Viscount Brentford

Viscount Brentford, of Newick in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1929 for the Conservative politician Sir William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Baronet, chiefly remembered for his tenure as Home Secretary from 1924 to 1929. He had already been created a baronet, of Holmsbury, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, on 20 September 1919. His younger son, the third Viscount, was also a Conservative politician. On 29 January 1956, two years before he succeeded his elder brother in the viscountcy, he was created a baronet, of Newick. As of 2013 the titles are held by the third Viscount's son, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded in 1983, a retired solicitor and has served as the president of the Church Society.

The family 'seat' (home) is currently Cousley Place in the parish of Wadhurst, East Sussex.

Viscounts Brentford (1929)

William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford (1865–1932)
Richard Cecil Joynson-Hicks, 2nd Viscount Brentford (1896–1958)
Lancelot William Joynson-Hicks, 3rd Viscount Brentford (1902–1983)
Crispin William Joynson-Hicks, 4th Viscount Brentford (born 1933)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Paul William Joynson-Hicks (born 1971).

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

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Richard Cecil Joynson-Hicks, 2nd Viscount Brentford
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Crispin William Joynson-Hicks, 4th Viscount Brentford

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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