Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax
Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax, of Hethersett in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 10 July 1957 for the businessman and public servant Harold Mackintosh, 1st Baron Mackintosh of Halifax. He was the owner of the confectionery business of John Mackintosh & Sons Ltd and for many years Chairman of the National Savings Committee. Mackintosh had already been created a baronet, of Halifax in the West Riding of the County of York, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 28 January 1935,[2] and Baron Mackintosh of Halifax, of Hethersett in the County of Norfolk, on 6 February 1948, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[3] As of 2017 the titles are held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1980.
Viscounts Mackintosh of Halifax (1957)
- Harold Vincent Mackintosh, 1st Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax (1891–1964)
- John Mackintosh, 2nd Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax (1921–1980)
- John Clive Mackintosh, 3rd Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax (born 1958)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Thomas Harold George Mackintosh (born 1985).
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Line of Succession
- Harold Vincent Mackintosh, 1st Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax (1891 – 1964)[5]
- John Mackintosh, 2nd Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax (1921 – 1980)
- John Clive Mackintosh, 3rd Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax (born 1958)
- (1) Hon. Thomas Harold George Mackintosh (b. 1985)
- (2) Hon. George John Frank Mackintosh (b. 1988)
- (3) Hon. Graham Charles Mackintosh (b. 1964)
- (4) Matthew Joseph Mackintosh (b. 1997)
- (5) John Ashford Mackintosh (b. 2000)
- (6) Robert Charles Mackintosh (b. 2004)
- John Clive Mackintosh, 3rd Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax (born 1958)
- John Mackintosh, 2nd Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax (1921 – 1980)
References
- "No. 41125". The London Gazette. 12 July 1957. p. 4158.
- "No. 34130". The London Gazette. 5 February 1935. p. 837.
- "No. 38198". The London Gazette. 6 February 1948. p. 898.
- Burke's Peerage. 1959.
- http://www.thepeerage.com/p48732.htm#i487320
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages