in the Peerage of Great Britain}}

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The title of '''Viscount Mountjoy''' has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of Ireland and once in the Peerage of Great Britain. The creations in the Peerage of Ireland were made in 1683 and 1795, and became extinct in 1769 and 1829, respectively. The creation in the Peerage of Great Britain occurred in 1796, as a subsidiary title for the [[Marquess of Bute]], to which title it is still attached.

The titles of '''Viscount Mountjoy''' and '''Baron Stewart of Ramelton''' in the Peerage of Ireland were conferred upon Sir William Stewart, 3rd Baronet, of Ramelton, in 1683. His grandson the 3rd Viscount Mountjoy was created [[Earl of Blessington]] in 1745 and died in 1769, when all his peerage titles became extinct (though the [[Stewart baronets|baronetcy]] remains extant). His cousin Anne, daughter of the Hon. Alexander Stewart and granddaughter of the 1st Viscount Mountjoy, married in 1711 Luke Gardiner, who served as [[Vice-Treasurer of Ireland]]. Their grandson Luke was created '''[[Baron Mountjoy]]''', of Mountjoy in the County of Tyrone, in 1789 and '''Viscount Mountjoy''' in 1795, both in the Peerage of Ireland. His son [[Charles John Gardiner, 1st Earl of Blessington|Charles John Gardiner]], 2nd Viscount Mountjoy, was created [[Earl of Blessington]], again in the Peerage of Ireland, in 1816. His second wife was the famous [[Marguerite, Countess of Blessington]]. He died without male issue in 1829, when all his titles became extinct.<ref name="EB1911">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Mountjoy, Barons and Viscounts|volume=18|page=941}}</ref>

Charlotte Jane Windsor, daughter of the 2nd Viscount Windsor and 2nd Baron Mountjoy, married the 4th Earl of Bute, and that nobleman was created [[Marquess of Bute]], Earl of Windsor and '''Viscount Mountjoy''' in the Isle of Wight in 1796, in the Peerage of Great Britain.<ref name="EB1911"/> These titles remain extant.

==Viscounts Mountjoy (1683)==
*[[William Stewart, 1st Viscount Mountjoy]] (1653–1692)
*[[William Stewart, 2nd Viscount Mountjoy]] (1675–1728)
*[[William Stewart, 1st Earl of Blessington|William Stewart, 3rd Viscount Mountjoy]] (1709–1769), created Earl of Blessington in 1745

==Viscounts Mountjoy (1795)==
*[[Luke Gardiner, 1st Viscount Mountjoy]] (1745–1798)
*[[Charles John Gardiner, 1st Earl of Blessington|Charles John Gardiner, 2nd Viscount Mountjoy]] (1782–1829), elected an [[List of Irish representative peers|Irish representative peer]] in 1809, created Earl of Blessington in 1816

==Viscounts Mountjoy (1796)==
*see [[Marquess of Bute]]

== Family tree ==
{{Earls of Bute family tree}}

==See also==
*[[Baron Mountjoy]]
*[[Earl of Blessington]]
*[[Marquess of Bute]]

==References==
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