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Amory, Viscount (UK, 1960 - 1981)

Creation: let.pat. 1 Sep 1960

Extinct: 20 Jan 1981

Family name: Heathcoat-Amory

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Arms:

Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Argent two Bars Gules on a Bend engrailed with Plain Cotises Sable two Annulets of the field (Amory);  2nd and 3rd, Vert three Piles one reversed in base between two others issuant from the chief each charged with a Pomme thereon a Cross of the second (Heathcoat)

Crests:

1st:  The Battlements of a Tower Or therefrom issuant a Talbot's Head Azure charged with two Annulets fesswise and interlaced Gold (Amory);  2nd:  Upon a Mount Vert between two Roses springing from the same Gules stalked and leaved proper a Pomme charged with a Cross Or (Heathcoat)

Supporters:

Motto:

 Amore Non Vi (By love not force)

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Derick [Heathcoat-Amory], 1st Viscount Amory, KG GCMG TD PC DL

2nd son of Sir Ian Murray Heathcoat-Amory, 2nd Bt. CBE JP DL, of Calverleigh Court, Tiverton, co. Devon, by his wife Alexandra Georgina Seymour OBE, 1st dau. of Vice Admiral Henry George Seymour CB

born

26 Dec 1899

died

20 Jan 1981

created

1 Sep 1960 Viscount Amory, of Tiverton in the County of Devon

suc. by

brother in the Baronetcy only

note

Member, Devon County Council 1932-51;  served in World War II as Lt Col, General Staff;  Member of Parliament (Conservative) for Tiverton 1945-60;  Minister of Pensions 1951-53;  Privy Councillor 1953;  Minister of State, Board of Trade 1953-54;  Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1954-58;  Chancellor of the Exchequer 1958-60;  Freeman of Tiverton 1959;  GCMG 1961;  High Commissioner to Canada 1961-63;  Deputy Lieutenant of Devon 1962-81; Director of the Hudson's Bay Company 1963 and Governor 1965;  Knight of the Garter 1969;  suc. his brother 22 Nov 1972 as 4th Baronet;  President, John Heathcote & Co 1973-81

On the death of the 1st and last Viscount Amory the Viscountcy of Amory became extinct.

 First written 5 Sep 2012

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