, 1876-07-10

From William The Couquefer to vlctorio<
F1igI 4a!t NH0ca'.


Last weok We tonk occnslon to nDt1ce the odd
1nanner in which tho sa,no aiEnitics had been
FROM tlmo to time III tho possession NJ dlllcfcnt
IalieS sna w. s SUI"
horne by four Of Tie tucn,bcrs Of tho present
Uallnot. Tho pocra;;cs now hold by members
Of tlt ltoynl family aIford examples of the SAME
kn neither les interesting q nq5 ess IN n IT.
Of Cllcstcr by creation and Duke of Cornwall "
inheritance un.lcr the charter of Edward ILL.,,
dated 1857, by which Edwnt1 the Hack
wall "habondum ct tcnenlltn olacln Duyi Ct
ipaius Il hurc1ulu snoru1n sissum Anglhe lle
primogcnItts ot dtrtL loci dNcilus ~ rego Ar
glhu asierctltario al1crasauria." bnt heiofH Eu,
ward IIl,'s regn tho tltls q Cornwall had
It Is doubtful II Rol,ert do Murtcn tie flalf-
brother Of. William tho Conqusror, mas ever
though hu 10 known anly by tho n1me oil ME1niea
Moritonlcnst." Ills so,i and hetr, William
do ,alor.sin, rn dlspossessca elo.,l W nqnry
II ilM as oaS RSr,,,1 ohs a p,,tsp- :, ns9-
Earl al Coruw,li BY s!cphcn iu ll40 and died
without Legitimate n,alo Issue 10 1l7o. During
CO cosWs e ~ ts s enriom besoai"g @ e merged il the
Crpun Oh h!s accession IN llSa Iii 1911 thu
| natural son ot Reginald DC nunstsnyLl, called
Hirtiazd FitzCount, nas created Earl Of Catn~
dom Il tho king lii 1s9o. u w.s In l;9d con-
fcrred upon Richard plnntagenct (uho was
elected King Of tho Rolnans In l49), Tho brot'ur
cnY Ml md qs y t!sr9d ,n4S b{ ;|,c ii' s; s;9n
nut Issue ins ly0, when hts hoMors
l,ocau,c extinct. PIcr4 Gases.on WIS created
Earl OF Cornwall by Edward T., and was So
| summoned u parliament In 1DS. lie waa be-
tho rccrpge once morc bcratne extinct. sllsa-
quciluy Edward Ill. made hta brother, John
rIantaHunet, Earl Of Cornwall In 1880, but ho
died without ssao Il, isR ~! 1T, te'e srota nsxt
intu ducl!y, nili conferred upu1l tho heirs M"
parent to the Grown IN, perpetual succession.
We may obacryo that un!lcr THIS cteat.ou t!laro
Princes Of Wales, namely, 1lenry, VI; Henry
agod ..ovca wceks; bis soconl son, Who
wns born and died tho r, semo tlAy,
the eldest son Of Ohsrlos l., who was born alld
lied tic same day, in 1923; and tho eldest SON
Of James H., by his seeonl margiage, eo'nnlon-
y known Al thu oll pretcpdet. Moreover,
,gycr created Prince ii Wales. lie mas Installed
Knight 1T tho laRtnr in 1898; but on hls nartor
plate; notwithstanding that It bears the Prince
,sst Wfs na"sai and bahe q nd E e.
Bay.
Tho Easldom Of Chester was gtvon immo-
dlatelx after tho Conquest to 0hcrbod, Flcnl:.
Ing. but Ae being disposscssed, It was granted
" Wilau aH 4 tha % cSaqussts. ns' Kehard aivranehss @
succeeded Hugh Lupus, Ills father, In 1l0l,
imt le died In 1ll9, without 'sauo. The
E.asn wa' r. il y noa !, ns
l.upua and Kalph dc Mcschifipa, Vlscount dc
Baycnx, Tho Mialo lnc OF tho Mcsehiuos ceased
In l3:ts, and john le Scot Earl Of Huntingdon,
William thu Lion, thu King o{ scotland, by
| Maud, sister aid co-hetr Of the Inst
Earl Of the Mcschtnes, sutccclod. llc
died without Issue in 1887. anl tho EaEldom Of
1p41, annuxea to tho Grown forever, But hi
1855 Horny LII. Conferred It upou Ills younger
son, Edmund PlAntagcnet, who, however, sur
rendered II 70 hla el.lur brother, afterwards I'd;
J.occstcr. In 1904 Simon do Nontfort obtained
from PtInco Edward aftcr tho battle Of Lcwcs
grant Of the Eayldon Of Chester, al.d L was
fsisni sa ana i q I In 4 e son 10 % s"ntis IT! vas IS
killed al the hattl4 Of Eycsflam, and htlwarl
Of Cannryon was mads Prince of Wales and
Earl Of Chesttr in 1901. Since tlcn tho Princes
In 1gD tbs rrlilro ot Wales was created
Earl Of Dublin, to hold such Earldom "to him
and III. heirs Kings Of the United Kingdom of
0reat DEitain and Ireland tor c!sE" titio
an anon hoocrt % Do VIZ Natn Earl Of oSfora, in
1h5 lilo surrendered tho nlarquIaate OF Dub.
ltn shortly afterwards, however, and Wa1 created
| 1ukC OF lfGlANn. flc Wa pAAslioA hL.4 Akt2%ut
ed IN 1CBA when a! his honnrs wero forfeited.
The late Duke OF Kent Mas created Earl OF
Dublin In l700 ..., 49,.
Ths titles Of Edinburgh aud Qonnaught have
never been held except ty Msulbers of the Roy
al family. hut IL may NJ. ba remembered, per
Aaps, that Frederick aiturwa ards Pslnce oI Wales,
was ercatcd Duke ot Edinburgh IN lTa, and
that 0eosgs Ill. succeeded u pakp OF Ea'n-
| busgh, tho dukodom mergiug IT. tho Crown
', upon hts aranston III i1u ln It'll
!, , hb created his brother Prince william Duke oi
Gloucester and Edinburgh and Earl OF Con
| naught, tlt!ts which became e1ttnct on the
death Ut tho seconl holder Of them III 1884. The
Nuku Ut Edinburgh Is also Earl Of Kent, 4 peer
ugs which Ills lad many vcissitules. Oio
: Klshop of Dayeu1, tho haif.bEother o.
!. IN 1UG7. Mc was dlspossssstd In 1851, but se
/, stored by william. Kn1ua IN 1855, lie died ethe
in l0-l or lo38: III llk1t William de linprc WY