Viscount Waverley, of

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in the

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, is a title in the

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. It was created on 28 January 1952 for the civil servant and politician

Sir John Anderson John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley, (8 July 1882 – 4 January 1958) was a Scottish civil servant and politician who is best known for his service in the War Cabinet during the Second World War, for which he was nicknamed the "Home Front Pr ...

, who served variously as Governor of Bengal, Member of Parliament,

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, Home Secretary,

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and

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. the title is held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1990. He is one of the ninety elected

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s that remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, and sits as a cross-bencher.

Viscounts Waverley (1952)

* John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley (1882–1958) *

David Alastair Pearson Anderson, 2nd Viscount Waverley David Alastair Pearson Anderson, 2nd Viscount Waverley (18 February 1911 – 21 February 1990) was a British peer and physician. He trained as a physician in Germany and England, served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, and then ...

(1911–1990) * John Desmond Forbes Anderson, 3rd Viscount Waverley (b. 1949) The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Forbes Alastair Rupert Anderson (b. 1996).

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Waverley Viscountcies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1952 Noble titles created for UK MPs