Viscount Chelmsford
1st Baron Chelmsford
Viscount Chelmsford, of
GCVO.[2] As of 2010[update] the titles are held by the first Viscount's great-grandson, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded his father[3] in 1999.[4][unreliable source?
]
Several other members of the Thesiger family have also gained distinction. Sir Frederic Thesiger (died 1805), uncle of the
Lord Justice of Appeal. The Hon. Sir Edward Pierson Thesiger (1842–1928), fourth son of the first Baron, was Clerk-Assistant to Parliament from 1890 to 1917.[7] His second son Sir Bertram Sackville Thesiger[8] (1875–1966) was a naval commander and served as Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station between 1927 and 1929 while his third son Ernest Thesiger[9] was an actor. The Hon. Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger (1871–1920), third son of the second Baron, was Consul-General and Minister Plenipotentiary to Addis Ababa.[citation needed] His eldest son Sir Wilfred Thesiger was an explorer and travel writer.[10] The Hon. Eric Thesiger, fourth son of the second Baron, was a soldier and courtier.[11]
Barons Chelmsford (1858)
- Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford (1794–1878)
- Frederic Augustus Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827–1905)
- Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 3rd Baron Chelmsford (1868–1933) (created Viscount Chelmsford in 1921)
Viscounts Chelmsford (1921)
- Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford (1868–1933)
- Hon. Frederic Ivor Thesiger (1896–1917)
- Andrew Charles Gerald Thesiger, 2nd Viscount Chelmsford (1903–1970)
- (Frederic) Jan Thesiger, 3rd Viscount Chelmsford (1931–1999)
- Frederic Corin Piers Thesiger, 4th Viscount Chelmsford(born 1962)
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Notes
- ^ "Chelmsford, third Baron (1868–1933)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
- ^ Greaves 2011, pp. 161–163.
- ^ "Frederic Jan Thesiger, 3rd Viscount Chelmsford". geni.com.
- ^ "Chelmsford, Viscount (UK, 1921)". cracrofts.co.uk.
- ^ "Commonwealth War Graves Commission – casualty details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 28 November 2007.
- ^ "Obituary: Sir Gerald Thesiger". The Times. 22 April 1981. p. 14.
- ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1.
- ^ "No. 29751". The London Gazette. 15 September 1916. p. 9070.
- Lives of the First World War
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36464. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "No. 33470". The London Gazette. 26 February 1929. p. 1348.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 1865.
Books
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: Dean & Son. p. 195.
- Greaves, Adrian (2011). Isandlwana: How the Zulus humbled the British Empire. South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Military. ISBN 978-1-84884-532-9.
- Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David, eds. (1990). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. New York: St Martin's Press.
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External links
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Chelmsford, Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 23–24.
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Andrew Charles Gerald Thesiger, 2nd Viscount Chelmsford
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Jan Thesiger, 3rd Viscount Chelmsford
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Frederic Corin Piers Thesiger, 4th Viscount Chelmsford
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages – Peerages beginning with "C" (part 3)
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