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Slim, Viscount (UK, 1960)

Creation: let. pat. 15 Jul 1960

Family name: Slim

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Arms:

Gules semy of Swords erect Argent a Lion rampant Or on a Canton quarterly Azure and also Argent a Mullet of seven points Gold

Crest:

Out of a Crown Vallary Or a Peacock in its Pride proper gorged with a Collar and with a Line reflexed over the back Gold

Supporters:

Dexter:  a British Soldier in jungle green Battle Dress with web equipment the exterior hand supporting a Rifle with bayonet affixed;  Sinister:  a Gurkha Rifleman in North West Frontier dress with web equipment the exterior hand supporting a Rifle all proper

Motto:

Merses Profundo Pulchrior Evenit (A recompense is fairer from a depth)

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William Joseph [Slim], 1st Viscount Slim, KG GCB GCMG GCVO GBE DSO MC

son of John Slim, of Bristol, by his wife Charlotte Tucker, dau. of Charles Tucker, of Burnham, co. Somerset

born

6 Aug 1891

mar.

1 Jan 1926 Aileen Robertson DStJ (d. 1994), dau. of Rev John Anderson Robertson, of Edinburgh

children

1. Hon John Douglas Slim, later 2nd Viscount Slim

1. Hon Una Mary Slim (b. 1 Dec 1930), mar. (1) 17 Jan 1953 (div. 1979) Maj Peter Nigel Stewart Frazer, 2nd son of Col Donald Frazer DSO, of Puddington Lodge, Tiverton, co. Devon, and (2) 1980 Ronald Rowcliffe, and has issue by her first husband

died

14 Dec 1970

created

15 Jul 1960 Viscount Slim, of Yarralumla in the Capital Territory of Australia and of Bishopston in the City and County of Bristol

suc. by

son

note

Field Marshal;  MC 1917; CBE 1942; DSO 1943; General Officer Commander-in-Chief 14th Army 1943-45;  CB and KCB 1944; General Officer Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces, South East Asia, 1945-46;  GBE 1946; Chief of the Imperial General Staff 1948-53;  GCB 1950; GCMG 1952; Governor-General of Australia 1953-60; GCVO 1954; Knight of the Garter 1959; Deputy Constable and Lieutenant Governor of Windsor Castle 1963-64; Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle 1964-70

John Douglas [Slim], 2nd Viscount Slim, OBE DL

born

20 Jul 1927

mar.

18 Jul 1958 Elisabeth Joan Spinney (d. 16 Oct 2018), dau. of Arthur Rawdon Spinney CBE, of Kyrenia, Cyprus, by his wife Cecil Joan Glegg

children

1. Hon Mark William Rawdon Slim, later 3rd Viscount Slim

2. Hon Hugo John Robertson Slim (b. 28 Aug 1961), 1991 M B Rebecca Abrams, dau. of Prof Philip Abrams, of Bristol, and has issue

1. Hon Mary Ann Slim (b. 13 Nov 1964)

died

12 Jan 2019

suc. by

son

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Lt Col Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders; OBE 1973; Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London 1988; elected to the House of Lords 1999

Mark William Rawdon [Slim], 3rd Viscount Slim

born

13 Feb 1960

mar.

1992 Harriet Laura Harrison, 2nd dau. of Jonathan Harrison, of co. Bedford

children

1. Hon Rufus William Rawson Slim (b. 15 Apr 1995)

2. Hon William James Harrison Slim (b. 6 Jul 1999)

3. Hon Kit Cosmo John Slim (b. 20 Aug 2004)

 Last updated 8 Jul 2019

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Title:

3rd Viscount Slim, of Yarralumla in the Capital Territory of Australia and of Bishopston in the City and County of Bristol

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 15 Jul 1960)

Address:

BH2, 15 Basinghall Street, London EC2V 5BR

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