Scots law inheritance (2 Ergebnisse)
Verlag: [s.n.], [s.l.], 1795
- Hardcover
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4to, pp. [ii], 95, [1] + folding genealogical chart. Extracted from a volume, retaining portions of leather spine. Light soiling to front and rear. A scarce argument for the inheritance of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway (1736-1806), to give him a claim to the English peerage. Lord Galloway had already sat in the House of Lor…ds as a Scottish representative peer and had done so since 1774, but faced re-election each parliament and lost his seat in the 1790 election. Whether on the strength of this argument or his service as a Lord of the Bedchamber, Lord Galloway achieved his aim, being created Baron Stewart of Garlies in the peerage of Great Britain in 1796 and thereby rejoining the Lords as a permanent member. Though anonymous, this pamphlet was written by Eliezer Williams (1754-1820), chaplain and tutor to the Galloway family, who had been enlisted to help investigate the pedigree. The table at the end mentions the death of Vice-Admiral Keith Stewart in March 1795, giving a terminus post quem for the publication. NLS and Hornel Gallery only in ESTC. ESTC T193376.
Verlag: [s.n.], [s.l.], 1782
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4to, pp. viii, 27, [1], 176; 52. Extracted from a volume, with portion of leather spine and label remaining. Some soiling to front and rear, final page torn at gutter. Ownership inscription to title page of Sir Wm Forbes, Bart. A rare document of a dispute of inheritance pursued by the daughter of Helenus Halkerston of Rathillet…, against the geologist Captain (later Lieutenant-Colonel) Ninian Imrie of Denmuir (d. 1820). Miss Halkerston argues that the releveant deeds executed before her father?s death were invalid by reason of his insanity, and apparently James Boswell was approached for an opinion (though he declined). Halkerston had published a short work ?Considerations on man, in his natural as well as moral state? in 1764, ?solving all the phænomena of the animal world, of our moral and physical intelligence, &c. hitherto so much the subjects of dispute? - a subsequent edition of which was appended to 400 pages of land ownership dispute under the new title of ?An appeal to reason? (1778), perhaps evidence for Halkerston?s mental state. Indeed, the printer of the latter edition contributes much testimony here. The ESTC record is based on a single copy, held in Aberdeen, which lacks the title-page and the next leaf, as well as the final leaf - and therefore is catalogued under a different title. ESTC T230518.
