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Viscount de Vesci, of Abbeyleix in the Queen's County, now called County Laois, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1776 for Thomas Vesey, 1st Viscount de Vesci & 2nd Baron Knapton. The title Baron Knapton was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1750 for the first Viscount's father, John Vesey, 1st Baron Knapton & 2nd Baronet, who had earlier represented Newtownards in the Irish House of Commons. The Baronetcy, of Abbeyleix in the Queen's County, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 28 September 1698 for the first Baron's father Reverend Thomas Vesey, Bishop of Killaloe (1713–1714) and Bishop of Ossory (1714–1730).
Silchester is a village and civil parish about 5 miles (8 km) north of Basingstoke in Hampshire. It is adjacent to the county boundary with Berkshire and about 9 miles (14 km) south-west of Reading.
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Queen's County.
Beilby Richard Lawley, 2nd Baron Wenlock was an English nobleman, eldest son of Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock and 8th Baronet. He succeeded in the Barony and Baronetcy and to the family estate at Escrick, Yorkshire on the death of his father in 1852.
Sir Arthur Brooke, 1st Baronet PC (Ire) was an Irish baronet and politician.
Thomas Knox, 1st Viscount Northland, known as The Lord Welles between 1781 and 1791, was an Irish politician.
Robert Handcock was an Irish politician.
Vesey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
John Vesey was a Church of Ireland clergyman.
John Vesey was bishop of Exeter.
John Denny Vesey, 1st Baron Knapton was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.
John Vesey, 2nd Viscount de Vesci was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.
John Robert William Vesey, 4th Viscount de Vesci "Yvo", was an Anglo-Irish peer and British Army officer.
William Brownlow PC (I) was an Anglo-Irish politician.
John Eustace Vesey, 6th Viscount de Vesci was born on 25 February 1919. He died on 13 October 1983.
Thomas Eustace Vesey, 7th Viscount de Vesci of Abbeyleix was born on 8 October 1955. He was the son of John Eustace Vesey, 6th Viscount de Vesci and the former Susan Anne Armstrong-Jones, sister of Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon. He sold Abbeyleix Castle, saddled with £1.5 million in death duties, in 1994 to the financier Sir David Davies. He is nephew to Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon and grand-nephew of Valentine Browne, 6th Earl of Kenmare.'
Baron Vesci was a title in the Peerage of England and Peerage of the United Kingdom. It existed as a feudal barony by tenure, before being created by Writ of summons to Parliament of John de Vesci in 1264 until his death in 1289. It was created a second time by writ of William de Vescy in 1295 until his death in 1297. It was created a third time in 1313 by writ of William de Vesci until his death in 1314. The title was created a fourth time by writ of Henry Bromflete, Lord Vescy in 1449 until it became extinct in 1469 upon his death. The title was created a five time for John Vesey, 4th Viscount de Vesci in 1884 until his death in 1903 when the title became extinct.
