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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 1 Aug 2014 14:37 |
Not me, Owen might be, if I wrote a book about my brushes with those from the higher echelons of society - it would probably be censored :-D |
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jax | Report | 1 Aug 2014 14:29 |
So you are writing a book... Found on fmp Facebook page |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 31 Jul 2014 13:27 |
The Ministry of Justice guidance notes for anyone claiming succession to a peerage:- |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 31 Jul 2014 12:20 |
Unless there was a condition in The Letters Patent specifying the succession, the likelihood is her son would inherit the title - however it is a very complicated area of law. |
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Owen | Report | 31 Jul 2014 11:45 |
Thanks but there are no males in the line at all, only a daughter with a son. So would the her son take the title. |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 31 Jul 2014 11:20 |
The Letters Patent that I mentioned earlier, would contain what is known as a "remainder" (an instruction) as to whom the title passes when the original holder dies. Remainders can be rather general, such as, To heirs whatsoever - which would allow the title to pass to either male or female descendants, or very specific, such as, To heirs male of the first son, to heirs male of the second son, to heirs male of the third son, and so it goes on. |
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Maryanna | Report | 31 Jul 2014 10:36 |
My gt gt Grandfather was a Baronet. He only had one daughter and his son had been killed when very young.he also had three sisters none of whom had a son. |
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jax | Report | 31 Jul 2014 10:21 |
Did you watch Downton abbey? |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 31 Jul 2014 08:45 |
Succession to a peerage depends on how the Letters Patent (the document creating the peerage) were drafted. |
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Battenburg | Report | 31 Jul 2014 07:07 |
If there are males in his line cousins they would inherit the title. As far as I know if no male cousins they go back another generation again and they inherit |
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Owen | Report | 31 Jul 2014 03:33 |
My question is If an Earl dies with only daughters, and there is no direct line anywhere only women. Would his daughter's son inherit the title. :-( |