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Davidson, Viscount (UK, 1937)

Creation: let. pat. 11 Jun 1937

Family name: Davidson

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Arms:

Argent on a Fess Sable between in chief two Pheons and in base a Boar's Head erased of the second a Portcullis chained Or

Crest:

A Lion passant Gules charged on the shoulder with a Pheon Or and holding in the dexter paw a Torch inflamed proper

Supporters:

Dexter:  a Horse Argent charged on the shoulder with a Rose Gules barbed and seeded proper;  Sinister:  a Horse Argent charged on the shoulder with a Martlet Or

Motto:

Lux Ex Tenebris (Light out of darkness)

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John Colin Campbell [Davidson], 1st Viscount Davidson, GCVO CH CB PC

1st son of Sir James Mackenzie Davidson, by his wife Georgina Barbara Watt Henderson, dau. of Rev William Henderson, of Aberdeen

born

23 Feb 1889

mar.

10 Apr 1919 Hon Dame Frances Joan Dickinson DBE (cr. 13 Jan 1964 for life Baroness Northchurch, of Chiswick in the County of Middlesex;  d. 25 Nov 1985), 2nd dau. of Willoughby Hyett [Dickinson], 1st Baron Dickinson, by his wife Minnie Elizabeth Meade, dau. of Gen Sir Richard Meade KCSI CIE

children

1. Hon John Andrew Davidson, later 2nd Viscount Davidson

2. Hon Malcolm William Mackenzie Davidson, later 3rd Viscount Davidson

1. Hon Margaret Joan Davidson (b. 24 Jun 1922), mar. 13 Feb 1943 Ven Benjamin George Burton Fox MC, Archdeacon of Wisbech (d. 1978), only son of James Benjamin Fox, of the Manor Farm, Erpingham, co. Lincoln, and has issue

2. Hon Jean Elizabeth Davidson (b. 19 Jun 1924; d. 15 Aug 2020), mar. 17 Dec 1952 Capt Hon Charles Richard Strutt (b. 25 May 1910; d. 11 Dec 1981), 2nd son by his first wife of Robert John [Strutt], 4th Baron Rayleigh, and has issue

died

11 Dec 1970

created

11 Jun 1937 Viscount Davidson, of Little Gaddesden in the County of Hertford

suc. by

son

note

Private Secretary to the Colonial Secretary 1910-16, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1916-19 and Lord Privy Seal 1919-21; CB 1919; Member of Parliament (Unionist) for Hemel Hempstead 1920-23 and 1924-37; Parliamentary Private Secretary to the President of the Board of Trade 1921-22 and the Prime Minister 1922-23; Companion of Honour 1923; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1923-24 and 1931-37; Parliamentary and financial Secretary to the Admiralty 1924-26; Chairman of the Unionist Party 1926-30; Privy Councillor 1928; GCVO 1935

John Andrew [Davidson], 2nd Viscount Davidson

born

22 Dec 1928

mar. (1)

30 Jun 1956 (div. 1974) Margaret Birgitta Norton (mar. (2) Aug 1974 as his second wife John Mark Alexander Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross), only dau. of Maj Gen Cyril Henry Norton CB CBE DSO, of Dunn House, Long Melford, co. Suffolk

children by first wife

1. Hon Alexandra Frances Margaret Davidson (b. 13 Apr 1957; dvp. 1995), mar. 14 Dec 1983 Richard John Oldfield, son of C C B Oldfield, and had issue

2. Hon (Georgina) Caroline Davidson (b. 16 May 1958), mar. 2 Oct 1982 Lord Edward Alexander Somerset (b. 1 May 1958), 2nd son of David Robert [Somerset], 11th Duke of Beaufort, by his first wife Lady Caroline Jane Thynne, only dau. of Henry Frederick [Thynne], 6th Marquess of Bath, and has issue

3. Hon Camilla Birgitta Davidson (b. 17 Feb 1963), mar. (1) 1988 (div. 1991) Simon Guthrie McNair Scott, of The Old Rectory, Lesnewth, Boscastle, co. Cornwall (b. 12 May 1960), 1st son and heir of Thomas Michael McNair Scott, of Highfield House, Augerez, St Peter, Jersey, Channel Islands (by his wife Susannah Hodges, only dau. of Frederick Leslie Hodges, of Jersey, Channel Islands), 1st son and heir of Maj Ronald Guthrie McNair Scott by his wife Hon Mary Cecilia Berry, 1st dau. of William Ewart [Berry], 1st Viscount Camrose, and (2) 2 Jun 1995 Mark Gibson, and has issue by her first husband

4. Hon Kristina Louise Davidson (b. 17 Feb 1963)

mar. (2)

6 Jun 1975 Pamela Joy Dobb (former wife of ..... Dobb; d. 26 Nov 2006), dau. of John Vergette

died

20 Jul 2012

suc. by

brother

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Council Member, Country Landowners' Association 1965-75; Chairman, Management Committee Royal Eastern County Hospital 1966-75; Member, East Anglia Economic Planning Council 1971-75; a Lord-in-Waiting (Government Whip) 1985-86; Captain, Yeomen of the Guard (Deputy Chief Whip) 1986-91

Malcolm William Mackenzie [Davidson], 3rd Viscount Davidson

born

28 Aug 1934

mar.

1970 (Evelyn) Anne Carew Perfect (former wife of Alan Perfect), 2nd dau. of William Blackmore Storey

children

1. Hon (John) Nicholas Alexander Davidson, later 4th Viscount Davidson

1. Hon Sophie Anne Frances Davidson (b. 1973)

died

27 Sep 2019

suc. by

son

(John) Nicholas Alexander [Davidson], 4th Viscount Davidson

born

1971

There is no heir to the Viscountcy of Davidson.

 Last updated 4 Mar 2023

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Title:

4th Viscount Davidson, of Little Gaddesden in the County of Hertford

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 11 Jun 1937)

Address:

19 Lochmore House, Cundry Street, London SW1W 9JX

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