Viscount Cowdray
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Viscount Cowdray, of Cowdray in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1917 for the industrialist Weetman Dickinson Pearson, head of the Pearson conglomerate. He had already been created a Baronet, of Cowdray in the County of Sussex, on 26 June 1894, and Baron Cowdray, of Midhurst in the County of Sussex, in 1910. His son, the second Viscount, sat as a Liberal Member of Parliament for Eye. His son, the third Viscount, after serving in World War II where he lost an arm, was Chairman of the family firm of Pearson Plc from 1954 to 1977. As of 2006 the titles are held by the latter's son, the fourth Viscount.
The family seat is Cowdray House, near Midhurst, Sussex.
[edit] Viscounts Cowdray (1917)
- Weetman Dickinson Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray (1856-1927)
- Weetman Harold Miller Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray (1882-1933)
- Weetman John Churchill Pearson, 3rd Viscount Cowdray (1910-1995)
- Michael Orlando Weetman Pearson, 4th Viscount Cowdray (b. 1944)
The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Peregrine John Dickinson Pearson (b. 27 October 1994)
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
