Viscount Slim

Viscount Slim

Viscount Slim, of Yarralumla in the Capital Territory of Australia and of Bishopston in the City and County of Bristol, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1960 for Field Marshal Sir William Slim upon the end of his term as Governor-General of Australia.LondonGazette
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] As of 2006 the title is held by his son, the second Viscount. 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 of 1999, and sits as a cross-bencher.

Viscounts Slim (1960)

*William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (1891-1970)
*John Douglas Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim (b. 1927)

The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Mark William Rawdon Slim (b. 1960)

The Heir Apparent's eldest son and Heir Apparent is Rufus William Rawdon Slim (b. 1995)

ee also

*Yarralumla

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]


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