Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax
Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax, of Hethersett in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1957 for the businessman and public servant Harold Mackintosh, 1st Baron Mackintosh of Halifax. He was the owner of the confectionery business of John Mackintosh & Sons Ltd and for many years Chairman of the National Savings Committee. Mackintosh had already been created a baronet, of Halifax in the County of York, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 28 January 1935, and Baron Mackintosh of Halifax, of Hethersett in the County of Norfolk, in 1948, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. As of 2010[update] the titles are held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1980.
Viscounts Mackintosh of Halifax (1957)
- Harold Vincent Mackintosh, 1st Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax (1891–1964)
- John Mackintosh, 2nd Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax (1921–1980)
- John Clive Mackintosh, 3rd Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax (born 1958)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Thomas Harold George Mackintosh (born 1985).
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source][better source needed]
