The New York herald., 1921-07-31
z WOMEN ASK KING
TO GRANT CLAIMS TO
SEPARATE EARLDOMS
Countess of LOudOun and
ViScOunteSs st. Davids Seek
Revival of Titles.
PETITION TO LORDS
Attainders on Both Coveted
H0nors Recall Beheadings
Of Noted Characters.

Special Cable to THE NEW York HERALD.
Copyright, 1891, by THE New York HERALD
New York Herald Bureau,
London, July 30.
Two women. each claiming tho right
to an earldom, have presented peu-
tions in the House Of Lords asking
the King to grant their claims. Edith
Maud, in her own right Countess Of
Loudoun, asks that the allegiance In
the earldom of Warwick and the baro-
MES of Montacute and Pole of Mon
tagu be determined in her favor, and
her sister. Elizabeth Frances, Wis.,
countess st. Davids, Is asking the King
to determine In her favor tho abey
ance In the earldom Of Salisbury and
the baronies Of Montague and Monter-
mer.
The petitions further ask that II the
earldoms and baronies are affected by
the attainder Of Margaret, Countess
of Salisbury, or any other attainders
that the King direct the introduction
Of bill into Parliament to relieve the
petitioners from the effects Of the at
flanders
In explaining the history of these
two earldoms the London Times says:
The claims of the Countess OF Loudorn
and of her sister, Viscountess st. Davids,
arise from the marriage in 1882 Of Fran
els Hastings, afterward second Earl Of
Huntingdon. to Katherine. daughter and
coheir of Sir Henry Pole, Lord Monta-
or Ron of Ma r1a ret Counfesa of Ealia-
bury, daughter and sole surviving heir
Of George Piantagenet Duke Of Clarence
and Earl Of Warwick and Salisbury by
creation OF 1471. The Duke was at
tainted in 1477-S, which extinguished all
his titles, but the earldom of arwick
was bestowed on his son, who in turn
was attainted and beheaded in 1499.
Won EnrIdom, but Lost Head.
"The earldom OF Salisbury was ulti-
mately conferred on the Dukes daugh-
ter Margaret in 1913. when the attainder
against her brother Of 1899 was re-
pealed. She was. however. herself at
tainted In 1889 and beheaded In 1641.
Her son, Lord Montagu, had been be-
headed for high treason IN 1888 and at
tainted in 1889. His daughters were,
however. restored In blood" by act OF
Parliament In 1865, but the titles e1-
tinguished by the 1889 attainders were
not restored.
THE ninth Earl Of Huntingdon's
daughter Elizabeth married the Earl OF
Molra in 1852 and succeeded her brother.
the tenth Earl. in 1879 in number OF
baronies by writ, and when her great
grandson, the fourth Marques of Hast
ings, died in 1868 these baronies and any
claim which might exist to the attainted
titles referred to above devolved upon
his four sisters, Of whom the present
claimants represente the eldest VINO
was in her own right tenth Countess OF
Loudoun in the Peerage of Scotland.
through the marriage of the first Mar
guess OF Hastings with the sixth Count
ess Of Loudoun.
Lady Loudoun is unQuestionably hear
of line to tho Duke of Clarence The
question to be decided by these claims
appears to be whether the earldoms are
capable of falling into abeyance be-
tween coheirs after the fashion pre-
scribed for baronies by writ by modern
practice
Another Record of Violence.
"The earldom Of Salisbury was re-
granted to the Duke OF Clarence's
nephew Edward, son of Richard. Duke
OF Gloucester. even before it's late pos
esssor had persisted amid the malmsey.
That of Warwick. while given anew to
lids son, was. after a fresh attainder.
conferred on John Dudley In 1547 and
again exanguished by his attaander (as
Duke of Nothum berland) In 1868. It
was again created IN favor of llts son
Ambrose, VINO had been restored IN
blood 1853, in 1861. On his death In 1880
Il was considered to have become extinct
and was granted anew to Robert Lord
Rich in 1918. His male line failed and In
1853 the earldom Of Warwick was
granted to Earl Brooke, whose descend
ant, the present Earl Of Warwick, enjoys
the title.
The earldom OF Salisbury. vacant
after the attafnder OF 1883. was granted
to the ancestor of its present possessor
IN 1906, and was only merged into tho