Viscount Selby

William Gully, 1st Viscount Selby

Viscount Selby, of the City of Carlisle, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1905 for the Liberal politician Sir William Gully upon his retirement as Speaker of the House of Commons. He was the son of the physician James Manby Gully. The title of the viscountcy derived from the maiden name of Gully's wife, Elizabeth Selby, daughter of Thomas Selby. As of 2012 the title is held by the first Viscount's great-great-great-grandson, the sixth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 2001.

Viscounts Selby (1905)

William Court Gully, 1st Viscount Selby (1835–1909)
James William Herschell Gully, 2nd Viscount Selby (1867–1923)
Thomas Sutton Evelyn Gully, 3rd Viscount Selby (1911–1959)
Michael Guy John Gully, 4th Viscount Selby (1942–1997)
Edward Thomas William Gully, 5th Viscount Selby (1967–2001)
Christopher Rolf Thomas Gully, 6th Viscount Selby (b. 1993)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's great-uncle the Hon. James Edward Hugh Grey Gully (b. 1945). The heir presumptive's heir is his eldest son James Ian Mackenzie Gully (b. 1975)

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 Michael Guy John Gully, 4th Viscount Selby
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edward Thomas William Gully, 5th Viscount Selby

British viscounts*

In the peerages of England, Scotland and Great Britain

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

In the peerage 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

In the peerages of United Kingdom & Ireland (post-1801)

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

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