Viscount Allenby

Edmund Allenby,
1st Viscount Allenby

Viscount Allenby, of Megiddo and of Felixstowe in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 7 October 1919 for the prominent military commander Field Marshal Sir Edmund Allenby, with remainder, in default of male issue of his own, to his younger brother Captain Frederick Claude Hynman Allenby and his heirs male lawfully begotten. The first Viscount's son was killed in action on the Western Front in 1917.

He was succeeded according to the special remainder by his nephew, the second Viscount. The latter's son, the third Viscount, who succeeded in 1984 was 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 sat as a crossbencher. As of 2014, the title is held by his son, the 4th Viscount, who succeeded in that year.

The family seat is Newham Lodge, near Hook, Hampshire.

Viscounts Allenby (1919)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Harry Michael Edmund Allenby (b. 2000).

The only other person in remainder to the Viscountcy is the heir apparent's younger brother, Hon. Charles Michael James Allenby (b. 2004).

Family Tree


 
 
Hynman Allenby
(1823–1879)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby
1st Viscount Allenby

(1861–1936)
 
 
Frederick Claude Hynman Allenby
(1864–1934)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lieutenant
Horace Michael Hynman Allenby
(1898–1917)
 
 
Dudley Jaffray Hynman Allenby
2nd Viscount Allenby

(1903–1984)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Michael Jaffray Hynman Allenby
3rd Viscount Allenby

(1921–2014)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Henry Jaffray Hynman Allenby
4th Viscount Allenby
(born 1968)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Honourable
Harry Michael Edmund Allenby
(born 2000)

References

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