Viscount Daventry

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Viscountcy in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

title: "Viscount Daventry" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["viscountcies-in-the-peerage-of-the-united-kingdom", "noble-titles-created-in-1943", "fitzroy-family"] description: "Viscountcy in the Peerage of the United Kingdom" topic_path: "geography/united-kingdom" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscount_Daventry" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Viscountcy in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ::

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FieldValue
nameViscountcy of Daventry
image[[File:Coronet of a British Viscount.svg
captionQuarterly:* 1st and 4th, Gules three Lion's Gambs two and one Argent (Newdegate); 2nd and 3rd, the Royal Arms of King Charles II debruised by a Baton Sinister compony Argent and Azure* (FitzRoy)
creation_date6 May 1943
monarchKing George VI
peeragePeerage of the United Kingdom
first_holderMuriel FitzRoy, 1st Viscountess Daventry
present_holderJames Edward FitzRoy Newdegate, 4th Viscount Daventry
heir_apparentthe Hon. Humphrey John FitzRoy Newdegate
statusExtant
family_seatArbury Hall
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| name = Viscountcy of Daventry | image = [[File:Coronet of a British Viscount.svg|130px|centre]] [[File:Arms of the Viscount Daventry.svg|150px]] | image_size = | alt = | caption = Quarterly:* 1st and 4th, Gules three Lion's Gambs two and one Argent (Newdegate); 2nd and 3rd, the Royal Arms of King Charles II debruised by a Baton Sinister compony Argent and Azure* (FitzRoy) | creation_date = 6 May 1943 | creation = | monarch = King George VI | peerage = Peerage of the United Kingdom | baronetage = | first_holder = Muriel FitzRoy, 1st Viscountess Daventry | last_holder = | present_holder = James Edward FitzRoy Newdegate, 4th Viscount Daventry | heir_apparent = the Hon. Humphrey John FitzRoy Newdegate | heir_presumptive = | remainder_to = | subsidiary_titles = | status = Extant | extinction_date = | family_seat = Arbury Hall | former_seat = | motto = | footnotes = Viscount Daventry, of Daventry in the County of Northampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 6 May 1943 for Muriel FitzRoy (née Douglas-Pennant), in honour of her late husband, the Hon. Edward FitzRoy, Speaker of the House of Commons from 1928 until his death in 1943. The first Viscountess was the sister of Frank Douglas-Pennant, 5th Baron Penrhyn, whilst Edward FitzRoy was the second son of Charles FitzRoy, 3rd Baron Southampton, and a male-line descendant of Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton. Lady Daventry was succeeded by her eldest son, the second Viscount. He was a captain in the Royal Navy. He was succeeded by his nephew, the third Viscount. His father had assumed the additional surname of Newdegate, which was that of his father-in-law. the title is held by his son, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded in 2000. As a male-line descendant of both the third Baron Southampton and the second Duke of Grafton, he is also in remainder to those peerages.

The family seat is Arbury Hall, near Nuneaton, Warwickshire.

Viscounts Daventry (1943)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son the Hon. Humphrey John FitzRoy Newdegate (b. 1995).

Line of succession

Notes

References

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

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