Viscount Chilston

Viscount Chilston , of Boughton Malherbe in the County of Kent , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

The Viscount family residence is the Old Rectory in Twyford near Winchester in Hampshire .

Award and history of the title

The title was created on July 6, 1911 for the Conservative MP and former Interior Minister Aretas Akers-Douglas . Along with the Viscount title he was given the subordinate title Baron Douglas of Baads , in the County of Midlothian .

Today's title holder is his great-grandson Alastair Akers-Douglas as 4th Viscount.

List of Viscounts Chilston (1911)

• Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston (1851-1926)
• Aretas Akers-Douglas, 2nd Viscount Chilston (1876–1947)
• Eric Akers-Douglas, 3rd Viscount Chilston (1910–1982)
• Alastair Akers-Douglas, 4th Viscount Chilston (* 1946)

Title heir ( Heir apparent ) is the eldest son of the current title holder, Hon. Oliver Akers-Douglas (* 1973).

Literature and web links

• Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0-9929348-2-6 .
• Chilston, Viscount (UK, 1911) at Cracroft's Peerage
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page