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Viscount Waverley

Viscountcy in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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Viscountcy in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Field	Value
image	[[File:Coronet of a British Viscount.svg	centre	150px]] [[File:Waverley Escutcheon.png	centre	200px]]
escutcheon	Argent a saltire engrailed between a mullet in chief and a lotus flower in base and in each flank a crescent Gules on a chief Sable three martlets of the field.
crest	A demi-lion rampant Or armed and langued Azure holding in his dexter forepaw a branch of olive Proper.
supporters	Two horses Argent crined and unguled Or.
motto	Beati Pacifi (Blessed Are The Peacemakers)

Viscount Waverley, of Westdean in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 28 January 1952 for the civil servant and politician Sir John Anderson, who served variously as Governor of Bengal, Member of Parliament, Lord Privy Seal, Home Secretary, Lord President of the Council and Chancellor of the Exchequer. the title is held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1990. 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.

Viscount Waverley (1952)

John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley (1882–1958)
David Alastair Pearson Anderson, 2nd Viscount Waverley (1911–1990)
John Desmond Forbes Anderson, 3rd Viscount Waverley (born 1949)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Forbes Alastair Rupert Anderson (born 1996).

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References

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

References

{{London Gazette. (29 January 1952)
(5 November 1999). "The 75 elected hereditary peers". BBC News.
(2019). "Debrett's Peerage".

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