John Francis Erskine Goodeve Erskine Earl Of Mar

Ancient and Modern

• Author(s): John Francis Erskine (Earl of Mar)

• Categories: Peerage claims

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2006
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• Publisher: Unknown

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House of Lords' Papers Dealing with the Claims of John Francis Erskine, Earl of Mar, Walter Coningsby, Earl of Kellie, and Walter Henry, Earl of Kellie, to the Ancient Earldom of Mar.

• Author(s): John Francis Erskine Goodeve Erskine (Earl of Mar.)

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1868
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• Publisher: Unknown

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In the House of Lords, the Right Honourable John Francis Miller Erskine, Earl of Mar, Appellant, the Right Honourable Lady Frances Jemima Erskine Or Goodeve, Spouse of James Goodeve, Esquire, of Clifton, in the County of Gloucester, and Lady Jane Janetta Erskine Or Wilmot, Spouse of Edward Wilmot, Esquire of Clifton, in the County of Gloucester, Respondents

• Categories: Heir apparent

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1829*
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• Publisher: Unknown

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In the House of Lords, the Right Honourable John Francis Miller Erskine, Earl of Mar, Appellant, the Right Honourable Lady Frances Jemima Erskine Or Goodeve, Daughter of the Deceased Right Honourable John Thomas, Earl of Mar, Now Spouse of William James Goodeve, Esq., for Himself and as Taking Burden on Him for His Said Spouse, John Howell of Cliston, in the Said County of Gloucester, Doctor of Medicine and Joseph Goodeve, Esq., of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-law, Trustees Under the Settlement on the Marriage of the Said Lady Frances Jemima Erskine and William James Goodeve, the Right Honourable Lady Jean Janet Erskine Or Wilmot, Daughter of the Said Deceased John Thomas, Earl of Mar, Now Spouse of Edward Wilmot, Esq., Formerly of Clifton, Now Residing at Woodbrook, in the Queen's County in Ireland and the Said Edward Wilmot, Esq., for Himself and as Taking Burden on Him for His Said Spouse, Robert Wardlaw Ramsay, Esq., of Tillycoultry and David Cleghorn, Writer to the Signet, Trustees Under the Postnuptial Contract of Marriage Between the Said Edward Wilmot, Esq., and Lady Jean Janet Erskine, Respondents

• Categories: Heir apparent

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1829*
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Ancient and Modern

• Author(s): Gaunt, Incorporated, John Francis Erskine Goodeve Erskine Earl of Mar

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2006-02-01
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• Publisher: Unknown

This scarce book is one of the main documents in one of the most important cases which make up the bulk of English (and Scottish) Peerage Law - the dispute over the Earldom of Mar, which is the oldest extant title in Great Britain, and probably in Europe. The initial dispute concerned a man named Alexander Stewart who apparently forced the suo jure Countess, Isable Douglas, to sign a charter conveying the peerage to him and his heirs. Later, the Countess married this same Alexander Stewart and revoked the old charter. She then agreed to convey the earldom to Stewart for his life, following which it would pass to her own heirs. Stewart complicated matters by renouncing this forced charter, in...