Viscount Dilhorne

Title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Arms of Buller: *Sable, on a cross argent quarter pierced of the field four eagles displayed of the first*^[1]

Viscount Dilhorne, of Greens Norton in the County of Northampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.^[2] It was created on 7 December 1964 for the lawyer, Conservative politician and former Lord Chancellor, Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Baron Dilhorne. He had already succeeded his father as fourth Baronet of Dilhorne and been created Baron Dilhorne, of Towcester in the County of Northampton on 17 July 1962, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.^[3]

The Manningham-Buller baronetcy, of Dilhorne in the County of Stafford, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 20 January 1866^[4] for the first Viscount's great-grandfather Edward Buller-Yarde-Buller, who legally changed his name to Manningham-Buller the same year. He represented Staffordshire North and Stafford in Parliament. Manningham-Buller was the third son of Sir Francis Buller, 2nd Baronet, of Churston Court, whose eldest son, the third Baronet, was created Baron Churston in 1858. His grandson, the third Baronet, sat as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Kettering and Northampton. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the aforementioned fourth Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage as Viscount Dilhorne. As of 2022^[update], the titles are held by the latter's grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded in 2022.

Eliza Manningham-Buller, Baroness Manningham-Buller, a life peer and former Director General of MI5, is the second daughter of the first Viscount.

The family seat is The Dower House, near Dorchester, Dorset.

Manningham-Buller (formerly Buller-Yarde-Buller) baronets, of Dilhorne (1866)

Sir Edward Manningham-Buller, 1st Baronet (1800–1882)
Sir Morton Edward Manningham-Buller, 2nd Baronet (1825–1910)
Sir Mervyn Edward Manningham-Buller, 3rd Baronet (1876–1956)
Sir Reginald Edward Manningham-Buller, 4th Baronet (1905–1980) (created Baron Dilhorne in 1962)

Baron Dilhorne (1962)

Reginald Edward Manningham-Buller, 1st Baron Dilhorne (1905–1980) (created Viscount Dilhorne in 1964)

Viscount Dilhorne (1964)

Reginald Edward Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne (1905–1980)
John Mervyn Manningham-Buller, 2nd Viscount Dilhorne (1932–2022)
James Edward Manningham-Buller, 3rd Viscount Dilhorne (born 1956)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, Hon. Edward John Manningham-Buller (born 1990).

Male-line family tree

Male-line family tree, Manningham-Buller baronets and Viscounts Dilhorne.

Sir Edward Manningham-Buller
1st Baronet
1800–1882

Sir Morton Manningham-Buller
2nd Baronet
1825–1910

Maj. Gen.
Edmund Manningham-Buller
1828–1897

Sir Mervyn Manningham-Buller
3rd Baronet
1876–1956

Baron Dilhorne
Viscount Dilhorne

Reginald Manningham-Buller
1st Viscount Dilhorne
1905–1980

John Manningham-Buller
2nd Viscount Dilhorne
1932–2022

James Manningham-Buller
3rd Viscount Dilhorne
born 1956

Hon.
Edward Manningham-Buller
born 1990

References

^ Burke's Landed Gentry, 1937, p. 279, Buller of Downes.
^ "No. 43511". The London Gazette. 8 December 1964. p. 10447.
^ "No. 42736". The London Gazette. 20 July 1962. p. 5807.
^ "No. 23059". The London Gazette. 12 January 1866. p. 209.

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