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LAIDLAW |
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| 14 Jun 2004 |
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Irvine
Alan Stewart Laidlaw |
22 Dec 1942 |
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Created Baron Laidlaw for life 14 Jun 2004 |
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| 8 Feb 1991 |
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Sir Hector
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12 May 1923 |
21 Jun 2010 |
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8 Feb
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LAING OF ELDERSLIE |
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| 22 Aug 2024 |
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Eleanor
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1 Feb 1958 |
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Created Baroness Laing of Elderslie |
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for life 22 Aug 2024 |
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LAIRD |
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| 16 Jul 1999 |
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John Dunn
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23 Apr 1944 |
10 Jul 2018 |
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Created Baron Laird for life 16 Jul 1999 |
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| 10 Jul 2018 |
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LAKE |
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| 4 Nov 1807 |
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Gerald Lake |
27 Jul 1744 |
20 Feb 1808 |
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Created Baron Lake
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and Viscount Lake 4 Nov 1807 |
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MP for Aylesbury 1790-1802 |
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The dates given for the two creations are those |
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shown in the London Gazette. Some peerages |
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give
the dates of creation as 13 September 1804 |
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and 4 November 1807 respectively |
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| 20 Feb 1808 |
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Francis Gerard Lake |
31 Mar 1772 |
12 May 1836 |
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Warwick Lake |
9 Nov 1783 |
24 Jun 1848 |
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| 24 Jun 1848 |
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LAMBERT |
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| 23 Jul 1945 |
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George Lambert |
25 Jun 1866 |
17 Feb 1958 |
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Created Viscount Lambert 23 Jul 1945 |
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MP for Devonshire North 1891-1918 and |
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South Molton 1918-1924 and 1929-1945 |
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PC 1912 |
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| 17 Feb 1958 |
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George Lambert |
27 Nov 1909 |
24 May 1989 |
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MP for South Molton 1945-1950 and |
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Torrington 1950-1958 |
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| 24 May 1989 |
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Michael John Lambert |
29 Sep 1912 |
22 Oct 1999 |
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| 22 Oct 1999 |
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LAMBOURNE |
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| 19 Jun 1917 |
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Amelius Mark Richard Lockwood |
17 Aug 1847 |
26 Dec 1928 |
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Created Baron Lambourne 19 Jun 1917 |
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| 26 Dec 1928 |
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MP for Epping 1892-1917. Lord Lieutenant |
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Essex 1919-1928. PC 1905 |
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LAMBTON |
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| 23 Mar 1833 |
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John George Lambton,1st Baron Durham |
12 Apr 1792 |
28 Jul 1840 |
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Durham 23 Mar 1833 |
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See "Durham" |
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LAMBURY |
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| 26 Mar 1962 |
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Sir Leonard Percy Lord |
15 Nov 1896 |
13 Sep 1967 |
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Created Baron Lambury 26 Mar 1962 |
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| 13 Sep 1967 |
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LAMING |
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| 27 Jul 1998 |
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Sir William Herbert Laming |
19 Jul 1936 |
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Created Baron Laming for life 27 Jul 1998 |
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LAMINGTON |
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| 3 May 1880 |
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Wishart-Baillie |
24 Nov 1816 |
15 Feb 1890 |
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Created Baron Lamington 3 May 1880 |
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MP for
Bridport 1841-1846 and 1847-1852, |
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Lanarkshire 1857, Honiton 1859-1868 and Isle of |
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Wight 1870-1880 |
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| 15 Feb 1890 |
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Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Ross |
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Cochrane-Baillie |
31 Jul 1860 |
16 Sep 1940 |
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MP for St.Pancras North 1886-1890. |
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Governor of
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Bombay 1903-1907 |
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Victor Alexander Brisbane William |
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Cochrane-Baillie |
23 Jul 1896 |
20 Sep 1951 |
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LAMONT OF LERWICK |
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| 24 Jul 1998 |
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Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont |
8 May 1942 |
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Created Baron Lamont of Lerwick for life |
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24 Jul 1998 |
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MP for Kingston upon Thames 1972-1997. |
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Minister of State for Trade 1981-1985. |
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Minister of State for Defence Procurement |
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1985-1986. Fin Sec to Treasury 1986-1989 |
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Chief Sec to Treasury 1989-1990. Chancellor |
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of the Exchequer 1990-1993 PC 1986 |
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LAMPARD |
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| 17 Nov 2022 |
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Kathryn Felice Lampard, CBE |
20 Apr 1960 |
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Created Baroness Lampard for life |
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17 Nov 2022 |
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LANARK |
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| 31 Mar 1639 |
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William Hamilton,later [1649] 2nd Duke of Hamilton |
14 Dec 1616 |
2 Sep 1651 |
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and Earl of Lanark 31 Mar 1639 |
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| 6 Feb 1299 |
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Henry Plantagenet |
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22 Sep 1345 |
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Summoned to Parliament as Lord |
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Later created Earl of Leicester (qv) |
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Henry Plantagenet |
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Blanche Plantagenet |
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Henry Plantagenet |
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John de Lancaster |
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Lancaster 29 Dec 1299 |
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| 30 Jun 1267 |
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Edmund Plantagenet |
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Thomas Plantagenet |
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| 7 Mar 1327 |
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Henry Plantagenet |
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22 Sep 1345 |
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Henry Plantagenet |
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Created Duke of Lancaster 13 Nov 1362 |
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Henry Plantagenet |
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Henry Plantagenet |
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The Right Honourable John Mark Lancaster, T.D. |
12 May 1970 |
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Created Baron Lancaster of Kimbolton for life 18 Sep 2020 |
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| 22 Nov 1797 |
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Francis Mathew |
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30 Jul 1806 |
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Francis James Mathew |
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| 28 Sep 1979 |
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Sir Geoffrey Dawson Lane |
17 Jul 1918 |
22 Aug 2005 |
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Created Baron Lane for life 28 Sep 1979 |
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Appeal in Ordinary 1979-1980. Lord Chief |
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Justice 1980-1992.
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| 17 Jul 1990 |
B[L] |
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Sir Peter Stewart Lane |
29 Jan 1925 |
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B[L] |
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Felicity Lane-Fox |
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Martha Lane Fox |
10 Feb 1973 |
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Created Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho for life |
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25 Mar 2013 |
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LANERTON |
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| 8 Jan 1874 |
B |
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Edward Granville George Howard |
23 Dec 1809 |
8 Oct 1880 |
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MP for Morpeth 1833-1837 and 1840-1852 |
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LANESBOROUGH |
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| 31 Jul 1676 |
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Sir George Lane,2nd baronet |
c 1620 |
11 Dec 1683 |
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Created Viscount Lanesborough |
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31 Jul 1676 |
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James Lane |
7 Jan 1650 |
2 Aug 1724 |
74 |
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1 |
Brinsley Butler,2nd Baron Newtown-Butler |
1670 |
6 Mar 1736 |
65 |
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12 Aug 1728 |
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Humphrey Butler |
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11 Apr 1768 |
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20 Jul 1756 |
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PC [I] 1749 |
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Brinsley Butler |
4 Mar 1728 |
15 Jan 1779 |
50 |
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Robert Herbert Butler |
1 Aug 1759 |
17 Apr 1806 |
46 |
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Brinsley Butler |
22 Oct 1783 |
13 Jun 1847 |
63 |
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George John Danvers Butler-Danvers |
6 Dec 1794 |
7 Jul 1866 |
71 |
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John Vansittart Danvers Butler-Danvers |
18 Apr 1839 |
12 Sep 1905 |
66 |
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Charles John Brinsley Butler |
12 Dec 1865 |
18 Aug 1929 |
63 |
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Henry Cavendish Butler |
2 Jun 1868 |
22 Aug 1950 |
82 |
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Denis Anthony Brian Butler |
28 Oct 1918 |
21 Dec 1998 |
80 |
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LANG OF LAMBETH |
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| 2 Apr 1942 |
B |
1 |
Cosmo Gordon Lang |
31 Oct 1864 |
5 Dec 1945 |
81 |
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of Lambeth |
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2 Apr 1942 |
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Archbishop of York 1908-1928 and |
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Canterbury 1928-1942.
PC 1909 |
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LANG OF MONKTON |
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| 29 Sep 1997 |
B[L] |
1 |
Ian Bruce Lang |
27 Jun 1940 |
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Created Baron Lang of Monkton for life |
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29 Sep 1997 |
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MP for Galloway 1979-1983 and Galloway |
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and Upper Nithsdale 1983-1997. Minister of |
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State for Scotland 1990-1995. Secretary |
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of State for Trade and Industry 1995-1997. |
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PC 1990 |
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LANGDALE |
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| 23 Jan 1836 |
B |
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Henry Bickersteth |
18 Jun 1783 |
18 Apr 1851 |
67 |
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Master of the Rolls 1836-1851. PC 1836 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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LANGDALE OF HOLME |
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| 4 Feb 1658 |
B |
1 |
Marmaduke Langdale |
1598 |
5 Aug 1661 |
63 |
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Created Baron Langdale of Holme |
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4 Feb 1658 |
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Lord Lieutenant W Riding Yorkshire 1660-1661 |
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Marmaduke Langdale |
14 Jan 1628 |
25 Feb 1703 |
75 |
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Marmaduke Langdale |
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12 Dec 1718 |
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Marmaduke Langdale |
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8 Jan 1771 |
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| 8 Jan 1771 |
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Marmaduke Langdale |
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5 Apr 1778 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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LANGFORD |
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| 19 Feb 1766 |
V[I] |
1 |
Elizabeth Ormsby Rowley |
1713 |
18 Dec 1791 |
78 |
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Created Baroness Summerhill and |
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Viscountess Langford 19 Feb 1766 |
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2 |
Hercules Rowley |
29 Oct 1737 |
24 Mar 1796 |
58 |
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| 31 Jul 1800 |
B[I] |
1 |
Clotworthy Rowley |
31 Oct 1763 |
13 Sep 1825 |
61 |
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Created Baron Langford 31 Jul 1800 |
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| 13 Sep 1825 |
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2 |
Hercules Langford Rowley |
1795 |
3 Jun 1839 |
43 |
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3 |
Clotworthy Wellington William Robert |
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Rowley |
24 Jul 1824 |
19 Jul 1854 |
29 |
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| 19 Jul 1854 |
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4 |
Hercules Edward Rowley |
1 Jun 1848 |
29 Oct 1919 |
71 |
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| 29 Oct 1919 |
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John Hercules William Rowley |
16 Dec 1894 |
29 Sep 1922 |
27 |
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| 29 Sep 1922 |
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6 |
William Chambre Rowley |
30 Aug 1849 |
22 Jan 1931 |
81 |
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| 22 Jan 1931 |
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7 |
Clotworthy Wellington Thomas Edward |
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Rowley |
1 Jun 1885 |
15 Jul 1952 |
67 |
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| 15 Jul 1952 |
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8 |
Arthur Sholto Langmead Rowley |
10 Dec 1870 |
19 Aug 1953 |
82 |
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| 19 Aug 1953 |
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9 |
Geoffrey Alexander Rowley-Conwy |
8 Mar 1912 |
12 Nov 2017 |
105 |
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| 12 Nov 2017 |
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10 |
Owain Grenville Rowley-Conwy |
27 Dec 1958 |
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LANSDOWN |
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| 1 Jan 1712 |
B |
1 |
George Granville |
9 Mar 1666 |
29 Jan 1735 |
68 |
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MP for Fowey 1702-1710 and Cornwall 1710-12 |
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Secretary at War 1710-1712. PC 1712 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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LANSDOWNE |
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| 6 Dec 1784 |
M |
1 |
William Petty,2nd Earl of Shelburne |
2 May 1737 |
7 May 1805 |
68 |
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Created Viscount Calne and Calston, |
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Earl Wycombe and Marquess of |
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Lansdowne 6 Dec 1784 |
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MP for Wycombe 1760-1761. President of |
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the Board of Trade 1763. Secretary of |
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State 1766-1768. Foreign Secretary 1782. |
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Prime Minister 1782-1783.
PC 1763 KG 1782 |
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| 7 May 1805 |
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John Henry Petty |
6 Dec 1765 |
15 Nov 1809 |
43 |
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MP for Wycombe 1786-1802 |
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| 15 Nov 1809 |
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3 |
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice |
2 Jul 1780 |
31 Jan 1863 |
82 |
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He
subsequently [1818] succeeded as 4th Earl |
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of Kerry (qv) |
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MP for Calne 1802-1806, Cambridge |
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University 1806-1807 and Camelford 1807- |
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1809. Chancellor of the Exchequer 1806- |
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1807. Home Secretary 1827-1828. Lord |
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President of the Council 1830-1834, 1835- |
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1841 and 1846-1852. Lord Lieutenant |
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Wiltshire 1827-1863.
PC 1806 KG 1836 |
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| 31 Jan 1863 |
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4 |
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice |
7 Jan 1816 |
5 Jul 1866 |
50 |
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MP for Calne 1837-1856.
KG 1864 |
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He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of |
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Acceleration as Baron Wycombe 11 Jul 1856 |
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Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice |
14 Jan 1845 |
3 Jun 1927 |
82 |
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Governor General of Canada 1883-1888. |
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Viceroy
of India 1888-1894. Secretary of |
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State for War
1895-1900. Foreign |
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Secretary 1900-1905. Lord Lieutenant |
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Wiltshire 1896-1920. KG 1895 PC 1895 |
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Henry William Edmond Petty-Fitzmaurice |
14 Jan 1872 |
5 Mar 1936 |
64 |
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MP for Derbyshire West 1908-1918 |
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Charles Hope Petty-Fitzmaurice |
9 Jan 1917 |
20 Aug 1944 |
27 |
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George John Charles Mercer Nairne |
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Petty-Fitzmaurice |
27 Nov 1912 |
25 Aug 1999 |
86 |
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Minister of State,Colonial Affairs 1962- |
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1964. Minister of State,Commonwealth |
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Relations 1963-1964.
PC 1964 |
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Charles Maurice Mercer Nairne Petty- |
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Fitzmaurice |
21 Feb 1941 |
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| 24 Dec 1299 |
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1 |
Serlo de Lansladron |
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Lansladron 24 Dec 1299 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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| 5 Oct 2015 |
B[L] |
1 |
Andrew David Lansley |
11 Dec 1956 |
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Created Baron Lansley for life 5 Oct 2015 |
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MP for Cambridgeshire South 1997-2015. |
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Secretary of State for Health 2010-2012. Lord |
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Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons |
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Roger de Lascelles |
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| 7 Sep 1812 |
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1 |
Edward Lascelles,1st Baron Harewood |
7 Jan 1740 |
3 Apr 1820 |
80 |
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Created Viscount Lascelles and Earl of |
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| 16 Jan 1942 |
B |
1 |
Charles Latham |
26 Dec 1888 |
31 Mar 1970 |
81 |
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Created Baron Latham 16 Jan 1942 |
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Lord Lieutenant Middlesex 1945-1956 |
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Dominic Charles Latham |
20 Sep 1954 |
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E |
1 |
Edward Bootle-Wilbraham,2nd Baron |
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Skelmersdale |
12 Dec 1837 |
19 Nov 1898 |
60 |
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PC 1874 |
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Edward George Bootle-Wilbraham |
26 Oct 1864 |
15 Mar 1910 |
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Edward William Bootle-Wilbraham |
16 May 1895 |
6 Feb 1930 |
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LATIMER OF DANBY |
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Created Viscount Osborne 2 Feb 1673, |
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Baron Osborne and Viscount Latimer |
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15 Aug 1673,Earl of Danby 27 Jun 1674, |
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Marquess of Carmarthen 9 Apr 1689 |
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Latymer 29 Dec 1299 |
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William Latimer |
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Latymer 29 Dec 1299 |
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William Latimer |
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William Latimer |
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William Latimer |
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Elizabeth Nevill |
c 1357 |
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John Nevill |
c 1383 |
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John Willoughby |
c 1400 |
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John Willoughby |
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Robert Willoughby,1st Lord Willoughby |
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Robert Willoughby,2nd Lord Willoughby |
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George Nevill |
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30 Dec 1469 |
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Summoned to Parliament as Lord |
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Latymer 25 Feb 1432 |
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Richard Nevill |
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Dec 1530 |
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John Nevill |
17 Nov 1493 |
2 Mar 1543 |
49 |
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John Nevill |
c 1520 |
22 Apr 1577 |
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Francis Burdett Money Coutts-Nevill |
18 Sep 1852 |
8 Jun 1923 |
70 |
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Hugh Burdett Money-Coutts |
13 Aug 1876 |
23 Nov 1949 |
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see the note at the foot of this page |
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Thomas Burdett Money-Coutts |
6 Aug 1901 |
24 May 1987 |
85 |
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Hugo Nevill Money-Coutts |
1 Mar 1926 |
10 Nov 2003 |
77 |
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Crispin James Alan Nevill Money-Coutts |
8 Mar 1955 |
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LAUDERDALE |
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John Maitland,2nd Lord Maitland |
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Created Viscount of Lauderdale |
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2 Apr 1616 and Lord Thirlestane and |
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Boltoun,Viscount Maitland and Earl of |
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Lauderdale 14 Mar 1624 |
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John Maitland |
24 May 1616 |
24 Aug 1682 |
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Marquess of March and Duke of Lauderdale |
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26 May 1672
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Earl of Guilford 25 Jun 1674 |
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Secretary of State for Scotland 1661-1682 |
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KG 1672 PC 1679 |
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On his death all the peerages created in 1672 and |
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1674 became extinct,whilst the original Earldom |
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created in 1624 passed to- |
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Charles Maitland |
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Richard Maitland |
20 Jun 1653 |
1695 |
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Sir John Maitland,1st baronet |
c 1655 |
30 Aug 1710 |
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Charles Maitland |
c 1688 |
15 Jul 1744 |
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Lord Lieutenant Midlothian |
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James Maitland |
23 Jan 1718 |
17 Aug 1789 |
71 |
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James Maitland |
26 Jan 1759 |
15 Sep 1839 |
80 |
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Created Baron Lauderdale 22 Feb 1806 |
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MP for Newport 1780-1784 and Malmesbury |
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1784-1789. PC 1806
KT 1821 |
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James Maitland |
12 Feb 1784 |
22 Aug 1860 |
76 |
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MP for
Camelford 1806-1807, Richmond |
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1818-1820 and Appleby 1826-1832. Lord |
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Lieutenant Berwick 1841-1860 |
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Anthony Maitland |
10 Jun 1785 |
22 Mar 1863 |
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MP for Haddington 1813-1818 and Berwickshire |
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1826-1832 |
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whilst the Earldom passed to - |
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Thomas Maitland |
3 Feb 1803 |
1 Sep 1878 |
75 |
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Charles Barclay-Maitland |
29 Sep 1822 |
13 Aug 1884 |
61 |
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and the subsequent claims to the title, see the |
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note at the foot of this page |
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Frederick Henry Maitland |
16 Dec 1840 |
1 Sep 1924 |
83 |
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Lord Lieutenant Berwick 1890-1901 |
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Frederick Colin Maitland |
12 Apr 1868 |
14 Sep 1931 |
63 |
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Ian Colin Maitland |
30 Jan 1891 |
17 Feb 1953 |
62 |
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Alfred Sydney Frederick Maitland |
17 Apr 1904 |
27 Nov 1968 |
64 |
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Patrick Francis Maitland |
17 Mar 1911 |
2 Dec 2008 |
97 |
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MP for Lanark 1951-1959 |
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Ian Maitland |
4 Nov 1937 |
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Frederick Lewis |
20 Jan 1707 |
20 Mar 1751 |
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of Launceston,Earl of Eltham, |
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Marquess of the Isle of Ely and Duke |
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of Edinburgh 26 Jul 1726 |
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Alexander Albert Mountbatten |
23 Nov 1886 |
23 Feb 1960 |
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LAVINGTON |
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Ralph Payne |
19 Mar 1739 |
3 Aug 1807 |
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MP for Shaftesbury 1768, Camelford 1776-1780, |
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Plympton Erle 1780-1784 and Woodstock 1795- |
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1799. Governor of the Leeward Islands 1774-1775 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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Sheila Lawlor |
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Created Baroness Lawlor |
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for life 3 Nov 2022 |
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Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence,1st baronet |
4 Mar 1811 |
27 Jun 1879 |
68 |
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Governor General of India 1863-1868 |
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John Hamilton Lawrence |
1 Oct 1846 |
22 Aug 1913 |
66 |
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Alexander Graham Lawrence |
29 Mar 1878 |
24 Jun 1947 |
69 |
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John Anthony Edward Lawrence |
16 Oct 1908 |
8 Oct 1968 |
59 |
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David John Downer Lawrence |
4 Sep 1937 |
14 Aug 2023 |
85 |
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Doreen Delceita Lawrence |
24 Oct 1952 |
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Created Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon |
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for life 6 Sep 2013 |
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Charles Napier Lawrence |
27 May 1855 |
17 Dec 1927 |
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23 Jul 1923 |
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John James Lawson |
16 Oct 1881 |
3 Aug 1965 |
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Secretary of State for War 1945-1946 |
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Lieutenant Durham 1949-1958 |
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Nigel Lawson |
11 Mar 1932 |
3 Apr 2023 |
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Peter Richard Grenville Layard |
15 Mar 1934 |
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Created Baron Layard for life 3 May 2000 |
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Sir Walter Thomas Layton |
15 Mar 1884 |
14 Feb 1966 |
81 |
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CH 1919 |
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Michael John Layton |
28 Sep 1912 |
23 Jan 1989 |
76 |
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Geoffrey Michael Layton |
18 Jul 1947 |
4 Aug 2018 |
71 |
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Jonathan Francis Layton |
1942 |
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| 20 Jul 1999 |
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David Edward Lea |
2 Nov 1937 |
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20 Jul 1999 |
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| 31 Oct 2022 |
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Ruth Jane Lea, CBE |
22 Sep 1947 |
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31 Oct 2022 |
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| 6 Jun 2006 |
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Charles Guy Rodney Leach |
1 Jun 1934 |
12 Jun 2016 |
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6 Jun 2006 |
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LEATHERLAND |
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| 16 Dec 1964 |
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Charles Edward Leatherland |
18 Apr 1898 |
17 Dec 1992 |
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| 17 Dec 1992 |
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LEATHERS |
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| 18 Jan 1954 |
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Frederick James Leathers |
21 Nov 1883 |
19 Mar 1965 |
81 |
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Created Baron Leathers 19 May 1941 |
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and Viscount Leathers 18 Jan 1954 |
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Minister of War Transport 1941-1945. |
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Secretary of State for Co-ordination of |
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Transport,Fuel and Power 195-1953 |
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PC 1941 CH 1943 |
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| 19 Mar 1965 |
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Frederick Alan Leathers |
4 Apr 1908 |
21 Jan 1996 |
87 |
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Christopher Graeme Leathers |
31 Aug 1941 |
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LEBEDEV |
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| 19 Nov 2020 |
B[L] |
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Evgeny Alexandrovich Lebedev |
8 May 1980 |
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19 Nov 2020 |
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LECALE |
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| 15 Apr 1645 |
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Thomas Cromwell,4th Baron Cromwell |
11 Jun 1594 |
1653 |
59 |
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Created Viscount Lecale 22 Nov 1624 |
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and Earl of Ardglass 15 Apr 1645 |
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| 27 Dec 1800 |
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1 |
Lord Charles James Fitzgerald |
30 Jun 1756 |
18 Feb 1810 |
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MP for Arundel 1807.
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| 4 Sep 1721 |
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Nicholas Lechmere |
5 Aug 1675 |
18 Jun 1727 |
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| 18 Jun 1727 |
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MP for Appleby 1708-1710,Cockermouth 1710- |
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1717 and Tewkesbury 1717-1721. Solicitor |
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Duchy of Lancaster 1717-1727. Attorney |
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LECONFIELD |
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| 14 Apr 1859 |
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George Wyndham |
5 Jun 1787 |
18 Mar 1869 |
81 |
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Created Baron Leconfield 14 Apr 1859 |
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| 18 Mar 1869 |
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Henry Wyndham |
31 Jul 1830 |
6 Jan 1901 |
70 |
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Charles Henry Wyndham |
17 Feb 1872 |
17 Apr 1952 |
80 |
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Hugh Archibald Wyndham |
4 Oct 1877 |
6 Jul 1963 |
85 |
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Edward Scawen Wyndham |
30 Apr 1883 |
17 Oct 1967 |
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| 17 Oct 1967 |
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John Edward Reginald Wyndham |
5 Jun 1920 |
6 Jun 1972 |
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| 6 Jun 1972 |
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John Max Henry Scawen Wyndham (also 2nd |
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Baron Egremont) |
21 Apr 1948 |
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LEE OF ASHERIDGE |
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| 5 Nov 1970 |
B[L] |
1 |
Janet Bevan Lee |
3 Nov 1904 |
16 Nov 1988 |
84 |
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Created Baroness Lee of Asheridge for life |
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| 16 Nov 1988 |
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5 Nov 1970 |
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MP for Lanark North 1929-1931 and Cannock |
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1945-1970.
Minister of State,Education and |
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Science 1967-1970.
PC 1966 |
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Peerage extinct on her death |
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LEE OF FAREHAM |
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| 28 Nov 1922 |
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1 |
Sir Arthur Hamilton Lee |
8 Nov 1868 |
21 Jul 1947 |
78 |
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Created Baron Lee of Fareham 9 Jul 1918 |
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and Viscount Lee of Fareham 28 Nov 1922 |
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MP for Fareham 1900-1918. President of the |
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Board of Agriculture 1919-1921. First Lord |
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of the Admiralty 1921-1922. PC 1919 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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LEE OF NEWTON |
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| 1 Jul 1974 |
B[L] |
1 |
Frederick Lee |
3 Aug 1906 |
4 Feb 1984 |
77 |
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Created Baron Lee of Newton for life |
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| 4 Feb 1984 |
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1 Jul 1974 |
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MP for Hulme 1945-1950 and Newton 1950- |
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1974.
Minister of Power 1964-1966. |
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Secretary of State for Colonies 1966-1967. |
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Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster |
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1967-1969. PC 1964 |
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Peerage extinct on his death |
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LEE OF TRAFFORD |
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| 26 May 2006 |
B[L] |
1 |
John Robert Louis Lee |
21 Jun 1942 |
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Created Baron Lee of Trafford for life |
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26 May 2006 |
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MP for Nelson & Colne 1979-1983 and Pendle |
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1983-1992 |
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For
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great-grandfather and founder of the family |
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fortune,see the note at the foot of this page |
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| 4 May 1694 |
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Sir Thomas Osborne,2nd baronet |
20 Feb 1632 |
26 Jul 1712 |
80 |
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Baron Osborne and Viscount Latimer |
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Marquess of Carmarthen 9 Apr 1689 |
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Lord Lieutenant E Riding Yorkshire 1691-1699 |
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Riding 1692-1699 and Somerset 1690-1691 |
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Peregrine Osborne |
29 Sep 1659 |
25 Jun 1729 |
69 |
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York 1689-1690. |
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Peregrine Hyde Osborne |
11 Nov 1691 |
9 Apr 1731 |
39 |
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Thomas Osborne |
6 Nov 1713 |
23 Mar 1789 |
75 |
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Francis Godolphin Osborne |
29 Jan 1751 |
31 Jan 1799 |
48 |
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Lord Lieutenant E Riding Yorkshire 1778-1780 |
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and 1782-1799. Foreign Secretary 1783-1791 |
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George William Frederick Osborne |
21 Jul 1775 |
10 Jul 1838 |
62 |
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Francis Godolphin D'Arcy-Osborne |
21 May 1798 |
4 May 1859 |
60 |
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George Godolphin Osborne |
16 Jul 1802 |
8 Aug 1872 |
70 |
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George Godolphin Osborne |
11 Aug 1828 |
23 Dec 1895 |
67 |
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George Godolphin Osborne |
18 Sep 1862 |
10 May 1927 |
64 |
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John Francis Godolphin Osborne |
12 Mar 1901 |
26 Jul 1963 |
62 |
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Sir Francis D'Arcy Godolphin Osborne |
16 Sep 1884 |
20 Mar 1964 |
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Robert de Beaumont |
c 1046 |
5 Jun 1118 |
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Created Earl of Leicester c 1107 |
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Robert de Beaumont |
1104 |
5 Apr 1168 |
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Robert de Beaumont |
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Robert de Beaumont |
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Simon de Montfort |
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27 Jun 1218 |
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Simon de Montfort |
1208 |
4 Aug 1265 |
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| 29 Sep 1564 |
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1 |
Lord Robert Dudley |
24 Jun 1532 |
4 Sep 1588 |
56 |
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E |
1 |
Robert Sydney |
28 Nov 1563 |
13 Jul 1626 |
62 |
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| 13 Jul 1626 |
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Robert Sydney |
1 Dec 1595 |
2 Nov 1677 |
81 |
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Philip Sydney |
Jan 1619 |
6 Mar 1698 |
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Robert Sydney |
1649 |
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53 |
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Acceleration as Baron Sydney 11 Jul 1689 |
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Philip Sydney |
8 Jul 1676 |
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John Sydney |
14 Feb 1680 |
27 Sep 1737 |
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Cinque Ports 1717. Lord Lieutenant Kent |
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Jocelyn Sydney |
1682 |
7 Jul 1743 |
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Thomas Coke |
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20 Apr 1759 |
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9 May 1744 |
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1722-1728. |
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Postmaster General 1733-1759 |
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18 Apr 1755 |
27 Jul 1811 |
56 |
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Created Earl of Leicester 18 May 1784 |
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He succeeded as Marquess Townshend (qv) 1807 |
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George Ferrars Townshend,3rd Marquess |
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13 Dec 1778 |
31 Dec 1855 |
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Thomas Plantagenet, 2nd Earl of Lancaster |
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The Earl was a grandson of King Henry III and
one of the leaders of the baronial opposition to |
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his cousin Edward II and his favourite, Piers
Gaveston. |
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The
following account is taken from "A collection of proceedings and trials
against state |
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prisoners" published in London in 1741. |
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'Proceedings against Thomas Plantagenet, Earl
of Lancaster, and other Noblemen, for High |
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Treason Anno 1322 |
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'The Charge against the Earl consists of
several Species of Treason, besides Offences of a lower |
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Nature.
He is accused of levying War, of a Conspiracy with other domestick Traytors
to depose |
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the
King, and of confederating with the Scots, the King's Enemies, to the same
end; and by way |
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of
Aggravation, the Murders, Robberies and Burnings, the Consequence of his
Rebellion, are |
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thrown in; nor is the Plundering of Gaveston's
Estate forgotten: His Rebellion and levying War |
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were held to be so notorious, as to need no
proof; for he was taken in an Engagement with the |
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King's Forces near Burrough-bridge; and his
Confederacy with the Scots was no less evident, |
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from
the Indenture found in the Earl of Hereford's pocket, who was killed in the
Action at |
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Burrough-bridge [16 March 1322]. |
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'The Earl of Lancaster was arraigned at
Pontefract Castle, before the Earls of Kent, Richmond, |
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Pembroke, Surrey, Arundel, Athol, Angus, and
other great Men, the King himself being present, |
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according to our Historians; but whether the
King or the Prisoner were present, certain it is, |
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the Earl of Lancaster was not suffered to make
a Defence, but was condemned unheard, upon |
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the Notoriety of the Facts, as was usual in
those Days. And altho' the Sentence in High Treason |
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of drawing, hanging, quartering and beheading
[was] passed upon him, it was all pardoned but |
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the
beheading, which was executed on a little Hill without the Gates of
Pontefract, on the |
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twenty first of March, 1322; and his Head and
Body were both buried together in the Convent |
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there, by the Priors and Monks of Pontefract. |
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'There were nine Noblemen, and a great many
Persons of distinction besides condemned in the |
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like summary Way, who were taken in Rebellion
with the Earl; some of whom were executed, but |
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the
King thought fit to give the two Lords Mortimers, the Uncle and Nephew, their
Lives: |
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however, they were committed to the Tower,
where the elder Mortimer died, but the younger |
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made his Escape into France afterwards, and
became the principal Instrument in deposing King |
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Edw. II. |
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'The Judgment against the Earl of Lancaster was
reversed by Parliament 2 Edward III, during the |
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younger Mortimer's Administration, who was an
Accomplice with the earl in the Rebellion, and |
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consequently interested in the Reversal of this
Sentence: the two principal Reasons given for |
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the Reversal were, 1. That the Earl was not
heard in his Defence; and 2. That he was not tried |
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by his Peers, according to the Law of the Land. |
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'As to the first, if we suppose the Earl
present at his Arraignment, and suffered to make his |
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Defence; what Defence could a Nobleman taken in
open and actual Rebellion have made, unless |
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he had avowed the Principles his Party went
upon; namely, that the King had forfeited his Right |
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by Mal-Administration, of which the Barons and
great Men were judges: But this was a Plea not |
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to be made by a Man in his Circumstances; such
a Defence would have been looked upon as |
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another Article of High Treason by a victorious
Prince. |
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'But as to his not being condemned by his
Peers, this Motive for the Reversal of his Attainder |
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seems to have been false in Fact, for his Peers
sat upon him. I am inclined to believe therefore, |
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that it is only meant, that the Case was not
legally brought before the Peers, because no Bill |
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of Indictment was found against him: but surely
this could not have been very difficult to have |
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procured
when the Royalists were uppermost, if we consider, that the Earl was from
the |
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Beginning of this Reign the Chief of that
Faction which compelled the King to resign his Authority |
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to some of their Number, and several times had
Recourse to Arms, in order to subdue their |
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Sovereign: but farther, this Nobleman and his
Accomplices could not, with a good grace object |
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to these summary Proceedings, after they had
beheaded Gaveston his Majesty's Prime Minister, |
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not only without affording him a legal Tryal,
but without any Colour of Authority. But whatsoever |
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the Earl's Offences were, it seems he was in a
manner adored by the Populace after his Death: |
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The Monks of Pontefract, where he was buried,
got a great deal of Money from weak People who |
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came in Pilgrimage to his Tomb, on their giving
out that Miracles were wrought there; insomuch |
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that the King found himself obliged to order
the Church Doors to be shut up, being well assured, |
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that if the Earl's Friends could so far
influence the People to make them believe he was a Saint, |
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it would be no hard Matter to persuade them
that their King who had put him to Death, was a |
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Tyrant and Oppressor; and on this Account, or
thro' Tenderness for the Loss of so near a |
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Relation, 'tis said the King afterwards
lamented his Execution, breaking out into these or the |
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like Expressions, on his being importuned to
pardon a notorious Criminal, "How can you press me |
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thus to save so vile a Wretch, when none of you
moved your Lips in Behalf of my near Relation |
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the Earl of Lancaster; who, if he had lived,
might have done me and his Country Service?" But |
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such
Expressions as these are frequently made for Princes, and there seems all the
Reason in |
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the World to believe that this was so, because
Lancaster was taken in full March to join the |
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Scots, and to endeavour to usurp that very
Prince's Throne who is supposed to have said it, |
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and therefore he could not have promised
himself any great Services, if he had been living. |
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'Great Application was made by the Queen and
Mortimer to the Court of Rome, 1 Ed. III to |
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get the Earl of Lancaster canonized for a
Saint, which they apprehended would contribute |
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much to the Credit of their Party; and though
they could not obtain it then, it appears he was |
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canonized afterwards, at the Influence of Hen.
IV, the first King of the House of Lancaster. For |
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this Thomas Plantagenet Earl of Lancaster, was
the eldest son of Edmund Earl of Lancaster, |
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second son of Hen. III from whom the Kings of
the House of Lancaster claimed, pretending that |
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Edmund, commonly called Crouchback, was the
eldest son of Hen. III and elder brother to |
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Ed.
II though there was in reality no Colour for this Assertion.' [Note that he
was never |
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canonized]. |
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Francis James Mathew, 2nd Earl of Landaff |
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In a letter published in "Times
Online" on 7 December 2007, Dr. Yaqub Zaki, Deputy |
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Director of the Muslim Institute stated that
the second Earl of Landaff was the |
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first Muslim peer. |
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Dr.Zaki
wrote that [upon the death of the first Earl in 1806] the heir was
"understandably |
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reluctant to abandon the fleshpots of Calcutta
for the inferior ones of London, [and] he |
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refused to return to be 'read in', whereupon
both title and seat were assumed by his |
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younger brother." |
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This seems to me to be highly unlikely. The
inference is that Francis somehow disclaimed |
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the title which was then assumed by his next
eldest brother. This is contrary to all reason, |
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as well as the law of the time. Peerages could
not be disclaimed until the Peerage Act of |
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1963. All relevant contemporary peerage works
agree that Francis, as the eldest son of |
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the first Earl, succeeded to the title. |
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If we ignore Dr. Zaki's claim, the first
definitely known Muslim peer was the third Baron |
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Stanley of Alderley (1827-1903) |
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The above was written early in 2008, and I had
effectively dismissed (in my mind, at any |
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rate) Dr. Zaki's claim regarding the 2nd Earl.
My major reason for doing so was my assumption |
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that it was Francis, the 2nd Earl, to whom Dr.
Zaki was referring. There was no doubt that |
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the standard peerage reference works show that
Francis was the 2nd Earl. I recently re-read |
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what I had written and it occurred to me that
perhaps what Dr. Zaki meant was that Francis |
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had an elder brother who did not wish to return
and that Francis was the 'younger brother' |
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who assumed the title, but I could find no
reference in any peerage works to such an elder |
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brother. However, I have now discovered a
number of newspaper articles which provide |
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support to the claim regarding an elder
brother. These articles are reproduced below:- |
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From the "Western Mail" (Cardiff,
Wales) 26 September 1895 |
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'………an
interesting claim is to be prosecuted in the House of Lords when Parliament |
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re-assembles, in which is involved the ancient
title of Earl of Llandaff, which has been lying |
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dormant for a considerable number of years. The
claimant is Mr. A.H.Mathew, 2 Christ Church- |
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road,
Hemel Hempstead. In reply to an inquiry by our representative on this
subject, Mr. |
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Mathew has kindly furnished us with the
following interesting information respecting the |
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surviving heir:- |
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After a lengthy summary of the descent of the
1st Earl, the article states that "Francis Mathew, |
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born in 1738, represented the county of
Tipperary [from 1768 to 1783]. He married first, |
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September 6, 1764, Ellis, second daughter of
James Smythe, of Tinna Park, Wicklow, and by her |
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(who died on giving birth to a daughter on
August 9, 1781) had issue: (1) Arnold Nesbitt, born |
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at
Paris February 16, 1765; (2) Francis James, born January 20, 1768; (3)
Montague, born |
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August 18, 1773; (4) George, born July 12,
1779; and (5) Elizabeth, born August 9, 1781. |
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'Francis Mathew, M.P., was created Baron
Landaff in 1783, Viscount Landaff of Landaff in 1793, |
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and
Earl of Landaff in 1797 - all in the peerage of Ireland. He was one of the
first 28 |
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representative peers elected at the Union. The
"Cambrian" of July 19, 1806, records the arrival |
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at
Swansea of "Lord Llandaff (sic) and Lady Elisha Matthews" (sic). He
was found dead in his |
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bed on July 31, and was succeeded in the
peerage by his second son Thomas [sic for Francis] |
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James, who had in 1797 married Gertrude,
daughter of John La Touche, of Harristown, Kildare. |
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He died without legitimate issue March 12,
1833. His two younger brothers both pre-deceased |
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him, unmarried. At his death, owing to the
failure of a claimant, the earldom became dormant. |
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'We now come to the most interesting portion of
the genealogy. The eldest son of the first |
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Earl of Landaff was Arnold Nesbitt Mathew, born
at Paris on February 16, 1765, and baptised |
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there by Dr. Richard Challoner, "Vicar
Apostolic of the London District." This child was sent to |
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Mr. Francis Mathew's maternal uncles to be
taken charge of and educated. By them he was |
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sent to Sedbergh School, and, in 1782, to
Calcutta, where he became a cadet in the Bengal |
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Artillery in 1783. In 1803 he lost a leg and
thigh at the Battle of Delhi, and, being there |
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incapacitated from active service, was
appointed fort-adjutant at Agra, and, later, deputy- |
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commissary of ordnance at Fattehgarh. On
November 20, 1806, he married Elizabeth Francesca, |
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elder daughter of the Marquis Domenico
Povoleri. By her he had issue, a son, Arnold, born |
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September 17, 1807. |
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'Major Arnold Nesbitt Mathew was lost sight of
by his relatives shortly after his departure for |
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India, and believed by them to have died soon
after his arrival there. As a matter of fact, his |
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death occurred on October 5, 1820, at
Chandernagore, and he was buried at Chinsurah, where |
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his gravestone still exists. He elected to remain in India after his father's death, and
to |
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forego his claim to the peerage, for reasons
unnecessary to mention here. [my emphasis]. |
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'His son became an officer in the Bombay Native
Infantry in 1823, and retired from the service |
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in 1846. He was well aware of his right to vote
at the election of Irish representative peers, |
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but, from private motives, preferred neither to
claim nor to exercise that right. He died in 1894, |
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leaving issue, a son, on whom the dormant
peerage by right devolves, and two daughters. |
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'The Earls of Llandaff spelt their family name
with one "t" and without a final "s." …… the name |
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of their title they invariably spelt with one
"l." ' |
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In a letter to "The Times" published
on 14 September 1898, a correspondent who signed |
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himself "Landaff" wrote that "I
will be much obliged to you if you will kindly permit me to |
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announce through your columns that it is my
intention to assume my title of Earl of Landaff of |
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Thomastown, in the peerage of Ireland, on and
after this 14th day of September, 1898. Any |
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persons who may be interested in this peerage
and desire to have a history of the branch of the |
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Mathew family to which it belongs will find it
set forth in an illustrated 'Genealogy of the Earls of |
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Landaff',' which Messrs. Sands & Co., 12
Burleigh-street, London, are about to publish. [This was |
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indeed published in 1898]. A notice of it
appeared in Dod's 'Peerage' for this year*, and a fuller |
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pedigree will be found in 'Debrett' and other
printed peerages for 1899." |
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* In my copy of Dod's 'Peerage' for 1899, the
entry under "Landaff" reads:- |
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"These titles, which were believed to have
become extinct on the death without issue of |
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Francis James, 2nd s. of the 1st earl, whose
claim to vote as 2nd earl was admitted by the |
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House of Lords, are claimed by Arnold Harris
Mathew as 4th earl, through descent from Hon. |
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Arnold Nesbit Mathew, eldest s. of the 1st
earl, who was married in India, leaving issue an only |
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son, the father of the present claimant.
Neither Arnold or his son however assumed the title or |
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claimed the right to vote. The claimant was
born 1855; m. 1892, Margaret Florence, d. of Henry |
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Duncan; ed. At Cheltenham Coll. and Bonn……" |
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Another
summary of the history of the Landaff peerage was published in an article in
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"Chicago Tribune" on 29 October 1903. |
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Arnold Harris Mathew died on 19 December 1919,
without, as far as I can find, ever making any |
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serious attempt to prove his right to the
earldom. It may be that the reason his grandfather's |
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reason for foregoing his claim to the peerage
was because he had converted to Islam, as stated |
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by Dr. Zaki. If so, his descendants certainly
didn't follow in his footsteps - Arnold Harris Mathew |
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was at one time a Roman Catholic priest and
later "Archbishop" of the Old Roman Catholic Church |
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in England, a group which broke away from the
established Roman Catholic Church in the 1870s |
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following their refusal to accept the doctrine
of papal infallibility. |
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Hugh Burdett Money-Coutts, 6th Lord Latymer |
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The "Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners'
Advocate" of 27 April 1948 contained the following |
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amusing report:- |
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'Peer
"killed" by B.B.C. "Herald Service, London, April 26 - Lord
Latymer, the 72-year-old sixth |
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baron, has joined the select band who knows how
friends will react to his death. He was |
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"murdered" in a radio play. In a
letter to "The Times," Lord Latymer wrote: "In the thriller
which |
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was broadcast, I was reported to have been
murdered. May I say in answer to the condolences |
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of many friends and relations that the report
was greatly exaggerated, and that I am, in fact, |
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alive and well. May I also suggest to the
B.B.C. that their authors should consult Debrett or |
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Burke before using the title of a living peer
in a serial thriller." |
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Charles Barclay-Maitland, 12th Earl of
Lauderdale |
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The 12th Earl of Lauderdale was killed by
lightning in August 1884. According to "Lloyd's Weekly |
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Newspaper" of 17 August 1884:- |
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'During a terrible thunderstorm in the Lauder
district, Scotland, on Tuesday, Lord Lauderdale |
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was struck on the moors by lightning. His
lordship, who was mounted on a pony, was proceeding |
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across the Braidshaw Rigg, on the Lauderdale
estate, when the storm was at its height. The |
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animal fell dead. Lord Lauderdale never
regained consciousness, and died at midnight. His |
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lordship was struck on the head by the
lightning, which made a deep wound on his forehead and |
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breast.
The fluid fused his watch and chain, and then, being diverted into two
currents, ran |
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down each side of his left leg, the course
being plainly traced by the scorched mark which was |
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made.
His clothes were also burnt. The late Earl succeeded to the title in 1878. He
was born in |
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1822,
and, after having served in the army for a time, he is stated to have
occupied the |
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position of goods guard on the Exeter railway.
He was of somewhat eccentric habits, and |
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shrank from going into society.' |
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The death of the 12th Earl caused a battle
between two rival claimants as to whom was the |
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rightful heir to the titles and estates. In
March 1885, the matter was heard before the Court of |
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Session in Edinburgh, when each party put their
case. A report in 'The Times' of 12 March 1885 |
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outlines the competing cases:- |
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'Yesterday, in the first division of the Court
of Session, Edinburgh, the record was closed in the |
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action
at present depending between Sir James G.R. Maitland and Major Maitland with
reference |
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to the question of succession to the earldom of
Lauderdale and the estates which pertain to the |
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holder of the title. |
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'Sir James claims to be descended from the Hon.
Sir Alexander Maitland, fifth son of Charles, |
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sixth Earl of Lauderdale. He admitted that
Major Maitland's ancestor - namely, the Hon. Richard |
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Maitland,
was the fourth son of the sixth earl, but alleges that the said progenitor of
the |
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claimant
died unmarried on or about the 13th of July, 1772, and contends that if
Patrick |
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Maitland, from whom Major Maitland claims to be
descended, was the son of Richard Maitland, |
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he was not born in wedlock. It is further said
that for a considerable time before his death |
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Richard
Maitland was domiciled in British North America, in no part of which did the
law of |
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legitimation per
subsequens matrimonium prevail. He, therefore,
pleads that the succession |
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to the lands and estates has devolved upon him
as the nearest lawful heir. |
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'Major Maitland in his answer denies that
Richard Maitland died unmarried, and avers that at |
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New York on the 11th of July, 1772, he married
Mary Macadam, of New York, the clergyman |
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who performed the marriage being the Rev. John
Ogilvy, D.D., assistant minister of Trinity |
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Church, New York. He alleges that he is the
eldest son of Patrick Maitland, some time in the |
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Royal Navy, thereafter banker in Calcutta, who
was the second son of Richard Maitland. It |
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is admitted by him that Patrick Maitland was
born before the marriage of his parents, but it is |
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averred that Richard Maitland, his father, was
born in Scotland on or about the 10th of |
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February, 1724, that his domicile of origin was
therefore Scotch, that he entered the Army while |
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in his minority, and was in active service
until the date of his death, that he never lost his |
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domicile of origin, and that by his marriage
Patrick Maitland was legitimated. Major Maitland, |
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therefore, pleads that Sir James being upon his
own statement descended from a younger son |
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of the 6th earl cannot succeed in his petition,
and that it should be dismissed with costs.' |
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The
question to be decided, therefore, was whether, at the time of his marriage
to Mary |
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Macadam, Richard Maitland was still a Scottish
citizen, and therefore subject to the laws of |
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Scotland
which state that a child born out of wedlock is legitimated by the
subsequent |
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marriage of the child's parents. |
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The claims were heard by the Committee of
Privileges of the House of Lords in June and July |
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1885, with final judgment being delivered on 22
July 1885. The following report which details |
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the judgment appeared in the 'Aberdeen Weekly
Journal' of 23 July 1885:- |
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'Yesterday the Committee of Privileges of the
House of Lords delivered judgment in this case. |
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It
will be remembered that Major Maitland claimed the title through Colonel
Maitland, who died |
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in New York in 1772. Sir J. Gibson Maitland put
in a counter claim, and argued by counsel that |
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there was not sufficient evidence of the
marriage of Colonel Maitland in New York two days |
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before his death to entitle his descendants,
but if there were, it being a "death-bed" marriage, |
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the law of Scotland (of which Colonel Maitland
was a native) required that sixty days should |
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elapse between the marriage and the death to
give succession to real property. It was further |
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argued
that there were circumstances showing that Colonel Maitland had an intention
to |
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become
an American citizen, and therefore lost his Scotch domicile. The Lord
Advocate, for |
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the Crown, supported Major Maitland's claim. |
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'Earl Selborne, who delivered the leading
judgment, recapitulated the points at issue, and dealt |
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first of all with that of whether Colonel
Richard Maitland had changed his Scotch domicile of |
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origin, the contention on behalf of the counter
claimant being that he had, and that, therefore, |
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the Scotch law which, by reason of a subsequent
marriage, legitimised his previously born |
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children, from one of whom the claimant is
descended, did not prevail. The noble and learned |
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Earl was of [the] opinion that from the fact
that Colonel Maitland at his death in 1772 was an |
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officer in the British Army was, prima facie, unfavourable to
this contention. Nor could it be |
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inferred that he had any intention of changing
his domicile from his acceptances of shares in |
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several Crown grants of lands in British North
America, nor from his becoming a shareholder in |
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certain mining adventures in that country. He
never settled on these lands, nor took any active |
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part in the management of the mines; while his
letters to his brother, Lord Lauderdale, and |
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other members of the family in Great Britain,
claimed to be altogether opposed to the notion |
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that he had any idea of settling permanently in
the province of New York, or relinquishing his |
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domicile. In fact, he clung with tenacity to
his rank as a British officer. Some reliance was |
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placed as to this point upon Colonel Maitland's
desire to obtain some appointment in a warmer |
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climate, on account of ill health, but that,
the noble and learned earl thought, in no way |
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implied permanent residence in such a part, or
any intention not to retain his domicile of origin. |
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'As to the contention that by the law of
Scotland a marriage on a death-bed did not legitimate |
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children previously born, in preference to
remoter heirs in respect of succession to heritage, that |
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was admitted to be without support from
authority, and such authority as there was on the point |
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appeared to be against it, and no principle had
been explained on which their lordships could |
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reasonably
be asked now for the first time to lay down this as the law of Scotland. The
sole |
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question then was whether there was sufficient
proof of a lawful marriage of Richard Maitland to |
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Mary Macadam. That there was a marriage, in
fact, by a clergyman according to the rites of |
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the Church of England, was proved beyond doubt
by a statement in writing made within six |
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months afterwards by Dr. Ogilvie, the clergyman
who actually solemnised it. That statement |
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being evidence according to the law of
Scotland, must have weight, unless there was proof |
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or reasonable ground for presumption to the
contrary. Reasonable ground for presumption of |
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the contrary there was none, for the statement
must have been either true or fraudulent. The |
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truth was necessarily within Dr. Ogilvie's own
knowledge. He was a respectable man, and no |
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motive for fraud on his part could be
suggested, and fraud was not to be presumed. So far |
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from there being evidence to the contrary, the
statement was corroborated in every way that |
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could be expected at this distance of time.
There was the testimony of his three executors, of |
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whom
Dr. Ogilvie was one, in their letters to the fact of the marriage, the fact
that Mrs. |
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Maitland was granted a pension as widow of
Colonel Maitland, and the recognition of her and |
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her children by the family in Great Britain. It
was, however, argued that by a local law of the |
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province
of New York, passed in 1684, or by one earlier still, the publication of
banns or a |
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licence was made an indispensable preliminary
to a lawful marriage, and that this continued |
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to be the law down to 1772. Both propositions
were disputed, but supposing them to be |
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made out, what followed? |
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'There was a total absence of proof, direct or
indirect, that in this case there was no publication |
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of banns or no licence. If these preliminaries
were necessary, then the rule that the presumption |
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should be that everything was done rightly made
it their lordships' duty to presume in the |
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circumstances of this case that whatever was
necessary was actually done. He could not |
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conceive any circumstances more properly
requiring the application of that rule. The whole |
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object of Richard Maitland and Mary Macadam was
to be lawfully married - his to do justice |
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before
his death to his children and their mother, and hers to obtain the status
which nothing but |
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lawful wedlock could confer. It could not be
supposed that they would knowingly neglect any |
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legal requisite of marriage, and whatever
occasion there might have been for promptitude in |
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fulfilling this purpose, it was not done in a
clandestine manner. Dr. Ogilvie, who
was one of the |
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executors of Lord [sic - Richard] Maitland's
will, must have known what was necessary for the |
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validity of a marriage. It was his duty to
solemnise it in a legal manner, and if the law of 1684 |
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was in force he must have known that he would
be subject to heavy penalties if he acted |
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illegally, and no motive could be shown for his
acting in any other way that in exact conformity |
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with the law. The noble and learned earl moved
that their lordships resolve that Major |
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Frederick Maitland had made good his claim to
the honours and dignities of the Earldom of |
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Lauderdale………the motion was unanimously agreed
to.' |
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Sir
Edward Osborne, great-grandfather of the 1st Duke of Leeds, founder of
the |
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Osborne family fortune |
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The following [edited] romantic tale, which
relates to an incident involving Edward Osborne and |
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which ultimately led to the rise of the Osborne
family, is taken from "Chronicles of London Bridge" |
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by "An Antiquary" [Richard Thomson]
published in London in 1827. Although the year is quoted |
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as 1536, it is probable that 1545 would be
closer to the mark. |
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'I have next to speak of an event occurring on
London Bridge, in 1536, which is probably better |
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known,
and more often related, than most other portions of its history: I
allude.....to the |
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anecdote of Edward Osborne leaping into the
Thames from the window of one of the Bridge |
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houses,
to rescue his master's daughter. [The author then quotes from John Stow's
"Survey of |
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London" where, under the entry relating to
Sir William Hewitt (or Huett or Hewet) it is stated that] |
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'This
Mayor was a Merchant, possessed of a great estate of £6000 per Annum, and was
said to |
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have
had three sons and one daughter,' - Anne -'to which this mischance happened,
the father |
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then
living upon London Bridge. The maid playing with her out of a window, by
chance dropped |
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her in, almost beyond expectation of her being
saved. A young gentleman, named Osborne, then |
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Apprentice to Sir William, the father, which
Osborne was one of the ancestors of the Duke of |
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Leeds, in a direct line, at this calamitous
accident leaped in, and saved the child. In memory of |
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which deliverance, and in gratitude, her father
afterwards bestowed her on the said Mr. Osborne, |
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with a very great dowry......' |
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Sir
William Hewett was Lord Mayor of London in 1559 and died about 1567. On his
death, his |
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business was inherited by his son-in-law,
Edward Osborne, who in turn became Lord Mayor of |
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London and was knighted in 1583. His son, Sir
Hewett Osborne, was in turn knighted in 1599, and |
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Sir
Hewett's son, Edward Osborne, was created a baronet in 1620. The first
baronet's son, |
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Thomas,
succeeded as 2nd baronet in 1647, and had a brilliant but chequered career
which |
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culminated in
his creation as Duke of Leeds in 1694. |
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It should be noted that the title of Leeds does
not refer to the town in Yorkshire, but rather to a |
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town of the same name in Kent, near Maidstone. |
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