Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-03
Stories of the War
Hundred. Of Change. in British Peer

Hundreds of Changes in British Peer
age.
The casualty lists OF the British ar
my have already, after a little more
than q year of war, brought hun
dreds Of changes in the British peer |
age. Many heirs Of great titles have
fallen, and in numerous caes the next
| heir is now in the trenches Several
notable titles will become extinct as
the result Of the death of the sole le-
gal heir.
The changes wrought in the peerage
by the death roll call into prominence
| the complications and anomalies OF
| the laws of succession, an 1t is posi-
BILE that legislative action may be tax
| en- to straighten out some Of the kinks
1 which would wipe out titles long
| cherished as national memorials, or
which would cause them to pass 70
some obscure relative without the
shadow OF just claim to ennoble-
ment.
| AS the law stands, succession is
limited TO direct male descendants,
| who may be as far removed from the
last holder of a title as a grandso nor
a paternal uncle. Daughters have no
claim whatever except by special act
of the king. as in the case Of Lord
Roberts.
1 The following is a list of some of
the more notable deaths of officers
who were heirs 70 peerages, and the
effect their deaths Will have on the
title:
LORD wendoyer. who recently died
of wounds was sole heir to the Mar
ouisate of Lincolnshire, a title con-
ferred on Lord Darlington in recogni-
ton Of thirty years service TO the
state. There are FIVE daughters, all
married, but they have no claim eth
er to the barony or the marquisate
ii Captain J. n. Biggs, only son OF
Lord Stamfordhan, private secretary
to King George. There is no heir to
, Captain claud Meysey Thompson.
son and heir of Lord Knaresoorough.
He was unmarried and there is no
other heir, so that the barony will be-
come extinct on the death OF his faith
Lord Hawarden, who fell early in the
war has been succeeded by his cous-
E in, Captain Eustace Maude, who is
: serving In the Egyptian army.
Captain Lord Brabourne- His heir
is his uncle, Cecil Knatchbull-Hug
q sen.
9 Viscount Northland is survived by
3 a son less than two years old, who be-
a comes heir to the earldom-
Julian Grenfell. eldest son OF Lord
; IDesborough, of olympic games fame.
= One Of his brothers, G. w. Grenfell,
9 has also been killed.
Captain Lord Worsley, eldest son
d and heir to the Earl of Marlborough
4
. GERS.
!, Lord de Freyne, a kinsman of Sir
John French, is succeeded by half
9 brother. Another half-brother was
n killed in action on the same day as
8 Major Clement Freeman Milford
y eldest son and heir of Lord Redesdale
u OF his four brothers two are serving
in the army and two in the navy.
Captain Colwyn Philips, eldest sor
n and heir of Lord st. Davids. His
brother. Roland. calvary lieutenant
' is now sole heir.
a When the Earl of Erne died a few
y months ago 1t was supposed that his
e son and heir, Major Viscount erich
= ton, was prisoner in Germany. Lat
e or information showed that he dick
y about the same time as his father
!: The Viscount left q son. born in 1907
y who is now the Earl of Erne.
70 Captain Lord Guernsey is succeed
- ed by his little son. Michael, born ii
y 1908, who now becomes sole heir t.
q his grandfather, the Earl Of Ayles
:, ford
n The Earl of Plymouth has give,
- two sons to the army. The younger
- A. Windsor-Clive, has been killed
- The elder, Viscount Windsor, is serv
"a ing with the Yeomanry. In the even
- of his death the heir would be tn
IL present. peers uncle, George Windsor
=, who is so years old.
!. Captain Charles Monck left a min
20 year old son, who is now heir to hi
= grandfather. Viscount Monck.
If Captain Douglas Kinnaird was tn
AZ eldest son of Lord Kinnaird. HI
~ brother is in the army.
es Robert Bruce, eldest son of Lor,
~ Balfour Of Burieigh. is succeeded q
n heir by his brother also in the army
n Lieut.. Lord Congleton is succeeds
4 by his brother, John Parnell, a lieu
le tenant In the army. The heir pre-
m sumptfve is his brother, William,
\, years old.
N Lieut.. Colonel @. H Morris left
v. baby son. who Is heir to Lord Killa
to min of Galway.
to Lieut.. Lord Spencer Compton, onI