Viscount Leathers
Viscount Leathers , of Purfleet in the County of Essex , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Award and subordinate titles
The title was created on January 18, 1954 for the entrepreneur and politician Frederick Leathers, 1st Baron Leathers .
He had already been raised to Baron Leathers , of Purfleet in the County of Essex on May 19, 1941 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Today's title holder is his grandson Christopher Leathers as 3rd Viscount.
List of Viscounts Leathers (1954)
- Frederick Leathers, 1st Viscount Leathers (1883-1965)
- Frederick Leathers, 2nd Viscount Leathers (1908-1996)
- Christopher Leathers, 3rd Viscount Leathers (* 1941)
Title heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current title holder Hon. James Leathers (* 1969).
Individual evidence
- ^ A b The London Gazette : No. 40097, p. 865 , February 9, 1954.
- ^ The London Gazette: No. 35168, p. 2884 , May 20, 1941.
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0-9929348-2-6 .
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page