Viscount Wolseley

Viscount Wolseley, of Wolseley in the County of Stafford, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1885 for the Anglo-Irish military commander Garnet Wolseley, 1st Baron Wolseley. It became extinct upon the death of his daughter, Frances Garnet Wolseley, in 1936.

Viscountcy of Wolseley
Argent, a talbot passant gules, a mullet, for difference
Creation date	28 September 1885[1]
Created by	Queen Victoria
Peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder	Garnet Wolseley, 1st Baron Wolseley
Last holder	Frances Garnet Wolseley, 2nd Viscountess Wolseley
Remainder to	The first Viscount's heirs male lawfully begotten, and in default of such issue male, the dignity of a Viscountess to his only daughter, and heirs male of her body lawfully begotten.[1]
Subsidiary titles	Baron Wolseley
Extinction date	24 December 1936
Former seat(s)	Mount Wolseley
Motto	Homo homini lupus ("Man is wolf to man")[1]

Garnet Wolseley,
1st Viscount Wolseley

History

The Wolseleys were an ancient landed family in Wolseley, Staffordshire, whose roots can be traced back a thousand years, before becoming prominent in Ireland.^[2] Two baronetcies were created for Wolseley family, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of Ireland. Viscount Wolseley's paternal grandfather was Rev. William Wolseley, Rector of Tullycorbet, and the third son of Sir Richard Wolseley, 1st Baronet, who sat in the Irish House of Commons for Carlow.^[3] The family seat was Mount Wolseley in County Carlow.^[4]

Wolseley had already been created Baron Wolseley, of Cairo and of Wolseley in the County of Stafford, on 25 November 1882, with normal remainder to the heirs male of his body.^[5] He was created a viscount in 1885, with remainder, in default of male issue, to his daughter and only child, Frances, and the heirs male of her body.^[6][7]

Wolseley rose to the position of Field Marshal, the highest executive position in the British Army, then Commander-in-Chief of the Forces for a period of six years from 1895.

Extinction

On Lord Wolseley's death the barony became extinct and he was succeeded in the viscountcy, according to the special remainder, by his daughter, Frances, author of Gardens – Their Form and Design (1919). Viscountess Wolseley never married and upon her death in 1936 the viscountcy became extinct.^[8]

Barons Wolseley (1882)

• Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Baron Wolseley (1833–1913), created viscount in 1885

Viscounts Wolseley (1885)

• Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833–1913)
• Frances Garnet Wolseley, 2nd Viscountess Wolseley (1872–1936)