Viscount Stansgate

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Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox nobility title Viscount Stansgate, of Stansgate in the County of Essex,[1] is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1942 for the Labour politician, former Secretary of State for India and future Secretary of State for Air, William Wedgwood Benn. He was the second son of Sir John Benn, 1st Baronet, of The Old Knoll. Stansgate's eldest son and heir apparent, Michael Benn, was later killed in the Second World War. Consequently, he was succeeded in the title by his second son, the Labour politician Tony Benn, who disclaimed the peerage on 31 July 1963, the day the Peerage Act 1963 passed into law and made it possible for him to do so.[2] As of 2022Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the title is held by Tony Benn's eldest son, Stephen Benn, 3rd Viscount Stansgate.

Stansgate is a hamlet near the village of Steeple, Essex, on the southern side of the River Blackwater estuary. The village has been home to several generations of the Benn family since about 1900.[3] They live in Stansgate Abbey,[4] described by Chris Mullin as "an ungainly, rambling 1920s house in a stunning location".[5]

Viscounts Stansgate (1942—present)

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William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate
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Tony Benn, briefly and unwillingly 2nd Viscount Stansgate

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The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Daniel John Wedgwood Benn (born 1991).

The heir apparent's heir presumptive is the present holder's brother, the Rt Hon. Hilary James Wedgwood Benn (born 1953).

Arms

Coat of arms of Viscount Stansgate
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Crest
On a rock a spear erect proper, flowing therefrom a pennon azure, charged with the word “Onward”, letters or.
Escutcheon
Argent, two barrulets indented gules, between in chief as many dragons’ heads erased and in base a pencil and a pen in saltire proper, tied with a lace azure, pendent therefrom a torteau, charged with a figure “1914” or.
Motto
Deo Favente (By God's favour).[6]

See also

References

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