Viscount Weir

Viscount Weir , of Eastwood in the County of Renfrew , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

The family seat of the Viscounts was Montgreenan near Kilwinning in North Ayrshire .

Award and subordinate titles

The title was created on June 25, 1938 for the Scottish entrepreneur and politician William Weir, 1st Baron Weir . As early as June 26, 1918, the subordinate title Baron Weir , of Eastwood in the County of Renfrew, had been awarded to him.

List of Viscounts Weir (1938)

• William Douglas Weir, 1st Viscount Weir (1877-1959)
• James Kenneth Weir, 2nd Viscount Weir (1905–1975)
• William Weir, 3rd Viscount Weir (* 1933)

Title heir ( Heir Apparent ) is the son of the current title holder, Hon. James Weir (* 1965)

Trivia

The 1st and 2nd Viscount Weir are namesake for the Weir Glacier in Antarctica.

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