Viscount Cobham

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The title Viscount Cobham was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1718 for Richard Temple, 1st Baron Cobham, who had been created Baron Cobham, of Cobham in the County of Kent, in 1714, along with a second Barony of Cobham with the same territorial designation as the earlier one. Lord Cobham died without male issue, and whilst the 1714 Barony became extinct the 1718 Viscountcy and Barony passed by special remainder to his sister, Hester Grenville, who in 1749 was created Countess Temple.

The Viscountcy of Cobham was held by the Earls Temple (later Marquesses of Buckingham and then Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos) until the death without heirs of Richard Temple...Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (who was also 6th Earl Temple and 7th Viscount Cobham) in 1889, when it passed to Charles Lyttelton, 5th Baron Lyttelton. The Viscountcy has remained in the Lyttelton family since then.

Other titles held with the Viscountcy are Baron Cobham, of Cobham in the County of Kent (created 1718), Baron Westcote, of Ballymore in the County of Longford (1776), and Baron Lyttelton, of Frankley in the County of Worcester (1794). All are in the Peerage of Great Britain except for the Barony of Westcote, which is in the Peerage of Ireland. Lord Cobham is also an English Baronet, styled "of Frankley in the County of Worcester".

The family seat is Hagley Hall, near Stourbridge in Worcestershire.

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Viscounts Cobham

Heir Presumptive: The Hon. Christopher Charles Lyttelton (b. 1947) (Lord Cobham's brother)

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