Viscount Hewart, of Bury in the County Palatine of Lancaster, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1940 for Gordon Hewart, 1st Baron Hewart, on his retirement as Lord Chief Justice.[1] He had already been created Baron Hewart, of Bury in the County of Lancaster, in 1922, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[2] He was educated at Bury Grammar School. The titles became extinct on the death of his son, the second Viscount, in 1964.
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Viscounts Hewart (1940) edit
- Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart (1870–1943)
- Hugh Vaughan Hewart, 2nd Viscount Hewart (1896–1964)
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References edit
- ^ "No. 34984". The London Gazette. 1 November 1940. p. 6348.
- ^ "No. 32653". The London Gazette. 28 March 1922. pp. 2507–2508.
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1949.