Viscountcy Caldecote

Blazon

Escutcheon: Per chevron Azure and Argent in chief two crosses pate Or and in base an eagled displayed of the first; Crest: Upon the battlements of a tower a grouse’s leg erased Proper; Supporters: On the dexter side a talbot and on the sinister side a pegasus Proper each charged on the shoulder with a garb Or.

Creation date7 September 1939
Created byKing George VI
PeeragePeerage of the United Kingdom
First holderThomas Inskip
Present holderPiers Inskip
Heir apparentThomas Inskip
Remainder tothe 1st Viscount's heirs male lawfully begotten
StatusExtant
MottoBE CAREFUL

Viscount Caldecote, of Bristol in the County of Gloucester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created in 1939 for the lawyer and politician Sir Thomas Inskip so that he could sit in the House of Lords and serve as Lord Chancellor. As of 2010 the title is held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1999.

Lord Caldecote's elder half-brother the Right Reverend James Inskip was a clergyman while his younger brother Sir John Hampden Inskip (1879–1960) was Lord Mayor of Bristol in 1931.

Viscounts Caldecote (1939)

Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote.

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Thomas James Inskip (b. 1985)

Notes

  1. ↑ "No. 34676". The London Gazette. 8 September 1939. p. 6126.

References

  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
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