Viscount Brentford
Viscount Brentford , of Newick in the County of Sussex , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom , named after the London borough of Brentford .
The Viscount family residence is at Cousley Place near Wadhurst , Sussex.
Award and subordinate titles
The title was bestowed on former Home Secretary William Joynson-Hicks in 1929 . He had previously held several other offices in conservative governments.
Joynson-Hicks had been named Baronet , of Holmesbury in the County of Surrey , in 1919. His younger son, Lancelot Joynson-Hicks , who was also a Conservative politician, was given the title of Baronet, of Newick in the County of Sussex, in 1956. Two years later he succeeded his brother in the Viscounts title . Both titles are now used as subordinate titles by the respective Viscount.
List of Viscounts Brentford (1929)
- William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford (1865-1932)
- Richard Cecil Joynson-Hicks, 2nd Viscount Brentford (1896-1958)
- Lancelot William Joynson-Hicks, 3rd Viscount Brentford (1902-1983)
- Crispin William Joynson-Hicks, 4th Viscount Brentford (* 1933)
The heir ( Heir Apparent ) is the son of the current viscount, Hon. Paul William Joynson-Hicks (born 1971).