When he was awarded a
viscountcy in 1983, he chose a name from the Rhondda Valley that resonated in the annals of labour history - Tonypandy, site of the infamous riots of 1910.
Take Matt Ridley, for example: nice to see that despite his deprived Eton schooling and the fact that he's socially lumbered by being heir to a
viscountcy, he managed to parlay a zoology degree into becoming chairman of a major bank.
The former Anthony Wedgwood Benn - how many now remember that he had to take the remarkable step of renouncing a
viscountcy in 1963 in order to resume his seat in the Commons?
In December 1905 Baron Tredegar was raised to the
Viscountcy as a mark of public esteem for his long years of public service.
After his military victory at Goojerat, the man who was known as the "Hammer of the Sikhs" was awarded a
viscountcy.
