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The heir presumptive, it has been revealed, to the earldom of Essex is William Capell.(The Week ...)(Brief Article)
The heir presumptive, it has been revealed, to the earldom of Essex is William Capell. His fourth cousin, once removed, is the current incumbent--the eleventh--Frederick Paul de Vere Capell, who inherited the title in June at the age of 61. A bachelor, he has not yet produced any legitimate male offspring. The title, first created in 1139 for Geoffrey de Mandeville--a player of no fixed allegiance during the anarchy of King Stephen and the ascendancy of the Empress Matilda--has a checkered history. Several of the lines that have held ...
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- Reference information from: Webster's NewWorld Dictionary January 1, 1988 700+ words
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 heir presumptive heirs presumptive an heir whose right to a certain property or title will be lost if someone more closely related to the ancestor...
- The Heir Presumptive.
- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery unknown January 1, 1934 700+ words
- Margaret Cecil, Lady Brown: "Persevering Enemy to Handel" but "Otherwise...
- Magazine article from: Women & Music HUNTER, DAVID January 1, 1999 700+ words
...Broschi, "Farinelli," the most famous (castrato) singer of his day. In a postscript to her letter of 30 June 1735 to William Capell, third earl of Essex, ambassador at Turin, and a man with great interest in opera, Lady Brown writes that "Farinelli...
- Mary Stewart in France and Scotland: Retha Warnicke examines the tumultuous...
- Magazine article from: History Review Warnicke, Retha December 1, 2003 700+ words
...over her sex but her age, for she required a regent. The heir presumptive, James Hamilton, second earl of Arran, gained the office...exile as a French partisan and claimed to be the rightful heir presumptive and regent because of some irregularity in the marriage...
- Wright Probe Puts House Leaders in Awkward Spot;Showing Loyalty to Speaker Is...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Dan Balz; Tom Kenworthy May 9, 1989 700+ words
...last week came National Journal, with a large-type headline on the cover that said: "The Heir Presumptive." But if Foley is the heir presumptive, he is anything but the heir presumptuous. Cautious by nature, he has remained loyal to...
- The ruling party starts to splinter: Mexico. (Manuel Camacho, former member of...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) February 21, 1998 700+ words
...open warfare is Manuel Camacho, he too once mayor of the capital-a nominated post in those days-and (as he saw it) heir-presumptive to the presidency. In the event, the PRI-that is, the then President Carlos Salinas-picked another man as candidate...
- God's House at Ewelme: Life, Devotion and Architecture in a Fifteenth-Century...
- Magazine article from: Albion Thomson, John A. F. September 22, 2002 700+ words
...s father William who was the financier, who made his loans to Edward III. John, Earl of Lincoln was Richard III's heir-presumptive, not his heir-apparent (p. 128), and indeed the latter term is again used loosely on the following page, while...
- Microsoft plays musical chairs.(BILLY GRAMS)
- Newspaper article from: Client Server News May 28, 2007 700+ words
...reports to Jeff Raikes. It's supposedly because the development of Sharepoint and BI is intertwined with Office, not to mention the integration of aQuantive. There are those who see the words heir presumptive written all over Raikes.
Source: HighBeam Research, The heir presumptive, it has been revealed, to the earldom of Essex...