Viscount Brentford, of

Newick Newick is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. It is located on the A272 road east of Haywards Heath. The parish church, St. Mary's, dates mainly from the Victorian era, but still has a N ...

in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1929 for the

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politician Sir William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Baronet, chiefly remembered for his tenure as

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from 1924 to 1929. He had already been created a baronet, of Holmsbury, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, on 20 September 1919. His younger son, the third Viscount, was also a Conservative politician. On 29 January 1956, two years before he succeeded his elder brother in the viscountcy, he was created a baronet, of Newick. the titles are held by the third Viscount's son, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded in 1983, a retired solicitor and has served as the president of the

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. The family seat is Cousley Place, near

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, East Sussex.

Viscounts Brentford (1929)

William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford, (23 June 1865 – 8 June 1932), known as Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Bt, from 1919 to 1929 and popularly known as Jix, was an English solicitor and Conservative Party politician. He first att ...

(1865–1932) * Richard Cecil Joynson-Hicks, 2nd Viscount Brentford (1896–1958) * Lancelot William Joynson-Hicks, 3rd Viscount Brentford (1902–1983) * Crispin William Joynson-Hicks, 4th Viscount Brentford (b. 1933) The

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is the present holder's only son Hon. Paul William Joynson-Hicks (b. 1971)
The heir apparent’s heir apparent is his eldest son, Tom William Joynson-Hicks (b. 2009)Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019

Arms

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. *

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brentford Viscountcies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1929 Noble titles created for UK MPs