Viscount Hewart
Viscount Hewart , of Bury in the County of Lancaster , was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Award
The title was created on October 28, 1940 for the lawyer and politician Gordon Hewart, 1st Baron Hewart , on the occasion of his retirement from the office of Lord Chief Justice . As early as March 24, 1922, he was given the subordinate title Baron Hewart , of Bury in the County of Lancaster.
Both titles expired with the death of his son, the 2nd Viscount, in 1964.
List of Viscounts Hewart (1940)
- Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart (1870-1943)
- Hugh Hewart, 2nd Viscount Hewart (1896–1964)