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Coat of arms of Viscounts Runciman of Doxford [7]; Crest A seahorse erect gules, holding in the fore fins a thistle as in the arms. Escutcheon Per fess or and azure a lymphad oars in action, the sail charged with a thistle leaved and slipped proper, flags flying to the dexter gules.
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.
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Runciman was the eldest son of the politician Walter Runciman (later 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford) and Hilda Stevenson. He was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and grew up at Doxford Hall. He was educated at Summer Fields School, [1] Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1937 he was awarded the Air Force Cross.
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Walter Runciman may refer to: Walter Runciman, 1st Baron Runciman (1847–1937), shipping magnate, Liberal MP, and peer Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford (1870–1949), son of the above, Liberal and later National Liberal MP and government minister
Runciman married Ruth Hellman on 17 April 1963. She was made a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1998. [12] They had three children: [13] Hon. Lisa Runciman (born 18 August 1965) David Walter Runciman, 4th Viscount Runciman of Doxford (born 1 March 1967) Hon. Catherine Runciman (born 18 July 1969)
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