Viscount Hanworth, of

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in the

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, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The title was created on 17 January 1936 for the judge turned

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who achieved the judicial position of

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, Ernest Pollock, 1st Baron Hanworth. He had already been created a Baronet, of Hanworth in the County of Middlesex, on 27 November 1922, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, and Baron Hanworth, of the same

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, on 28 January 1926. the titles are held by his great-grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1996.

Baron Hanworth (1926)

* Ernest Murray Pollock, 1st Baron Hanworth (1861–1936) (created Viscount Hanworth in 1936)

Viscount Hanworth (1936)

* Ernest Murray Pollock, 1st Viscount Hanworth (1861–1936) *David Bertram Pollock, 2nd Viscount Hanworth (1916–1996) * David Stephen Geoffrey Pollock, 3rd Viscount Hanworth (born 1946) The

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is the present holder's nephew, Harold William Charles Pollock (born 1988).

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Arms

Territorial designation

In a poor state of repair the large two-storey brick house was built following a fire in 1797 by the

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. What remained of it was later bought with a few acres of attached lawns and fields by the first Viscount however quickly converted into the

London Air Park London Air Park, also known as Hanworth Air Park, was a grass airfield in the grounds of Hanworth Park House, operational 1917–1919 and 1929–1947. It was on the southeastern edge of Feltham, now part of the London Borough of Hounslow. In th ...

. The Viscount also transferred his Hanworth Park estate to public benefit in the suburb of

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. Its later shape is now a mixture of public grassland and recreational amenities such as sports pitches funded by two local charitable clubs and a leisure centre, built by the London borough.

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hanworth Viscountcies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1936 Noble titles created for UK MPs