Viscount Caldecote
Viscountcy Caldecote | |
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Blazon Escutcheon: Per chevron Azure and Argent in chief two crosses pate Or and in base an eagled displayed of the first; Crest: Upon the battlements of a tower a grouse’s leg erased Proper; Supporters: On the dexter side a talbot and on the sinister side a pegasus Proper each charged on the shoulder with a garb Or. | |
Creation date | 7 September 1939 |
Created by | King George VI |
Peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom |
First holder | Thomas Inskip |
Present holder | Piers Inskip |
Heir apparent | Thomas Inskip |
Remainder to | the 1st Viscount's heirs male lawfully begotten |
Status | Extant |
Motto | BE CAREFUL |
Viscount Caldecote, of Bristol in the County of Gloucester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created in 1939 for the lawyer and politician Sir Thomas Inskip so that he could sit in the House of Lords and serve as Lord Chancellor. As of 2010[update] the title is held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1999.
Lord Caldecote's elder half-brother the Right Reverend James Inskip was a clergyman while his younger brother Sir John Hampden Inskip (1879–1960) was Lord Mayor of Bristol in 1931.
Viscounts Caldecote (1939)
- Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote (1876–1947)
- Robert Andrew Inskip, 2nd Viscount Caldecote (1917–1999)
- Piers James Hampden Inskip, 3rd Viscount Caldecote (b. 1947)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Thomas James Inskip (b. 1985)
Notes
- ^ "No. 34676". The London Gazette. 8 September 1939. p. 6126.
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Piers James Hampden Inskip, 3rd Viscount Caldecote
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