Viscount Devonport
Viscountcy of Devonport | |
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Azure in chief two Mitres Argent garnished Or and in base a Square Tower of the second | |
Creation date | 22 Jun 1917 |
Created by | King George V |
Peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom |
First holder | Hudson Ewbanke Kearley, 1st Viscount Devonport |
Present holder | Terence Kearley, 3rd Viscount Devonport |
Heir apparent | the Hon. Chester Dagley Hugh Kearley |
Status | Extant |
Viscount Devonport, of Wittington in the County of Buckingham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 22 June 1917 for the Liberal politician and former Member of Parliament for Devonport, Hudson Kearley, 1st Baron Devonport. He had already been created a Baronet, of Wittington in the Parish of Medmenham in the County of Buckingham on 22 July 1908,[2] and Baron Devonport, of Wittington in the County of Buckingham, on 15 July 1910.[3] As of 2017[update] the titles are held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1973.
The family seat is Ray Demesne, near Kirkwhelpington, Northumberland.
Viscounts Devonport (1917)
- Hudson Ewbanke Kearley, 1st Viscount Devonport (1856–1934)
- Gerald Chester Kearley, 2nd Viscount Devonport (1890–1973)
- Terence Kearley, 3rd Viscount Devonport (b. 1944)
The heir presumptive is the present holder's first cousin once removed, David Hudson Kearley Mezquida (b. 1982)
Notes
References
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: Dean & Son. p. 293.
- 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]
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