Viscount Slim, of Yarralumla

Yarralumla

Yarralumla may refer to:* Government House, Canberra, the residence of the Governor-General of Australia known as Yarralumla* Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra* Yarralumla Primary School...

 in the Capital Territory of Australia and of Bishopston

Bishopston, Bristol

Bishopston the name of both a council ward of the city of Bristol, England, and a suburb of the city that falls within that ward. Bishopston is situated around the Gloucester Road , the main northern arterial road in the city. The ward includes St Bonaventures and Ashley Down parishes, as well as...

 in the City and County of Bristol, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1960 for Field Marshal

Field Marshal

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 Sir William Slim

William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim

Field Marshal William Joseph "Bill"'Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC, KStJ was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia....

 upon the end of his term as Governor-General of Australia

Governor-General of Australia

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. the title is held by his son, the second Viscount, who succeeded in 1970. He is one of the ninety elected hereditary peer

Hereditary peer

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s that remain in the House of Lords

House of Lords

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 after the passing of the House of Lords Act of 1999

House of Lords Act 1999

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, and sits as a cross-bencher

Cross-bencher

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.

Viscount Slim (1960)

• William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
  William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
  Field Marshal William Joseph "Bill"'Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC, KStJ was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia....
  
   (1891–1970)
• John Douglas Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim
  John Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim
  Colonel John Douglas Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim OBE, DL, FRGS is a British peer and soldier. He is one of the 92 hereditary peers in the House of Lords, elected to remain after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999. In 1970, he succeeded to his father's title...
  
   (b. 1927)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's son Hon. Mark William Rawdon Slim (b. 1960)

The heir apparent's heir apparent is his eldest son Rufus William Rawdon Slim (b. 1995).