Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax
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Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax, of Hethersett in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
. It was created in 1957 for the businessman and public servant Harold Mackintosh, 1st Baron Mackintosh of Halifax
. He was the owner of the confectionery business of John Mackintosh & Sons Ltd and for many years Chairman of the National Savings Committee. Mackintosh had already been created a Baronet, of Halifax in the County of York, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 28 January 1935, and Baron Mackintosh of Halifax, of Hethersett in the County of Norfolk, in 1948, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. the titles are held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1980.
The heir apparent
is the present holder's son, the Hon. Thomas Harold George Mackintosh (b. 1985).
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 1957 for the businessman and public servant Harold Mackintosh, 1st Baron Mackintosh of Halifax
Harold Mackintosh, 1st Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax
Harold Vincent Mackintosh, 1st Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax was a British peer.-Early life:...
. He was the owner of the confectionery business of John Mackintosh & Sons Ltd and for many years Chairman of the National Savings Committee. Mackintosh had already been created a Baronet, of Halifax in the County of York, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 28 January 1935, and Baron Mackintosh of Halifax, of Hethersett in the County of Norfolk, in 1948, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. the titles are held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1980.
Mackintosh Baronets, of Halifax (1935)
- Sir Harold Vincent Mackintosh, 1st BaronetHarold Mackintosh, 1st Viscount Mackintosh of HalifaxHarold Vincent Mackintosh, 1st Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax was a British peer.-Early life:...
(1891–1964) (created Baron Mackintosh of Halifax in 1948)
Barons Mackintosh of Halifax (1948)
- Harold Vincent Mackintosh, 1st Baron Mackintosh of HalifaxHarold Mackintosh, 1st Viscount Mackintosh of HalifaxHarold Vincent Mackintosh, 1st Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax was a British peer.-Early life:...
(1891–1964)
Viscounts Mackintosh of Halifax (1957)
- Harold Vincent Mackintosh, 1st Viscount Mackintosh of HalifaxHarold Mackintosh, 1st Viscount Mackintosh of HalifaxHarold Vincent Mackintosh, 1st Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax was a British peer.-Early life:...
(1891–1964) - John Mackintosh, 2nd Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax (1921–1980)
- John Clive Mackintosh, 3rd Viscount Mackintosh of HalifaxJohn Clive Mackintosh, 3rd Viscount Mackintosh of HalifaxJohn Clive Mackintosh, 3rd Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax is a British peer, who had a seat in the House of Lords from 1980 until 1999.- External links :*...
(b. 1958)
The heir apparent
Heir apparent
An heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....
is the present holder's son, the Hon. Thomas Harold George Mackintosh (b. 1985).