Viscount Head

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Viscount Head, of Throope in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1960 for the soldier and Conservative politician Antony Head. He had previously served as Secretary of State for War and as Minister of Defence. As of 2012 the title is held by his eldest son, the second Viscount, who succeeded in 1983.

The family seat is Throope Manor, near Salisbury, Wiltshire.

Viscounts Head (1960)

Antony Henry Head, 1st Viscount Head (1906–1983)
Richard Antony Head, 2nd Viscount Head (b. 1937)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Henry Julian Head (b. 1980)

Notes

References

Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Richard Antony Head, 2nd Viscount Head

British viscounts*

...of England, ...of Scotland and ...of Great Britain

Hereford Falkland Arbuthnott Oxfuird Bolingbroke & St John Cobham Falmouth Torrington Hood

...of Ireland *(pre-1801)*

Gormanston Mountgarret Valentia Dillon Massereene & Ferrard Charlemont Downe Molesworth Chetwynd Midleton Boyne Gage Galway Powerscourt Ashbrook Southwell de Vesci Lifford Bangor Doneraile Haberton Hawarden

...of the United Kingdom & ...of Ireland (post-1801)

*Current substantive viscounts, listed by precedence, from highest to lowest

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