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New Zealand Universities Law Review
The British Peerage: The Legal Standing of the Peerage and Baronetage in the overseas realms of the Crown with particular reference to New Zealand
1997 •
Noel Cox
In 1976, an article published in the New Zealand Law Journal argued that hereditary titles had no legal status in New Zealand. This conclusion was based on the reasoning that New Zealand was a separate sovereignty from that of the United Kingdom. Peerages created in one sovereignty were not, unlike knighthoods, recognised in another. Therefore, it was argued, the peerages of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the UK had no legal status in New Zealand. It is my intention to disprove this thesis. I contend that peers and baronets of the United Kingdom can have legal status abroad and indeed do have this status in all those countries of which Her Majesty is Queen. The recent ennoblement of Sir Robin Cooke, lately President of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand, adds contemporary relevance to the examination of this question.
International Review of Scottish Studies
The Making and Breaking of a Comital Family: Malcolm Fleming, First Earl of Wigtown, and Thomas Fleming, Second Earl of Wigtown, Part 2: The Breaking of an Earldom: The Decline of Earl Malcolm and Failure of Earl Thomas
2017 •
Richard Oram
The Making and Breaking of a Comital Family: Malcolm Fleming, First Earl of Wigtown, and Thomas Fleming, Second Earl of Wigtown, Part 2: The Breaking of an Earldom: The Decline of Earl Malcolm and Failure of Earl Thomas
Timeline for Ackergill Castle, Caithness.
Joe Rock
A timeline created for David Gibbon of GLM Architects and Clarenco (owners) August 2010.
ω. Saint-Clair R W - The Saint-Clairs of the Isles - 1898..pdf
Athanassios Nick. Christopoulos
Saint-Clair R W - The Saint-Clairs of the Isles - 1898
Tijdschrift voor rechtsgeschiedenis
Property law and Imperial and British titles: the Dukes of Marlborough and the Principality of Mindelheim
2009 •
Noel Cox
The Cambridge Law Journal
The Significance of Status and Genetics in Succession to Titles, Honours, Dignities and Coats of Arms: Making the Case for Reform
Crispin Agnew
The significant evolution in family law in the last four decades has seen the breaking down of traditional barriers: illegitimacy has been swept away, and children conceived through assisted reproduction are now recognised as the legal children of their parents, even absent a genetic link. Transgender heirs are also fully recognised in their new gender. Yet fundamental exceptions remain in the case of succession to titles, honours, dignities and coats of arms, discriminating against children born out of marriage, or non-genetic children, or transgender children. The decision of the Privy Council in Pringle of Stichill emphasised this divergence, and raised the question of whether law reform is needed. In this article, we explore the rules which govern succession to titles and dignities and the two-tier system which has arisen. By pointing out the inconsistencies and lack of rationale therefor, we make the case for law reform to bring titles and dignities into line with the current u...
Saint-Clair R W - The Saint-Clairs of the Isles - 1898
Athanassios Nick. Christopoulos
Saint-Clair R W - The Saint-Clairs of the Isles - 1898.
Property law, imperial and British titles: The Duke of Marlborough and the Principality of Mindelheim
Noel Cox
The title of prince of the Holy Roman Empire was conferred in 1704 upon all the children heirs and lawful descendants, male and female, of John Churchill, the first duke of Marlborough. The title of prince of Mindelheim was granted in 1705 to all male descendants and daughters of the first duke. But following the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 and the Treaty of Rastatt in 1714 the principality passed to Bavaria. The right of the dukes of Marlborough to use the style and title was thus lost, and any residual rights would have expired in 1722 on the death of the duke, as they could not pass to a daughter (unlike his British titles). Despite this it is still common practice to describe the Duke of Marlborough as a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire and Prince of Mindelheim. This paper considers the differences in the treatment of the descent of the British and imperial titles.
The earls of Orkney-Caithness and their relations with Norway and Scotland, 1158-1470
1971 •
Barbara Crawford
The Baronage in the Reign of Richard II, 1377-1399
Keith Fildes
This thesis is a prosopographical study of the English baronage during the reign of Richard II. It considers the role of barons within the political community and attempts to characterise them, both in terms of their engagement with institutions and by exploring private power relations. In the tradition of the political culture framework within which the study is situated, it seeks ultimately to determine the group’s motives. The first section explores structures, defining the baronage and tracing the historical development of the class. The stresses and concepts that moulded and distinguished the political culture are also set out. Three broad themes - politics, land and lordship - are then discussed in the second section. These endeavour to quantify and qualify the power and authority that were exercised by the 66 baronial families from the reign. In the political arena barons’ engagement with the apparatus of royal government, administration and justice are investigated, along with political favour and its rewards. The size and distribution of their landholding is then assessed and the strategies they employed for putting their estates together determined. The service they performed and received is afterwards discussed and the reasons for and benefits of it analysed. These broader themes are then enriched by a demonstration of the differences on the ground. In this third section two case studies, of the Gloucestershire and Sussex barons, revisit the same themes, but look in more detail at just the handful of resident barons in those counties. Finally, the different situations in the two sample localities are reconciled by deciphering the barons’ motives.
