Viscount Devonport
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Viscount Devonport, of Wittington in the County of Buckingham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> It was created on 22 June 1917 for the Liberal politician and former Member of Parliament for Devonport, Hudson Kearley, 1st Baron Devonport. He had already been created a Baronet, of Wittington in the Parish of Medmenham in the County of Buckingham on 22 July 1908,<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> and Baron Devonport, of Wittington in the County of Buckingham, on 15 July 1910.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> Template:As of the titles are held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1973.
The family seat is Ray Demesne, near Kirkwhelpington, Northumberland.
Viscounts Devonport (1917)
- Hudson Ewbanke Kearley, 1st Viscount Devonport (1856–1934)
- Gerald Chester Kearley, 2nd Viscount Devonport (1890–1973)
- Terence Kearley, 3rd Viscount Devonport (b. 1944)
The heir presumptive is the present holder's first cousin once removed, David Hudson Kearley Mezquida (b. 1982)
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- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, Template:Page needed
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