Viscount Maugham, of

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in the

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, was a title in the

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. It was created on 22 September 1939 for the former

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, Frederic Maugham, Baron Maugham. He had already been created a

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under the

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as Baron Maugham, of Hartfield in the County of Sussex, on 7 October 1935. This title was also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. On Lord Maugham's death in 1958 the life barony became extinct while he was succeeded in the viscountcy by his only son, the second Viscount. He was an author known as Robin Maugham. He never married and on his death in 1981 the viscountcy became extinct. Viscount Maugham was the author of 'U.N.O and War Crimes' published by John Murray, 1951. The author

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was the younger brother of the first Viscount.

Viscounts Maugham (1939)

* Frederic Herbert Maugham, 1st Viscount Maugham (1866–1958) * Robert Cecil Romer "Robin" Maugham, 2nd Viscount Maugham (1916–1981)

References

* ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1968 edition) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maugham Extinct viscountcies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Peerages created for lord high chancellors of Great Britain Noble titles created in 1939 1981 disestablishments in the United Kingdom *