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.[1] It was created on 10 July 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 West Riding of the County of York, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 28 January 1935,[2] and Baron Mackintosh of Halifax, of Hethersett in the County of Norfolk, on 6 February 1948, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[3] As of 2017 the titles are held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1980.

Viscounts Mackintosh of Halifax (1957)[]

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Thomas Harold George Mackintosh (born 1985).

Coat of arms of Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax hide
Coronet of a British Viscount.svg
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Crest
Upon a rock Proper charged with two roses Argent barbed and seeded a cat sejant also Proper.
Escutcheon
Or on a chevron between two lions rampant in chief and a lymphad in base Sable a bezant charged with a representation of the head of St John the Baptist Proper between two hearts of the field.
Supporters
On either side a squirrel Proper about the neck a cord and pendent therefrom a purse both Or.
Motto
By Faith And By Work.[4]

Line of Succession[]

  • Coronet of a British Viscount.svg Harold Vincent Mackintosh, 1st Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax (1891 – 1964)[5]
    • Coronet of a British Viscount.svg John Mackintosh, 2nd Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax (1921 – 1980)
      • Coronet of a British Viscount.svg John Clive Mackintosh, 3rd Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax (born 1958)
        • (1) Hon. Thomas Harold George Mackintosh (b. 1985)
        • (2) Hon. George John Frank Mackintosh (b. 1988)
      • (3) Hon. Graham Charles Mackintosh (b. 1964)
        • (4) Matthew Joseph Mackintosh (b. 1997)
        • (5) John Ashford Mackintosh (b. 2000)
        • (6) Robert Charles Mackintosh (b. 2004)

References[]

  1. ^ "No. 41125". The London Gazette. 12 July 1957. p. 4158.
  2. ^ "No. 34130". The London Gazette. 5 February 1935. p. 837.
  3. ^ "No. 38198". The London Gazette. 6 February 1948. p. 898.
  4. ^ Burke's Peerage. 1959.
  5. ^ http://www.thepeerage.com/p48732.htm#i487320[bare URL]
  • 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]
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