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 Andrew, the second Viscount, 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. Andrew died in 2012 and the title was inherited by his brother Malcolm. Malcolm died in 2019 and the title was inherited by Malcolm's son John.

Viscounts Davidson (1937)

There is no heir to the viscountcy.

Coat of arms of Viscount Davidson
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

  1. ^ "No. 34410". The London Gazette. 22 June 1937. p. 4010.
  2. ^ "Daily Telegraph Obituary - Viscount Davidson". Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  3. ^ Burke's Peerage. 1949.
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