Viscount Margesson, of
Rugby
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Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby league: 13 players per side
*** Masters Rugby League
*** Mod league
*** Rugby league nines
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*** Touch (sport)
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in the
County of Warwick
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, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union 1800, Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the ...
.
It was created on 27 April 1942 for the
Conservative
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politician
David Margesson
Henry David Reginald Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson, PC (26 July 1890 – 24 December 1965) was a British Conservative politician, most popularly remembered for his tenure as Government Chief Whip in the 1930s. His reputation was of a stern ...
. the title is held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded in 2014.
Viscounts Margesson (1942)
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(Henry) David Reginald Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson (1890–1965)
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Francis Vere Hampden Margesson, 2nd Viscount Margesson (1922–2014)
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Richard Francis David Margesson, 3rd Viscount Margesson (b. 1960)
There is no heir to the viscountcy.
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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External links
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Viscountcies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1942
Noble titles created for UK MPs