Viscount Davidson

Viscount Davidson, of Little Gaddesden in the County of Hertford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.^[1] It was created on 11 June 1937 for the Conservative politician and former Member of Parliament for Hemel Hempstead, Sir J. C. C. Davidson. His elder son, the second Viscount, notably served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1986 to 1991 in the Conservative administrations of Margaret Thatcher and John Major.^[2] However, he lost his seat in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999. As of 2019 the title is held by his nephew, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded in that year.

Frances Davidson, Viscountess Davidson, wife of the first Viscount, succeeded her husband as Member of Parliament for Hemel Hempstead in 1937, and held the seat until 1959. In 1964 she was given a life peerage as Baroness Northchurch, of Chiswick in the County of Middlesex.

Viscounts Davidson (1937)[]

• John Colin Campbell Davidson, 1st Viscount Davidson (1889–1970)
• (John) Andrew Davidson, 2nd Viscount Davidson (1928–2012)
• Malcolm William Mackenzie Davidson, 3rd Viscount Davidson (1934–2019)
• John Nicolas Alexander Davidson, 4th Viscount Davidson (b. 1971)

There is no heir.

Coat of arms of Viscount Davidson hide

Crest A lion passant Gules charged on the shoulder with a pheon Or and holding in the dexter paw a torch inflamed Proper. Escutcheon Argent on a fess Sable between in chief two pheons Azure and in base a boar’s head erased of the second a portcullis chained Or. Supporters On the dexter side a horse Argent charged on the shoulder with a rose Gules barbed and seeded Proper and on the sinister side a horse Sable charged on the shoulder with a martlet Or. Motto Lux Ex Tenebris [3]

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 ^{[self-published source][better source needed]}