Viscount Sidmouth

Viscountcy of Sidmouth
Creation date	23 June 2024 (302 days)
Creation	First
Created by	Charles III
Peerage	Peerage of Great Britain
First holder	Thomas Carew, Viscount Sidmouth
Present holder	Thomas Carew, Viscount Sidmouth
Heir apparent	Owain, Lord Knightstone
Remainder to	the 1st Baron's heirs of the body lawfully begotten
Status	Extant
Seat(s)	The Chanters House
Motto	Nunquam Ruunt Perfectio ("Perfection never rushes")

Viscount Sidmouth is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain created by Charles III during the 32nd Parliaments Dissolution Honours on 23 June 2024 for Thomas Carew, Baron Knightstone to acknowledge his "strong, steady, committed, loyal, and dedicated service to the Crown, His Majesty's Government, and the Empire of Great Britain as Lord High Steward and Prime Minister of Great Britain.". The title also has the subsidiary title of the Baron Knightstone. The eldest child of Lord Sidmouth is entitled to use the courtesy title of "Lord Knightstone", in the case of a male, or "Lady Knightstone" in the case of a female. The other children of Lord Sidmouth without a substantive title of their own hold the courtesy appanage "of Sidmouth".

Barons Knightstone, First Creation (6 April 2024)

Created by Charles III
#	Name	Period	Spouse	Notes	Other titles
1	Thomas Carew	23 June 2024 - Present	7 January 2024 The Baroness Wilton 2 children	Created for strong, steady, committed, loyal, and dedicated service to the Crown, His Majesty's Government, and the Empire of Great Britain.	Baron Knightstone

Succession to the Barony

• Thomas Carew, Viscount Sidmouth
  • (1). Owain, Lord Knightstone (a. 4 January 2024)
  • (2). August Carew-Grey, 1st Baron Calder (a. 22 May 2024)
  • (3). Josephine Carew-Grey, 1st Baroness Wilton (m. 7 January 2024)

Coat of Arms

Coat of arms of the Viscount Sidmouth

Adopted 28 April 2024 Coronet A coronet of a Baron Crest On a Mount Vert a Horse passant Argent holding in the mouth a Carew Feather (Crumby Crumpet) Escutcheon Quarterly, 1st and 4th: An Otter against a green background; 2nd: A red and black split argent, upon which are three towers of the City of Exeter; 3rd: A red and black split argent, with a charge of a white owl. Supporters On either side a a White and Gold Griffin Motto Nunquam Ruunt Perfectio (Perfection never rushes) Orders Circlet of the Order of the Bath (appointed Knight Commander on 22 February 2024).