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CollectionFrederick and Augusta, Prince and Princess of Wales
ReferenceGEO/MAIN/54097
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleLetter from the Duke of Somerset to the Earl of [Winchilsea]
Date[?1748]
WriterSomerset, 6th Duke of
AddresseeWinchilsea, 8th Earl of
DescriptionThe Duke of Somerset is surprised to know that the King's intention to give him the title of Earl of Northumberland was interrupted by a letter from his son [Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset] claiming that his daughter [Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland] would have inherited the Northumberland estate, assuming, then, a pretence to the title over Sir Charles Wyndham [the Duke's favourite grandson].
The Duke gives a detail reasoning of why this pretence is unlawful and suggests a different solution for the division of the Northumberland and the Percy estates.
LanguageEnglish
Extent1 document (2 pages)
Physical DescriptionManuscript paper bound in volume
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CreditPublished with the kind permission of the Duke of Somerset
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