In 1623 Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 66) was created 1st Viscount Maidstone with a remainder to her heirs male.

In 1674 Anne Bayning Viscountess Bayning (age 54) was created 1st Viscount Bayning for life.

On 22 Jan 1828 Joan Scott Viscountess Canning (age 51) was created 1st Viscount Canning with a special remainder to the heirs male of her late husband George Canning Prime Mininster.

In Nov 1891 Emily Danvers 1st Viscountess Hambleden was created 1st Viscount Hambleden of Hambleden in Buckinghamshire in honour of her late husband William Henry Smith (deceased) who had died the month before.