Earl Baldwin of Bewdley is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1937 for the Conservative politician Stanley Baldwin,who had served as MP for Bewdley from 1908 to 1937 and was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times. He was made Viscount Corvedale,of Corvedale in the County of Salop,at the same time he was given the earldom.
Earl of Selborne,in the County of Southampton,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1882 for the lawyer and Liberal politician Roundell Palmer,1st Baron Selborne,along with the subsidiary title of Viscount Wolmer,of Blackmoor in the County of Southampton. He had already been made Baron Selborne,of Selborne in the County of Southampton,in 1872,also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Both his son,the second Earl,and grandson,the third Earl,were prominent Liberal Unionist politicians. The latter was in 1941 called to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration in his father's barony of Selborne. The third Earl's grandson,the fourth Earl,served as one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999,and sat as a Conservative. As of 2021,the titles are held by the latter's son,the fifth earl,who succeeded his father in that year.
Viscount Powerscourt is a title that has been created three times in the Peerage of Ireland,each time for members of the Wingfield family. It was created first in 1618 for the Chief Governor of Ireland,Richard Wingfield. However,this creation became extinct on his death in 1634. It was created a second time in 1665 for Folliott Wingfield. He was the great-great-grandson of George Wingfield,uncle of the first Viscount of the 1618 creation. However,the 1665 creation also became extinct on the death of its first holder in 1717.
Viscount Waverley,of Westdean in the County of Sussex,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 28 January 1952 for the civil servant and politician Sir John Anderson,who served variously as Governor of Bengal,Member of Parliament,Lord Privy Seal,Home Secretary,Lord President of the Council and Chancellor of the Exchequer. As of 2017 the title is held by his grandson,the third Viscount,who succeeded his father in 1990. He is one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999,and sits as a cross-bencher.
Viscount Trenchard,of Wolfeton in the County of Dorset,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1936 for Marshal of the Royal Air Force,Hugh Trenchard,1st Baron Trenchard. He had already been created a Baronet,of Wolfeton in the County of Dorset,in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1919 and Baron Trenchard,of Wolfeton in the County of Dorset,in 1930,also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. His second son,the second Viscount,held junior ministerial positions from 1979 to 1983 in the Conservative administration of Margaret Thatcher. As of 2018 the titles are held by the latter's son,the third Viscount,who succeeded in 1987. In 2004 he replaced the recently deceased Lord Vivian as one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that are allowed to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999. Lord Trenchard sits on the Conservative benches.
Viscount Tenby,of Bulford in the County of Pembroke,is a hereditary title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom,created in 1957 for former Home Secretary,the Hon. Gwilym Lloyd George,second son of Prime Minister David Lloyd George,1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor.
Viscount Allenby,of Megiddo and of Felixstowe in the County of Suffolk,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 7 October 1919 for the prominent military commander Field Marshal Sir Edmund Allenby,with remainder,in default of male issue of his own,to his younger brother Captain Frederick Claude Hynman Allenby and his heirs male lawfully begotten. The first Viscount's son was killed in action on the Western Front in 1917.
Viscount Bledisloe,of Lydney in the County of Gloucestershire,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1935 for the Conservative politician Charles Bathurst,1st Baron Bledisloe,upon his retirement as Governor-General of New Zealand. He had already been created Baron Bledisloe,of Lydney in the County of Gloucestershire,in 1918,also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Bathurst was the great-grandson and namesake of the early-19th-century politician Charles Bathurst. The latter was the son of Charles Bragge and Anne Bathurst,granddaughter of Sir Benjamin Bathurst,younger brother of Allen Bathurst,1st Earl Bathurst. In 1804,Charles Bathurst assumed the surname of Bathurst in lieu of Bragge. The first Viscount's grandson,third Viscount,was one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that were allowed to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999,and sat as a crossbencher until his death. He was also a member of the Lords Constitution Committee. As of 2017 the titles are held by his son,the fourth Viscount,who succeeded in 2009.
Viscount Colville of Culross,in the County of Perth,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 15 July 1902 for the politician and courtier,Charles Colville,10th Lord Colville of Culross. He had already been created Baron Colville of Culross,in the County of Perth,in 1885,also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. As of 2018,the titles are held by his great-great-grandson,the fifth Viscount,who succeeded his father in 2010. The fourth Viscount was a judge and politician. Lord Colville of Culross was one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remained in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999,and sat as a crossbencher.
Viscount Slim,of Yarralumla in the Capital Territory of Australia and of Bishopston in the City and County of Bristol,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1960 for Field Marshal Sir William Slim upon the end of his term as Governor-General of Australia.
Viscount Devonport,of Wittington in the County of Buckingham,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. 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,and Baron Devonport,of Wittington in the County of Buckingham,on 15 July 1910. As of 2017 the titles are held by his grandson,the third Viscount,who succeeded his father in 1973.
Walter Garrison Runciman,3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford,,usually known informally as Garry Runciman,was a British historical sociologist and hereditary peer. A senior research fellow at Trinity College,Cambridge,Runciman wrote several publications in his field. He also sat on the Securities and Investments Board and chaired the British Government's Royal Commission on Criminal Justice (1991–1993).
(Jenico) Nicholas Dudley Preston,17th Viscount Gormanston,is an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and British hereditary peer,who sat in the House of Lords until 1999.
George Francis William Child Villiers,10th Earl of Jersey,known professionally as William Villiers,is a British nobleman and peer of the Villiers family. He is a former film producer,actor and writer. He was the Director of Intellectual Property for HandMade Films.
William Lloyd George,3rd Viscount Tenby,JP,was a British peer and army officer. A grandson of the Prime Minister David Lloyd George,he was among the 90 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999.
John Desmond Forbes Anderson,3rd Viscount Waverley,is a British hereditary peer.
George William Beaumont Howard,13th Earl of Carlisle,styled Viscount Morpeth from 1963 to 1994,is a British nobleman,politician,and hereditary peer.
Malcolm Kenneth Murray,12th Earl of Dunmore is an Australia-based Scottish peer who is a native-born Australian and lives in Tasmania. As well as holding the Earldom of Dunmore,Murray is also the Viscount of Fincastle and Lord of Blair,Moulin and Tillimet.
David Stephen Geoffrey Pollock,3rd Viscount Hanworth,is a British professor and a Labour elected hereditary peer.
John Clive Mackintosh,3rd Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax is a British chartered accountant and peer.
