Viscount Trenchard
Viscount Trenchard , of
Wolfeton in the County of Dorset, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom . It was created in 1936 for
Marshal of the Royal Air Force ,
Hugh Trenchard, 1st Baron Trenchard . He had already been created a
Baronet , of Wolfeton in the County of Dorset, in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1919 and
Baron Trenchard , of Wolfeton in the County of Dorset, in 1930, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. His second son, the second Viscount, held junior ministerial positions from 1979 to 1983 in the
Conservative administration of
Margaret Thatcher . the titles are held by the latter's son, the third Viscount, who succeeded in 1987. In 2004 he replaced the recently deceased
Lord Vivian as one of the ninety elected (by hereditary peers)
hereditary peer s that are allowed to remain in the
House of Lords after the passing of the
House of Lords Act 1999 . Lord Trenchard sits on the
Conservative benches.
The family seat is Standon Lordship, near
Ware ,
Hertfordshire .
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