Viscount Weir

Viscount Weir, of Eastwood in the County of Renfrew, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1938 for the Scottish businessman, public servant, politician and former President of the Air Council, William Weir, 1st Baron Weir. He had already been created Baron Weir, of Eastwood in the County of Renfrew, in 1918, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. As of 2010 the titles are held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1975.

The family previously owned Montgreenan Mains Estate, near Torranyard, Ayrshire.

Viscounts Weir (1938)

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

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. James William Hartland Weir (b. 1965)

Arms

Arms of Viscount Weir
Coronet A Coronet of a Viscount Crest A Wing Argent charge with a Thistle slipped proper Escutcheon Azure a Cogwheel Or winged Argent in chief the Sun in Splendour of the second Supporters On either side a Winged Horse Argent hoofed and crined Or Motto Forward Towards The Light

Notes

References

Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

British viscounts*

In the peerages of England, Scotland and Great Britain

Hereford Falkland Arbuthnott Oxfuird Bolingbroke & St John Cobham Falmouth Torrington Hood

In the peerage of Ireland *(pre-1801)*

Gormanston Mountgarret Valentia Dillon Massereene & Ferrard Charlemont Downe Molesworth Chetwynd Midleton Boyne Gage Galway Powerscourt Ashbrook Southwell de Vesci Lifford Bangor Doneraile Haberton Hawarden

In the peerages of United Kingdom & Ireland (post-1801)

*Current substantive viscounts, listed by precedence, from highest to lowest

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