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'''Viscount Weir''', of [[Eastwood, East Renfrewshire|Eastwood]] in the [[Renfrewshire|County of Renfrew]], is a title in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34527 |date=1 July 1938 |page=4239}}</ref> It was created on 25 June 1938 for the Scottish businessman, public servant, politician and former [[President of the Air Council]], [[William Weir, 1st Viscount Weir|William Weir, 1st Baron Weir]]. He had already been created '''Baron Weir''', of Eastwood in the County of [[Renfrewshire|Renfrew]], on 26 June 1918, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30787 |date=9 July 1918 |page=8063}}</ref> {{As of|2010}} the titles are held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1975.<br />
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The family previously owned [[The Lands of Montgreenan|Montgreenan Estate]], near [[Auchenharvie Castle|Torranyard]], [[Ayrshire]].<br />
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==Viscounts Weir (1938)==<br />
*[[William Weir, 1st Viscount Weir|William Douglas Weir, 1st Viscount Weir]] (1877–1959)<br />
*[[James Kenneth Weir]], 2nd Viscount Weir [[FRSE]] (1905–1975)<br />
*[[William Weir, 3rd Viscount Weir|William Kenneth James Weir, 3rd Viscount Weir]] (b. 1933)<br />
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The [[heir apparent]] is the present holder's son, the Hon. James William Hartland Weir (b. 1965)<br />
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==Arms==<br />
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|image = [[File:Coronet of a British Viscount.svg|centre|150px]][[File:Weir Escutcheon.png|centre|200px]]<br />
|crest = A Wing Argent charge with a Thistle slipped proper<br />
|coronet = A [[Coronet|Coronet of a Viscount]]<br />
|escutcheon = Azure a Cogwheel Or winged Argent in chief the Sun in Splendour of the second<br />
|supporters = On either side a Winged Horse Argent hoofed and crined Or<br />
|motto = Forward Towards The Light <br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, {{Page needed |date=February 2013}}<br />
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