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, was a diplomat. As of 2017 the titles are held by the latter's nephew, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded in 2007.

Stanley Buckmaster,
1st Viscount Buckmaster

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

Viscounts Buckmaster (1933)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son the Hon. Andrew Nicholas Buckmaster (b. 1980)

Notes

    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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