Viscount Buckmaster

Viscount Buckmaster, of Cheddington in the County of Buckingham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1933 for the lawyer and Liberal politician and former Lord Chancellor, Stanley Buckmaster, 1st Baron Buckmaster. He had already been created Baron Buckmaster, of Cheddington in the County of Buckingham, in 1915, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. His grandson, the third Viscount Buckmaster left school to join the British military's Royal Sussex Regiment branch during World War II. In 1940 he received commission and served in the Middle East, he subsequently was granted and honorary rank of Captain, he moved on to new roles in government from 1953.^[1]^[2] The viscount was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1979 Birthday Honours and was a diplomat working in the foreign office between 1946-1981 working in the middle east and Africa.^[3] As of 2017^[update]^[4] the titles are held by the latter's nephew, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded in 2007.^[5]^{[unreliable source?]}

The family seat is Ryece Hall, near Ipswich, Suffolk.

Viscounts Buckmaster (1933)

Stanley Owen Buckmaster, 1st Viscount Buckmaster (1861–1934)
Owen Stanley Buckmaster, 2nd Viscount Buckmaster (1890–1974)
Martin Stanley Buckmaster, 3rd Viscount Buckmaster (1921–2007)
Adrian Charles Buckmaster, 4th Viscount Buckmaster (b. 1949)

The heir apparent is the present holder's grandson, Rupert Stanley Buckmaster (b. 2015)

Arms

Coat of arms of Viscount Buckmaster
	Crest A demi-lion Azure holding in the dexter paw a fleur-de-lis and charged on the shoulder with a portcullis both Or. Escutcheon Or semee of fleurs-de-lis Azure a lion rampant of the last on a chief of the second a portcullis of the first. Supporters On either side a bulk Proper each gorged with a chain pendant therefrom a portcullis Or. Motto Equanimitas Magnanimitas (Equanimity, Magnanimity)^[6]

Viscounts Buckmaster line of succession

Stanley Owen Buckmaster, 1st Viscount Buckmaster (1861—1934)
- Owen Stanley Buckmaster, 2nd Viscount Buckmaster (1890—1974)
  - Martin Stanley Buckmaster, 3rd Viscount Buckmaster (1921—2007)
  - Hon. Colin John Buckmaster (1923—2003)
    - Adrian Charles Buckmaster, 4th Viscount Buckmaster (b. 1949)
      - Hon. Andrew Nicholas Buckmaster (1980—2023)
        (1) Rupert Stanley Buckmaster (b. 2015)
    - (2) Simon John Buckmaster (b. 1956)
      - (3) George John Buckmaster (b. 1984)
      - (4) Hugo Denis Buckmaster (b. 1987)
      - (5) Toby Colin Buckmaster (b. 1991)
    - (3) Michael Anthony Stanley Buckmaster (b. 1959)

Notes

^ "No. 34928". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 August 1940. p. 5144.
^ "No. 39882". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 June 1953. p. 3208.
^ "No. 47869". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 1979. p. 7.
^ "Viscount Buckmaster". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2007.
^ "Buckmaster, Viscount (UK, 1933)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
^ Debrett's Peerage. 2019. p. 1899.

References

Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: London: Dean & son, limited. p. 152.
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]}

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Owen Stanley Buckmaster, 2nd Viscount Buckmaster

[1] "No. 34928". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 August 1940. p. 5144.

[2] "No. 39882". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 June 1953. p. 3208.

[3] "No. 47869". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 1979. p. 7.

[4] "Viscount Buckmaster". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2007.

[5] "Buckmaster, Viscount (UK, 1933)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2021.

[6] Debrett's Peerage. 2019. p. 1899.

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v t e Extant viscountcies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
Sorted by kingdom in which created, then creation date
England	Hereford
Scotland	Falkland Arbuthnott Oxfuird
Great Britain	Bolingbroke St John Cobham Falmouth Torrington Hood
Ireland	Gormanston Mountgarret Valentia Dillon Massereene Charlemont Downe Molesworth Chetwynd Midleton Boyne Gage Galway Powerscourt Ashbrook Southwell de Vesci Lifford Bangor Doneraile Harberton Hawarden Ferrard Monck Gort
United Kingdom	St Vincent Melville Sidmouth Exmouth Combermere Hill Hardinge Bridport Portman Hampden Hambleden Knutsford Esher Goschen Ridley Colville of Culross Selby Knollys Allendale Chilston Scarsdale Mersey Cowdray Devonport Astor Wimborne St Davids Rothermere Allenby Chelmsford Long Ullswater Younger of Leckie Bearsted Craigavon Bridgeman Hailsham Brentford Buckmaster Bledisloe Hanworth Trenchard Samuel Runciman of Doxford Davidson Weir Caldecote Camrose Stansgate Margesson Daventry Addison Kemsley Marchwood Montgomery of Alamein Waverley Thurso Brookeborough Norwich Leathers Soulbury Chandos De L'Isle Monckton of Brenchley Tenby Mackintosh of Halifax Dunrossil Stuart of Findhorn Rochdale Slim Head Boyd of Merton Mills Blakenham Eccles Dilhorne
Italics: This title is held by a peer who holds another of higher precedence.