Viscount Tenby, of

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, is a

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, created in 1957 for former

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, the Hon.

Gwilym Lloyd George Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby, , later hyphenated Lloyd-George (4 December 1894 – 14 February 1967), was a Welsh politician and cabinet minister. The younger son of David Lloyd George, he served as Home Secretary from 1954 to 1957. ...

, second son of

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David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922. A Liberal Party politician from Wales, he was known for leading the United Kingdom during the ...

(see

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for earlier history of the family). the title was held by his grandson, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 2023. His father Lord Tenby was one of the ninety elected

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s to remain in the

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, sitting as a

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until he stood down from

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in 2014 (being replaced by the Lord Mountevans). As a great grandson of the first Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, he is also in remainder to this peerage and its subsidiary titles.

Viscounts Tenby (1957)

Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby, , later hyphenated Lloyd-George (4 December 1894 – 14 February 1967), was a Welsh politician and cabinet minister. The younger son of David Lloyd George, he served as Home Secretary from 1954 to 1957. ...

(1894–1967) * David Lloyd George, 2nd Viscount Tenby (1922–1983) *

William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby, JP (7 November 1927 – 7 June 2023), was a British peer and army officer. A grandson of the Prime Minister David Lloyd George, he was among the 90 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of ...

(1927–2023) *Timothy Henry Gwilym Lloyd George, 4th Viscount Tenby (born 1962) There is no heir to the viscountcy.

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Kidd, Charles & Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tenby Viscountcies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1957 Peerages created for UK MPs 1957 establishments in the United Kingdom *

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