Viscount Coverdale

Viscount Coverdale
Viscount Coverdale is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation, in the Peerage of Great Britain, came in 1770 in favor of Anthony Edward who had earlier represented Salisbury and Downton in the House of Commons. However, the barony became extinct on his death in 1799.

The peerage was revived in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1821 in favor of Charles Edward, who was created Viscount Coverdale, of Coverdale Park in the County of York. He was a former Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury, Aldborough, Heytesbury and Newport.

His son, the second Viscount, sat as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Yorkshire and the North Riding of Yorkshire.He was succeeded by his son, the third Viscount in 1885. He represented East Retford and the North Riding of Yorkshire in the House of Commons as a Conservative. He was appointed to the privy council in 1902 and would remain a member until 1922. In 1906 he was made a Knight of the Garter. The third Viscount also made great improvement to the ancestral home of Coverdale Park installing plumbing and electricity, and a working farm. To this day Coverdale Park remians one of the finest examples of Edwardian arcitecture and culture. He was succeeded by his son Edmund in 1935, who sat in Parliament as a Conservative representative for Thirsk and Malton. He notably served as a Lord-in-Waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) from 1940 to 1950 in the National Government. He was succeeded by his son. And now his grandson is the current Viscount. The title will end with him.

Several other members of the Edward family have also gained distinction. The Hon. Arthur Edward, younger son of the first Viscount, was an Admiral in the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament. His son Arthur Edward was a Conservative Member of Parliament. The Very Reverend Augustus Edward (1814-1880), younger son of the seconded Viscount, was Dean of York. The Hon. Octavius Edward, younger son of the third Viscount, represented the North Riding of Yorkshire in Parliament. The ancestral seat of the Edward family is Coverdale Park near Helmsley in Yorkshire.

Baron Coverdale, First Creation (1770)
•	Anthony Edward, Baron Coverdale (1725-1799)

Viscount Coverdale, Second Creation (1821)
•	Charles Edward, 1st Viscount Coverdale (1760-1840)

•	William Edward, 2ed Viscount Coverdale (1800-1885)

•	Edmund Ernest Edward, 3rd Viscount Coverdale (1855-1935)

•	Edmund William Edward 4th Viscount Coverdale (1880-1963)

•	William Edmund Edward 5th Viscount Coverdale (1930-2000)

•	Charles Edmund William Edward 6th Viscount Coverdale (1960-presant)