Viscount Head

Viscount Head, of Throope in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1960 for the soldier and Conservative politician Antony Head.^[1] He had previously served as Secretary of State for War and as Minister of Defence. As of 2023^[update] the title is held by his eldest son, the second Viscount, who succeeded in 1983.

The family seat is Throope Manor, near Salisbury, Wiltshire.

Viscounts Head (1960)

• Antony Henry Head, 1st Viscount Head (1906–1983)
• Richard Antony Head, 2nd Viscount Head (b. 1937)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son the Hon. Henry Julian Head (b. 1980)

Line of Succession

• Antony Henry Head, 1st Viscount Head (1906–1983)^[2]
  • Richard Antony Head, 2nd Viscount Head (born 1937)
    • (1) Hon. Henry Julian Head (b. 1980)
    • (2) Hon. George Richard Head (b. 1982)
      • (3) Leo Patrick Harold Head (b. 2013)
  • (4) Hon. Simon Andrew Head (b. 1944)

Arms

Coat of arms of Viscount Head

Crest A unicorn's head couped Sable armed and crined Or between two arrows erect points downward of the last. Escutcheon Sable a chevron Argent between two unicorns' heads couped in chief and in base as many arrows in saltire and filed by a ducal crown Or. Supporters On either side a Staffordshire terrier Sable gorged with a dog collar Or. Motto Study Quiet [3]

Notes

1. "No. 42108". The London Gazette. 2 August 1960. p. 5321.
2. "Person Page".
3. Debrett's Peerage. 2000.

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, ^{[page needed]}
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source] [better source needed]}

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Richard Antony Head, 2nd Viscount Head