Viscount Runciman of Doxford
Viscount Runciman of Doxford , of Doxford in the County of Northumberland , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Award
The title was created on June 10, 1937 for the politician Walter Runciman . He had been a member of the House of Commons for almost 40 years and was Minister of Education, Agriculture and Trade in various liberal governments.
Subordinate title
The father of the first Viscount, Walter Runciman , was an important shipowner . He was made Baronet , of Jesmond in the County of Northumberland in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on July 23, 1906 , and Baron Runciman , of Shoreston in the County of Northumberland in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on January 17, 1933 , raised. The first Viscount inherited both titles a short time after he himself had been raised to the nobility. Since then, the barony and the baronetcy have been used as subordinate titles by the respective Viscount.
List of Barons Runciman and Viscounts Runciman of Doxford
Barone Runciman (1933)
- Walter Runciman, 1st Baron Runciman (1847–1937)
Viscounts Runciman of Doxford (1937)
- Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford (1870–1949)
- Walter Leslie Runciman, 2nd Viscount Runciman of Doxford (1900-1989)
- Walter Garrison Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford (* 1934)
The heir to the title is the son of the current Viscount, David Walter Runciman (* 1967).
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