British peeragearistocratic titlehereditary titlenoble ranknoble title grantpeerage confermentpeerage systemtitle confermentviscount titleviscountcy appointmentviscountcy creationviscountcy grant
Then a faintness came over her; she recalled the Viscount who had waltzed with her at the chateau, and his beard exhaled like this air an odour of vanilla and citron, and mechanically she half-closed her eyes the better to breathe it in.
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The viscount inherited the estate after his father passed away.
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A viscount ranks below an earl or count but above a baron.