Viscount Hewart

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Viscount Hewart, of Bury in the County of Lancaster, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1940 for Gordon Hewart on his retirement as Lord Chief Justice. He had already been created Baron Hewart, of Bury in the County of Lancaster, in 1922. The titles became extinct on the death of the second Viscount in 1964.

[edit] Barons Hewart (1922)

• Gordon Hewart, 1st Baron Hewart (1870-1943) (created 1st Viscount Hewart in 1940)

[edit] Viscounts Hewart (1940)

• Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart (1870-1943)
• Hugh Vaughan Hewart, 2nd Viscount Hewart (1896-1964)