Viscount Monsell

Viscount Monsell, of Evesham in the County of Worcester, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.^[1] It was created on 30 November 1935 for the Conservative politician Bolton Eyres-Monsell. The title became extinct on the death of his son, the second Viscount, in 1993.

Viscounts Monsell (1935)

• Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell (1881–1969)
• Henry Bolton Graham Eyres-Monsell, 2nd Viscount Monsell (1905–1993)

Arms

Coat of arms of Viscount Monsell

Crest 1st a lion rampant Proper holding between his paws a mullet of the arms (Monsell). 2nd upon a mount Vert a human leg couped at the thigh in armour quarterly Sable and Or the spur Gold on either side three cinquefoils slipped Vert the leg charged for distinction with a cross-crosslet Argent (Eyres). Escutcheon Quarterly 1st & 4th Argent on a chevron between three mullets Sable a chevron slipped Or (Monsell) 2nd Sable on a chevron nebuly plain cottised between three cinquefoils Or as many woolpacks Proper and for distinction a canton Argent (Eyres) 3rd Per fess Argent and Or a fess chequy Gules and Argent in chief a lion rampant between two crosses pattée Gules and for distinction a canton Sable (Kettlewell). Supporters On either side a sea lion per chevron Argent and Sable semée of mullets counterchanged. Motto Mone Sale [2]

References

1. "No. 34226". The London Gazette. 2 December 1935. p. 7659.
2. Burke's Peerage. 1959.

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source] [better source needed]}