Viscount Chelmsford

[[Image:1st Lord Chelmsford.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Frederic Thesiger, <br> 1st Baron Chelmsford]]

[[Image:1st Lord Chelmsford.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Frederic Thesiger, <br> 1st Baron Chelmsford]]

”’Viscount Chelmsford”’, of [[Chelmsford]] in the County of [[Essex]], is a title in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]]. It was created in 1921 for [[Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford|Frederic Thesiger, 3rd Baron Chelmsford]], the former [[Viceroy of India]]. The title of ”’Baron Chelmsford”’, of Chelmsford in the County of Essex, was created in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]] in 1858 for the first Viscount’s grandfather, the lawyer and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford|Sir Frederic Thesiger]], who twice served as [[Lord Chancellor]] of Great Britain. {{As of|2010}} the titles are held by the first Viscount’s great-grandson, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1999.

”’Viscount Chelmsford”’, of [[Chelmsford]] in the County of [[Essex]], is a title in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]]. It was created in 1921 for [[Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford|Frederic Thesiger, 3rd Baron Chelmsford]], the former [[Viceroy of India]]. The title of ”’Baron Chelmsford”’, of Chelmsford in the County of Essex, was created in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]] in 1858 for the first Viscount’s grandfather,<ref>{{cite dictionary|title=Chelmsford, third Baron (1868–1933)|dictionary=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070638b.htm|access-date=11 July 2010}}</ref> the lawyer and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford|Sir Frederic Thesiger]], who twice served as [[Lord Chancellor]] of Great Britain. Then following was the [[Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford|2nd Baron]], who gained the rank of general and was awarded {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GCB|GCVO}}.{{sfn|Greaves|2011|pp=161–163}} {{As of|2010}} the titles are held by the first Viscount’s great-grandson, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded his father<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Frederic-Jan-Thesiger-3rd-Viscount-Chelmsford/6000000011314202013|website=geni.com|title=Frederic Jan Thesiger, 3rd Viscount Chelmsford}}</ref> in 1999.

Several other members of the Thesiger family have also gained distinction. Sir Frederic Thesiger (died 1805), uncle of the [[Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford|first baron]], was a captain in the [[Royal Navy]] and served as [[Aide-de-Camp]] to [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Lord Nelson]] at the [[Battle of Copenhagen (1801)|Battle of Copenhagen]] in 1801. The Hon. Charles Wemyss Thesiger (1831–1903), second son of the first Baron, was a [[Lieutenant-General]] in the Army. His eldest son [[George Thesiger]] was a temporary Major-General in the Army and was killed in the [[First World War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1770535|title=Commonwealth War Graves Commission&nbsp;– casualty details|publisher=[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]|accessdate=2007-11-28}}</ref> His son [[Gerald Thesiger|Sir Gerald Thesiger]] was a Judge of the [[High Court of Justice]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Obituary: Sir Gerald Thesiger |work=[[The Times]] |date=22 April 1981 |page=14 }}</ref> The Hon. [[Alfred Thesiger]], third son of the first Baron, was a [[Lord Justice of Appeal]]. The Hon. Sir Edward Pierson Thesiger (1842–1928), fourth son of the first Baron, was Clerk-Assistant to Parliament from 1890 to 1917.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-203729|website=ukwhoswho.com|title=Thesinger, Hon. Sir Edward (Pierson)|date=1 December 2007}}</ref> His second son Sir [[Bertram Thesiger|Bertram Sackville Thesiger]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29751|page=9070|date=15 September 1916}}</ref> (1875–1966) was a naval commander and served as [[East Indies Station|Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station]] between 1927 and 1929 while his third son [[Ernest Thesiger]]<ref>{{Lives of WWI | id= 4396731 | name= Ernest Frederic Graham Thesiger }}</ref> was an actor. The Hon. Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger (1871–1920), third son of the second Baron, was Consul-General and Minister Plenipotentiary to [[Addis Ababa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dbpedia.org/page/Wilfred_Gilbert_Thesiger|website=dbpedia.org|title=About:Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger}}</ref> His eldest son [[Wilfred Thesiger|Sir Wilfred Thesiger]] was an explorer and travel writer.<ref>{{ODNBweb|id=36464|title=Thesiger, Frederic Augustus, second Baron Chelmsford (1827–1905)|last=Laband|first=J. P. C. }}</ref> The Hon. [[Eric Thesiger]], fourth son of the second Baron, was a soldier and courtier.<ref>{{ London Gazette | issue = 33470 |page=1348 | date = 26 February 1929 }}</ref>

Several other members of the Thesiger family have also gained distinction. Sir Frederic Thesiger (died 1805), uncle of the first Baron, was a captain in the [[Royal Navy]] and served as [[Aide-de-Camp]] to [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Lord Nelson]] at the [[Battle of Copenhagen (1801)|Battle of Copenhagen]] in 1801. The Hon. Charles Wemyss Thesiger (1831–1903), second son of the first Baron, was a [[Lieutenant-General]] in the Army. His eldest son [[George Thesiger]] was a temporary Major-General in the Army and was killed in the [[First World War]]. His son [[Gerald Thesiger|Sir Gerald Thesiger]] was a Judge of the [[High Court of Justice]]. The Hon. [[Alfred Thesiger]], third son of the first Baron, was a [[Lord Justice of Appeal]]. The Hon. Sir Edward Pierson Thesiger (1842–1928), fourth son of the first Baron, was Clerk-Assistant to Parliament from 1890 to 1917. His second son Sir [[Bertram Thesiger|Bertram Sackville Thesiger]] (1875–1966) was a naval commander and served as [[East Indies Station|Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station]] between 1927 and 1929 while his third son [[Ernest Thesiger]] was an actor. The Hon. Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger (1871–1920), third son of the second Baron, was Consul-General and Minister Plenipotentiary to [[Addis Ababa]]. His eldest son [[Wilfred Thesiger|Sir Wilfred Thesiger]] was an explorer and travel writer. The Hon. [[Eric Thesiger]], fourth son of the second Baron, was a soldier and courtier.

==Barons Chelmsford (1858)==

==Barons Chelmsford (1858)==

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===Books===

*{{cite book |last=Hesilrige |first=Arthur G. M. |date=1921| title=Debrett’s Peerage and Titles of courtesy| url=https://debretts.com/ | url-status=live| location=160A, Fleet street, [[London]], UK |publisher=[[Dean & Son]]|archive-url=https://archive.org/details/debrettspeeraget00unse/mode/2up |quote=[[John Debrett]] |archive-date=13 September 2016 |page=195}}

*{{cite book | editor-last= Kidd | editor-first=Charles | editor-last2= Williamson | editor-first2= David | title=Debrett’s Peerage and Baronetage | place= New York: St Martin’s Press | date= 1990 }}{{ISBN?}}

*{{cite book | editor-last= Kidd | editor-first=Charles | editor-last2= Williamson | editor-first2= David | title=Debrett’s Peerage and Baronetage | place= New York: St Martin’s Press | date= 1990 }}{{ISBN?}}

*{{cite book | first=Charles | last=Mosley | title=Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage | edition=107th | place=London: Cassells | date=2002 }}{{ISBN?}}

*{{cite book | first=Charles | last=Mosley | title=Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage | edition=107th | place=London: Cassells | date=2002 }}{{ISBN?}}

== External links ==

== External links ==

* {{EB1911|wstitle=Chelmsford, Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron|volume=6|pages=23–24}}

*{{Rayment|external links=y|C|3|date=August 2018}}

* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-andrew-thesiger | Andrew Charles Gerald Thesiger, 2nd Viscount Chelmsford }}

* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-andrew-thesiger | Andrew Charles Gerald Thesiger, 2nd Viscount Chelmsford }}

* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-frederick-thesiger-1 | Jan Thesiger, 3rd Viscount Chelmsford }}

* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-frederick-thesiger-1 | Jan Thesiger, 3rd Viscount Chelmsford }}

* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-frederic-thesiger | Frederic Corin Piers Thesiger, 4th Viscount Chelmsford }}

* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-frederic-thesiger | Frederic Corin Piers Thesiger, 4th Viscount Chelmsford }}

* {{Rayment|external links=y|C|3|date=August 2018}}

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