Viscount Ullswater
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Viscount Ullswater, of Campsea Ashe in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Viscountcy was created in 1921 for James Lowther upon his retirement as Speaker of the House of Commons. The family are a cadet branch of the Earls of Lonsdale (descended from a younger brother of the 3rd Earl), with the current Lord Lonsdale being Lord Ullswater's third cousin once removed. The 1st Viscount lived to the age of 93, and was pre-deceased by both his eldest son (1887-1935) and his eldest son's eldest son (1910-1942), the title being inherited by his great-grandson at the age of 7, in an extremely rare instance of a great-grandson succeeding his great-grandfather in a peerage.
Viscounts Ullswater (1921)
- James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater (1855-1949)
- Nicholas James Christopher Lowther, 2nd Viscount Ullswater (b. 1942)
Heir Apparent: The Hon. Benjamin James Lowther (b. 1975)