Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Viscount Runciman of Doxford, of Doxford in the County of Northumberland, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1937 [ 1 ] for the Hon. Walter Runciman , a politician whose career included service as a Member of Parliament , President of the Board of Trade and Lord President of the Council . [ 2 ]
The Runciman family produced a father and son who sat in the House of Lords simultaneously, the father as a baron, the son as a viscount. Both were prominent government ministers, and both were peers of first creation. The first Viscountess, Hilda Runciman, was an MP in her own right briefly.
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Garry Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford; S. William Mansfield, 1st Viscount Sandhurst;
The Viscount Runciman of Doxford: 1937 David Runciman, 4th Viscount Runciman of Doxford: United Kingdom Thomas Runciman: 78 The Viscount Davidson: 1937 Nicolas Davidson, 4th Viscount Davidson United Kingdom none: 79 The Viscount Weir: 1938 William Weir, 3rd Viscount Weir United Kingdom James Weir: 80 The Viscount Caldecote: 1939
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
This page was last edited on 28 September 2020, at 16:01 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford, PC (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 enactment of the British policy of appeasement of Nazi Germany preceding the Second World War.
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford; S. Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel;