Viscount St Davids
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Viscount St Davids, of Lydstep Haven in the County of Pembroke, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1918 for Sir John Wynford Philipps, 13th Baronet, of Picton Castle. He had already been created Baron St Davids, of Roch Castle in the County of Pembroke, in 1908. The Baronetcy had been created in the Baronetage of England in 1621 for Sir John Philipps, who like several of his descendants represented Pembrokeshire in the House of Commons. The seventh Baronet was created Baron Milford in the Peerage of Ireland in 1776, but this title became extinct on his death.
Lord St Davids also holds the titles Baron Strange de Knokyn (created 1299), Baron Hungerford (created 1426) and Baron Moleyns (created 1445), all in the Peerage of England. These titles came into the Philipps family through the first Viscount St David's second marriage to Elizabeth Frances Abney-Hastings, in whose favour these ancient Baronies were called out of abeyance in 1921.
The first Viscount's two sons from his first marriage were both killed in action in the First World War. He was succeeded by his son from his second marriage, Jestyn, who became the second Viscount. In 1974 he succeeded his mother as Baron Strange de Knokyn, Baron Hungerford and Baron De Moleyns.
Two of the first Viscount's younger brothers, Owen Crosby Philipps, 1st Baron Kylsant and Laurence Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford, were also raised to the peerage.
Baronets of Picton Castle (1621)
- Sir John Philipps, 1st Baronet, of Picton Castle (d. 1629)
- Sir Richard Philipps, 2nd Baronet, of Picton Castle (d. c. 1648)
- Sir Erasmus Philipps, 3rd Baronet, of Picton Castle (c. 1623-1697)
- Sir John Philipps, 4th Baronet, of Picton Castle (c. 1666-1737)
- Sir Erasmus Philipps, 5th Baronet, of Picton Castle (c. 1700-1743)
- Sir John Philipps, 6th Baronet, of Picton Castle (c. 1701-1764)
- Sir Richard Philipps, 7th Baronet, of Picton Castle (1744-1823) (created Baron Milford 1776; extinct 1823)
- Sir Rowland Perry Philipps-Laugharne-Philipps, 8th Baronet, of Picton Castle (1788-1832)
- Sir William Philipps-Laugharne-Philipps, 9th Baronet, of Picton Castle (1794-1850)
- Sir Godwin Philipps-Laugharne-Philipps, 10th Baronet, of Picton Castle (1840-1857)
- Sir James Evans, Philipps, 11th Baronet, of Picton Castle (1793-1873)
- Sir James Erasmus Philipps, 12th Baronet, of Picton Castle (1824-1912)
- Sir John Wynford Philipps, 13th Baronet, of Picton Castle (1860-1938) (created Viscount St Davids in 1918)
Viscounts St Davids (1918)
- John Wynford Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids (1860-1938)
- Jestyn Reginald Austen Plantagenet Philipps, 2nd Viscount St Davids (1917-1991)
- Colwyn Jestyn John Philipps, 3rd Viscount St Davids (b. 1939)
Heir Apparent: The Hon. Rhodri Colwyn Philipps (b. 1966)