Viscount Castleton
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| Creation date | 18 June 1720 |
| Monarch | George I |
| Peerage | Peerage of Great Britain |
| First holder | James Saunderson, 6th Viscount Castleton |
| Last holder | James Saunderson, 1st Earl Castleton |
| Remainder to | Heirs male of the first earl's body lawfully begotton |
| Subsidiary titles | Viscount Castleton Baron Saunderson |
| Extinction date | 23 May 1723 |
| Former seat(s) |
Sandbeck Park Castle Saunderson |
| Armorial motto | Je suis veillant à plaire ("I am watchful to please") or Sans Dieu rien ("Without God, nothing") |
The title Earl Castleton, of Sandbeck in the County of York, was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1720 for the 6th Viscount Castleton, who had previously been created Baron Saunderson, of Saxby in the County of Lincoln, in 1714, and Viscount Castleton, of Sandbeck in the County of York, in 1716, both also in the Peerage of Great Britain.
The title Viscount Castleton had been created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1627, along with the subsidiary title Baron Saunderson, of Bantry in the County of Cork, for Sir Nicholas Saunderson, 1st Baronet, who had been created a Baronet, styled "of Saxby in the County of York", in the Baronetage of England, in 1611.
All of the titles became extinct on the death of the 1st Earl in 1723. His estates passed to his cousin Thomas Lumley-Saunderson, 3rd Earl of Scarbrough, who thereupon took the additional surname of Sanderson, by Act of Parliament.
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