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From: Renia <>
Subject: Re: Britain's Real Monarch
Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 19:18:19 +0200
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John Steele Gordon wrote:

> "Renia" <> wrote in message
> news:bt937c$42t$1@usenet.otenet.gr...
>
>
>>>>>Is his title real?
>>>>
>>>>Yes. Earl of Loudon.
>>>
>>>
>>>How come then the earldom is not listed in Whittaker's Almanack, for
>>>instance?
>>
>>He only inhertied his the earldom of Loudon from his mother, Barbara,
>>Countess of Loudon, last year.
>
>
> Leo van de Pas has kindly informed me that the proper spelling is Loudoun.
> But there is still no title by that name listed in Whitaker's (sorry for the
> misspelling above). The fact that the title passed only last year would make
> no difference.
>
> Perhaps the title has been dormant for more than a generation, although the
> inheritance seems relatively straight forward.


Yes, sorry about the spelling error. Was from memory.

Renia

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