Viscount Devonport

Title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Viscountcy of Devonport
Azure in chief two Mitres Argent garnished Or and in base a Square Tower of the second
Creation date	22 Jun 1917
Created by	King George V
Peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder	Hudson Ewbanke Kearley, 1st Viscount Devonport
Present holder	Terence Kearley, 3rd Viscount Devonport
Heir apparent	the Hon. Chester Dagley Hugh Kearley
Status	Extant

Viscount Devonport, of Wittington in the County of Buckingham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.^[1] It was created on 22 June 1917 for the Liberal politician and former Member of Parliament for Devonport, Hudson Kearley, 1st Baron Devonport. He had already been created a Baronet, of Wittington in the Parish of Medmenham in the County of Buckingham on 22 July 1908,^[2] and Baron Devonport, of Wittington in the County of Buckingham, on 15 July 1910.^[3] As of 2017^[update] the titles are held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1973.

The family seat is Ray Demesne, near Kirkwhelpington, Northumberland.

Viscounts Devonport (1917)

Hudson Ewbanke Kearley, 1st Viscount Devonport (1856–1934)
Gerald Chester Kearley, 2nd Viscount Devonport (1890–1973)
Terence Kearley, 3rd Viscount Devonport (b. 1944)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's first cousin, Chester Dagley Hugh Kearley (b. 1932)
The heir presumptive's heir apparent is his son David Hudson Kearley (b. 1982)

Notes

^ "No. 30161". The London Gazette. 3 July 1917. p. 6545.
^ "No. 28158". The London Gazette. 14 July 1908. p. 5133.
^ "No. 28398". The London Gazette. 22 July 1910. p. 5269.

References

Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: Dean & Son. p. 293.
Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, ^{[page needed]}
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source]} ^{[better source needed]}