Viscount Hewart
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Viscount Hewart, of Bury in the County of Lancaster, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
. It was created in 1940 for Gordon Hewart, 1st Baron Hewart
, on his retirement as Lord Chief Justice. He had already been created Baron Hewart, of Bury in the County of Lancaster, in 1922, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The titles became extinct on the death of his son, the second Viscount, in 1964.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
. It was created in 1940 for Gordon Hewart, 1st Baron Hewart
Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart
Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart, PC was a politician and judge in the United Kingdom.-Background and education:...
, on his retirement as Lord Chief Justice. He had already been created Baron Hewart, of Bury in the County of Lancaster, in 1922, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The titles became extinct on the death of his son, the second Viscount, in 1964.
Viscounts Hewart (1940)
- Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount HewartGordon Hewart, 1st Viscount HewartGordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart, PC was a politician and judge in the United Kingdom.-Background and education:...
(1870–1943) - Hugh Vaughan Hewart, 2nd Viscount Hewart (1896–1964)