Viscount Dunrossil

Viscount Dunrossil

Viscount Dunrossil, of Vallaquie and of the Isle of North Uist in the County of Inverness, ist ein erblicher britischer Adelstitel in der Peerage of the United Kingdom, welcher von der Familie Morrison geführt wird.

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Verleihung

Der Titel wurde im Jahre 1959 für William Morrison geschaffen. Dieser war zuvor als Politiker der Conservative Party Speaker des House of Commons gewesen. Nach Erhebung in den Adelsstand war er dann Generalgouverneur von Australien.

Nachgeordneter Titel

Der jeweilige Viscount führt keine nachgeordneten Titel.

Liste der Viscounts Dunrossil (1959)

Titelerbe ist der Sohn des jetzigen Viscounts, Hon. Callum Alasdair Brundage Morrison (* 1994).

Quellen

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

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