Quarterly: 1st and 4th grandquarters: Per bend dancetty Azure and Or a Bend invected between three Crosses Patée in chief and as many Horseshoes in base all counterchanged (Bigham);2nd grandquarter:1st and 4th, Ermine, on a Bend Azure, a Magnetic Needle, pointing to the Polar Star Or (Petty); 2nd and 3rd, Argent, a Saltire Gules, and a Chief, Ermine (FitzMaurice); 3rd grandquarter: 1st, Parted per pale Sable and Argent on a Chaplet four Quatrefoils counterchanged (Nairne); 2nd counterquartered: 1st and 4th, Or on a Fess Gules between three Crosses Patée in chief of the second a Mullet Azure in base three Bezants (Mercer); 2nd and 3rd, Argent a Chevron Sable between three Boars' Heads erased Gules (Elphinstone); 3rd counterquartered:
1st and 4th, Paly of six Or and Sable (Atholl); 2nd, Or a Fess chequy Azure and Argent (Stewart); 3rd, Azure three Mullets Argent within a Double Tressure flory counterflory Or (Murray); 4th, Argent three Martlets Sable (de Flahault).
Creation date
22 January 1916
Peerage
Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder
John Charles Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey
Present holder
Edward John Hallam Bigham, 5th Viscount Mersey
Heir presumptive
Hon. David Edward Hugh Bigham
Seat(s)
Bignor Park
Motto
I Advance
John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey.
Viscount Mersey, of Toxteth in the County Palatine of Lancaster, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1916 for the lawyer and politician John Bigham, 1st Baron Mersey. He had already been created Baron Mersey, of Toxteth in the County Palatine of Lancaster, in 1910, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. His son, the second Viscount, was a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords and also served as Liberal Chief Whip in the House of Lords from 1944 to 1949. His son, the third Viscount, married Katherine Petty-Fitzmaurice, 12th Lady Nairne, the eldest daughter of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 6th Marquess of Lansdowne and 10th Lord Nairne. They were both succeeded by their son, the fourth Viscount Mersey and thirteenth Lord Nairne. As of 2017[update] the titles are held by the latter's son, the fifth Viscount, who succeeded in 2006.
The family seat is Bignor Park, near Pulborough, Sussex.
ViscountMersey, of Toxteth in the County Palatine of Lancaster, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1916 for the lawyer...
Robert Nairne of Strathord in 1681, which since 1995 is held by the ViscountMersey. Sir Robert Nairne of Strathord (c. 1620–1683), a supporter of Charles...
surname of Petty in addition to FitzMaurice. That same year, he was created Viscount FitzMaurice and Baron Dunkeron in the Peerage of Ireland. In 1753, the...
among Viscounts is: Viscounts in the Peerage of England Viscounts in the Peerage of Scotland Viscounts in the Peerage of Great Britain Viscounts in the...
Licksnawe" [sic]. In 1537, the eleventh Baron was created Baron Odorney and Viscount Kilmaule in the Peerage of Ireland. However, these titles became extinct...
[citation needed] In 1814 Lord Keith was further honoured when he was made Viscount Keith in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, with normal remainder to heirs...
bought in 1926 by Clive Bigham, 2nd ViscountMersey. The present owner is Edward John Hallam Bigham, 5th ViscountMersey: the composer Ned Bigham. The estate...
see List of earls in the peerages of Britain and Ireland 110 Viscounts: see List of viscounts in the peerages of Britain and Ireland 443 Hereditary Barons:...
footballer for Brentford FC was born in Littlehampton John Bigham, 1st ViscountMersey (1840–1929) jurist and politician, died in Littlehampton Benjamin Bonetti...
educator Charlie Bigham, founder of Charlie Bigham's Clive Bigham, 2nd ViscountMersey (1872-1956), British peer and politician Daniel Bigham (born 1991)...
Board of Marine Arbitration was opened in London. John Bigham, 1st ViscountMersey, President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High...
Petty and Lady Shelburne. In 1719 he was further honoured when he was made Viscount Dunkerron and Earl of Shelburne, also in the Peerage of Ireland. On his...
inherited the Lordship of Nairne in 1837, a title which is now held by the ViscountMersey. The family seat is Whitberry House near Tyninghame, East Lothian....
"The Viscount Scarsdale". UK Parliament. Retrieved 19 January 2023. "The ViscountMersey". UK Parliament. Retrieved 19 January 2023. "The Viscount Cowdray"...
producer, Songwriter and former chairman of SESAC. John Bigham, 1st ViscountMersey: Jurist and politician, known for heading the British inquiry into...
Rickenbacker Era. AuthorHouse. ISBN 9781665501446. John Bingham, 1st ViscountMersey; et al. (1912). The Loss of the Titanic, 1912 (1999 ed.). The Stationery...
composer, conductor, and director (d. 1914) 1840 – John Bigham, 1st ViscountMersey, English jurist and politician (d. 1929) 1850 – Reginald Heber Roe...
in order of creation, including extant, extinct and abeyant titles. A viscount is the fourth rank in the peerage of the United Kingdom, Great Britain...
Magnard, French composer and educator (b. 1865) 1929 – John Bigham, 1st ViscountMersey, English jurist and politician (b. 1840) 1936 – Nikita Balieff, Armenian-Russian...
and four daughters one of which, Mary, married Charles Bigham, 2nd ViscountMersey. Frederick Romilly at Cricket Archive "leighrayment.com House of Commons:...
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