Baron Swansea, of
SingletonSingleton Park is the largest urban park in the city of Swansea and is located in Sketty. The park has hosted many entertainment and cultural events such as Party in the Park and Proms in the Park which were regular events by local stations The Wave 96.4 FM & Swansea Sound and other music events...
in the County of
GlamorganGlamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It was originally an early medieval kingdom of varying names and boundaries until taken over by the Normans as a lordship. Glamorgan is latterly represented by the three preserved...
, is a title in the
Peerage of the United KingdomThe Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. In that year, the Peerage of Great Britain was replaced by the Peerage of the United Kingdom...
. It was created in 1893 for the industrialist
Sir Henry Vivian, 1st BaronetHenry Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea was a Welsh industrialist and politician.Born at Singleton Abbey, Swansea, Henry was the eldest son of industrialist and MP John Henry Vivian and his wife Sarah, daughter of Arthur Jones, of Reigate...
. He had already been created a
Baronet, of Singleton in the County of Glamorgan, in 1882. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. On his death the titles passed to his half-brother, the third Baron. As of 2009 the titles are held by the latter's grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2005.
John Henry VivianJohn Henry Vivian was a Welsh industrialist and politician of Cornish extraction.Vivian was the son of John Vivian, of Truro, Cornwall, and his wife Betsey, daughter of the Reverend Richard Cranch, and the brother of Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian...
, father of the first Baron, was an industrialist and politician.
Baron Swansea, of
SingletonSingleton Park is the largest urban park in the city of Swansea and is located in Sketty. The park has hosted many entertainment and cultural events such as Party in the Park and Proms in the Park which were regular events by local stations The Wave 96.4 FM & Swansea Sound and other music events...
in the County of
GlamorganGlamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It was originally an early medieval kingdom of varying names and boundaries until taken over by the Normans as a lordship. Glamorgan is latterly represented by the three preserved...
, is a title in the
Peerage of the United KingdomThe Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. In that year, the Peerage of Great Britain was replaced by the Peerage of the United Kingdom...
. It was created in 1893 for the industrialist
Sir Henry Vivian, 1st BaronetHenry Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea was a Welsh industrialist and politician.Born at Singleton Abbey, Swansea, Henry was the eldest son of industrialist and MP John Henry Vivian and his wife Sarah, daughter of Arthur Jones, of Reigate...
. He had already been created a
Baronet, of Singleton in the County of Glamorgan, in 1882. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. On his death the titles passed to his half-brother, the third Baron. As of 2009 the titles are held by the latter's grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2005.
John Henry VivianJohn Henry Vivian was a Welsh industrialist and politician of Cornish extraction.Vivian was the son of John Vivian, of Truro, Cornwall, and his wife Betsey, daughter of the Reverend Richard Cranch, and the brother of Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian...
, father of the first Baron, was an industrialist and politician. The soldier
Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron VivianRichard Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian GCB GCH PC , known as Sir Hussey Vivian from 1815 to 1828 and Sir Hussey Vivian, Bt from 1828 to 1841, was a British cavalry leader who came of a Cornish family....
, was the uncle of the first Baron. The Liberal politician
Sir Arthur VivianSir Arthur Pendarves Vivian KCB was a British Liberal politician.Vivian was the third son of the industrialist John Henry Vivian and his wife Sarah, daughter of Arthur Jones, of Reigate. Henry Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea, was his elder brother and Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian, his uncle...
was the younger brother of the first Baron.
Barons Swansea (1893)
- Henry Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea
Henry Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea was a Welsh industrialist and politician.Born at Singleton Abbey, Swansea, Henry was the eldest son of industrialist and MP John Henry Vivian and his wife Sarah, daughter of Arthur Jones, of Reigate...
(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 ApparentAn heir apparent is an heir who cannot be displaced from inheriting.An heir presumptive, by contrast, is an heir currently in line to inherit a title, but who could be displaced at any time by certain events.Today these terms most commonly describe heirs to hereditary titles, particularly monarchies...
is the present holder's son the Hon. James Henry Hussey Vivian (b. 1999)