Viscount Leathers

Viscount Leathers, of Purfleet in the County of Essex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1954 for the businessman, Conservative politician and public servant Frederick Leathers, 1st Baron Leathers. He had already been created Baron Leathers, of Purfleet in the County of Essex, in 1941, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. As of 2010 the titles are held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1996.

Viscounts Leathers (1954)

Frederick James Leathers, 1st Viscount Leathers (1883–1965)
Frederick Alan Leathers, 2nd Viscount Leathers (1908–1996)
Christopher Graeme Leathers, 3rd Viscount Leathers (b. 1941)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. James Frederick Leathers (b. 1969)

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

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Frederick Alan Leathers, 2nd Viscount Leathers
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Christopher Graeme Leathers, 3rd Viscount Leathers

British viscounts*

In the peerages of England, Scotland and Great Britain

Hereford Falkland Arbuthnott Oxfuird Bolingbroke & St John Cobham Falmouth Torrington Hood

In the peerage of Ireland *(pre-1801)*

Gormanston Mountgarret Valentia Dillon Massereene & Ferrard Charlemont Downe Molesworth Chetwynd Midleton Boyne Gage Galway Powerscourt Ashbrook Southwell de Vesci Lifford Bangor Doneraile Harberton Hawarden

In the peerages of United Kingdom & Ireland (post-1801)

*Current substantive viscounts, listed by precedence, from highest to lowest

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