Viscount Clermont
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Viscount Clermont, of Clermont in the County of Louth, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1776 for William Fortescue, 1st Baron Clermont, with special remainder in default of mal
William Fortescue (1722–1806), 1st Baron Clermont (1770, normal remainder); 1st Baron Clermont (1776, special remainder); 1st Viscount Clermont (1776, special remainder); 1st Earl of Clermont (1777, normal remainder), all in the Peerage of Ireland. Mezzotint engraving of portrait by Thomas Hudson (1701–1779). Normal remainder titles extinct 1806, special remainder titles extinct 1829.
William Henry Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clermont, KP, was an Irish peer and politician.
Clermont Hall in the parish of Little Cressingham, Norfolk, originally built as a shooting lodge by the 1st Earl of Clermont and extended by his nephew Viscount Clermont.
Lady Clermont by Joshua Reynolds c. 1761-1762
Mural monument to Lord Clermont in St Andrew's Church, Little Cressingham, Norfolk