Viscount Chelmsford
Viscount Chelmsford , of Chelmsford in the County of Essex , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Award
The title was bestowed on June 3, 1921, to the British statesman Frederic Thesiger, 3rd Baron Chelmsford . He had previously been Governor of Queensland and New South Wales and Viceroy of India .
Subordinate title
The first Viscount had in 1905 by his father to henceforth subsidiary title Baron Chelmsford , inherited, of Chelmsford in the County of Essex, of his grandfather, the famous lawyers on March 1, 1858 Sir Frederic Thesiger had been granted, on his appointment as Lord Chancellor in Lord Derby's cabinet .
List of Viscounts and Barons Chelmsford
Baron Chelmsford (1858)
- Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford (1794–1878)
- Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827–1905)
- Frederic Thesiger, 3rd Baron Chelmsford (1868–1933) (promoted to Viscounts Chelmsford in 1921 )
Viscounts Chelmsford (1921)
- Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford (1868–1933)
- Andrew Charles Gerald Thesiger, 2nd Viscount Chelmsford (1903–1970)
- Frederic Jan Thesiger, 3rd Viscount Chelmsford (1931–1999)
- Frederic Corin Piers Thesiger, 4th Viscount Chelmsford (* 1962)
Title heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current title holder Hon. Frederic Thesiger (* 2006).
Trivia
Other known untitled relatives were the actor Ernest Thesiger and the researcher Wilfred Thesiger .
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