The House of Lords Cases on Appeals and Writs of Error, Claims of Peerage, and Divorces, During the Sessions 1847[-1866] Volume 2 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1851 Excerpt: ... 1848. The Earldom of Southbsk. governed by the other. Unless they should find that there was a clear distinction between the cases, they would not feel themselves justified in occupying any further time of the Committee. The Committee informed the learned counsel that they did not consider it advisable, under the circumstances, to proceed further with the evidence. If the learned counsel, upon consultation, should be of opinion that the present claim could be supported, further proceedings might be taken in the next session; the present session was nearly at an end. No proceeding has been since had on the claim. The following is the case referred to, ante, p. 895. No Peerage in the Sovereign. Lord Oranmore's Claim. The Sovereign cannot hold a peerage: accordingly, where a member of the Royal Family, who was a Peer of Ireland, succeeded to the Crown, the Peerage became extinct. Dominick Browne was by letters patent, dated the 4th of May, 6 W. IV. (1836), created a Peer of Ireland, by the style and title of Baron Oranmore and Browne. In July the same year, Lord Oranmore presented his petition to the House of Lords, praying that his right to vote at the election of Representative Peers CASES IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. for Ireland to sit in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, may be admitted. That petition came before the Committee of Privileges on the 4th of August, 1836. It was shewn by evidence that, prior to the date of the letters patent, three Irish Peerages were then recently extinct, as required by the Act of Union (39 & 40 Geo. III.), before a new Peer of Ireland could be created (a). These peerages were, the Barony of Kingsland, extinct by the death of Viscount Kingsland in 1831; the Earldom of Connaught, extinct by the death of the Duke of Gloucester an..