Viscount Churchill of Rolleston in Leicestershire

Summary

15th July 1902. Victor Albert Francis Spencer 1st Viscount Churchill [aged 37] created.

3rd January 1934. Son Victor Alexander Spencer 2nd Viscount Churchill [aged 44] succeeded.

1973. Half Brother Victor George Spencer 3rd Viscount Churchill [aged 39] succeeded.

2017. Victor George Spencer 3rd Viscount Churchill extinct.

The London Gazette 27455. Whitehall, July 15, 1902.

The King has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting the dignity of a Viscount of the said United Kingdom unto Victor Albert Francis Charles, Lord Churchill [aged 37], KCVO, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Viscount Churchill, of Rolleston, in the county of Leicester.

On 3rd January 1934 Victor Albert Francis Spencer 1st Viscount Churchill [aged 69] died of pneumonia. His son Victor [aged 44] succeeded 2nd Viscount Churchill of Rolleston in Leicestershire, 4th Baron Churchill Wychwood in Oxfordshire.

In 1973 Victor Alexander Spencer 2nd Viscount Churchill [aged 83] died. His half brother Victor [aged 39] succeeded 3rd Viscount Churchill of Rolleston in Leicestershire, 5th Baron Churchill Wychwood in Oxfordshire.

In 2017 Victor George Spencer 3rd Viscount Churchill [aged 83] died. Viscount Churchill of Rolleston in Leicestershire extinct. His second cousin once removed Richard [aged 91] succeeded 6th Baron Churchill Wychwood in Oxfordshire.