Viscount Runciman of Doxford, of Doxford in the County of Northumberland, is a title in the

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. It was created in 1937 for the Hon. Walter Runciman, a politician whose career included service as a

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and

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. He was the son and heir apparent of the shipping magnate and Liberal politician Walter Runciman, who had been created a Baronet in the

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in 1906 and Baron Runciman, of Shoreston in the County of Northumberland, in 1933, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. As his father was still alive at the time of the creation of the viscountcy the title of this peerage was ''Runciman of Doxford'' rather than simply ''Runciman''. the titles are held by the first Viscount's great-grandson, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 2020. He is a well-known

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at the

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Hilda Runciman, Viscountess Runciman of Doxford Hilda Runciman, Viscountess Runciman of Doxford (28 September 1869 – 28 October 1956) was a British Liberal Party politician. Family and education A daughter of James Cochran Stevenson, a Liberal Member of Parliament for South Shields, Hilda ...

, wife of the first Viscount, represented St Ives, Cornwall in the

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from 1928 to 1929. Also, the Hon. Sir Steven Runciman, younger son of the first Viscount and Hilda, Viscountess Runciman of Doxford, was a noted historian.

Barons Runciman (1933)

Walter Runciman, 1st Baron Runciman Walter Runciman, 1st Baron Runciman (6 July 1847 – 13 August 1937) was an English and Scottish shipping magnate. He was born in the Scottish town of Dunbar. He was the fourth son of Walter Runciman, master of a schooner and later a member o ...

(1847–1937) * Walter Runciman, 2nd Baron Runciman (1870–1949) (had been created Viscount Runciman of Doxford in 1937)

Viscounts Runciman of Doxford (1937)

Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford, (19 November 1870 – 14 November 1949) was a prominent Liberal and later National Liberal politician in the United Kingdom. His 1938 diplomatic mission to Czechoslovakia was key to the ...

(1870–1949) * Walter Leslie Runciman, 2nd Viscount Runciman of Doxford (1900–1989) * Walter Garrison Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford (1934–2020) * David Walter Runciman, 4th Viscount Runciman of Doxford (b. 1967) The

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is the present holder's son the Hon. Thomas Walter Runciman (b. 1999

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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''Time'' 19 March 1928. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Runciman Of Doxford Viscountcies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom * Noble titles created in 1937 Noble titles created for UK MPs