A viscount was a title of nobility on Earth, ranking above a baron and below an earl. In 2369, Regina Barthalomew told Jean-Luc Picard that he reminded her of Viscount Oglethorpe. (TNG: "Ship in a Bottle" ) Henry Burleigh, a character in the holonovel Janeway Lambda one was "Viscount Timmons". (VOY: "Learning Curve")