Viscount Hanworth

Viscount Hanworth, of Hanworth in the County of Middlesex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 17 January 1936 for the lawyer, Conservative Member of Parliament and former Master of the Rolls, Ernest Pollock, 1st Baron Hanworth. He had already been created a Baronet, of Hanworth in the County of Middlesex, on 27 November 1922, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, and Baron Hanworth, of Hanworth in the County of Middlesex, on 28 January 1926, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Pollock was the fifth son of George Pollock, fourth son of Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet, of Hatton (elder brother of Field Marshal Sir George Pollock, 1st Baronet, of The Khyber Pass). As of 2012 the titles are held by the first Viscount's great-grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1996. As a descendant of Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet, of Hatton, he is also in remainder to this title, which is currently held by his kinsman Sir George Frederick Pollock, 5th Baronet.