Viscount Bellomont, in the County of Dublin, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland

Peerage of Ireland

The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those titles of nobility created by the English and later British monarchs of Ireland in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl,...

. It was created on 18 July 1645 for the Royalist soldier Sir Henry Bard, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a Baronet, of Staines

Staines

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 in the County of Middlesex

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, in the Baronetage of England on 8 October 1644, and was made Baron Bard of Dromboy, in the County of Westmeath, at the same time as he was granted the viscountcy, also in the Peerage of Ireland. All three titles became extinct on the early death of his only son, the second Viscount, in 1667.

Viscounts Bellomont (1645)

• Henry Bard, 1st Viscount Bellomont (c. 1616–1656)
• Charles Rupert Bard, 2nd Viscount Bellomont (c. 1647–1667)