Baron Swansea

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Baron Swansea, of Singleton in the County of Glamorgan, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1893 for the industrialist Henry Hussey Vivian. He had already been created a Baronet, of Singleton in the County of Glamorgan, in 1882. As of 2007 the titles are held by his great-grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2005.

Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian, was the uncle of the first Baron Swansea. The Liberal politician Sir Arthur Vivian was the younger brother of the first Baron.

[edit] Barons Swansea (1893)

• Henry Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea (1821-1894)
• Ernest Ambrose Vivian, 2nd Baron Swansea (1848-1932)
• Odo Richard Vivian, 3rd Baron Swansea (1875-1934)
• John Hussey Hamilton Vivian, 4th Baron Swansea (1925-2005)
• Richard Anthony Hussey Vivian, 5th Baron Swansea (b. 1957)

The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son Hon. James Henry Hussey Vivian (b. 1999)

[edit] See also

• Baron Vivian

[edit] References

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