Author: Henry Fox Bristowe; J. H. Hodgson
Title: In the House of Lords. Case on Behalf of the Right Honourable Edith Maud, Countess of Loudoun, (in the Peerage of Scotland), a Co-Heiress to the Baronies of Botreaux, Hungerford, de Molyns and Hastings, in the Peerage of England
Description: London, Edward Walmisley, 1870 . First edition. Leather. A vanishingly scarce publication of the case presented by Edith Maud, Countess of Loudoun concerning her right to inherit the baronies of Botreaux, Hungerford, De Molyns and Hastings. A very scarce work.With three folding genealogical tables.Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings, 10th Countess of Loudoun was a Scottish peer. In this case presented to the House of Lord, her legal team detail the genealogy of her family, and assert her right to inherit the baronies of Botreaux, Hungerford, De Molyns and Hastings.The case is signed by Henry Fox Bristowe and J. H. Hodgson, counsel for the petitioner.A very scarce, attractively bound volume, offering insight into inheritance and the peerage in the Victorian period. In a full morocco binding, with gilt detailing. Externally, bright. Light rubbing to back strip head and tail, with areas of significant rubbing to rear joint. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, with only the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings, 10th Countess of Loudoun Edith Maud Abney-Hastings house of lords peerage Edith Maud Abney-Hastings None


See more books from our catalog: Economics & Social Sciences