Viscount Allenby

Viscount Allenby, of Megiddo and of Felixstowe in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 7 October 1919 for the prominent military commander Field Marshal Sir Edmund Allenby, with remainder, in default of male issue of his own, to his younger brother Captain Frederick Claude Hynman Allenby and his heirs male lawfully begotten. He was succeeded according to the special remainder by his nephew, the second Viscount. As of 2006 the title is held by the latter's son, the third Viscount. He is one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, and sits as a cross-bencher.

The family seat is Newnham Lodge, near Hook, Hampshire.

Viscounts Allenby (1919)

*Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861-1936)
*Dudley Jaffray Hynman Allenby, 2nd Viscount Allenby (1903-1984)
* Michael Jaffray Hynman Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby (b. 1931)

The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son the Hon. Henry Jaffray Hynman Allenby (b. 1968)

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p451.htm#i4503 thePeerage.com]