Posted by Noel S. McFerran
on 28/10/2009, 3:28:13, in reply to "Earl of Euston has died"
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: James FitzRoy, Earl of Euston and heir to the
: Dukedom of Grafton, died on October 1. He
: was 61. His father is Hugh, 11th Duke of
: Grafton and his mother, Fortune, is The
: Queen's Mistress of the Robes. His son,
: Henry, Viscount Ipswich, succeeds to the
: title Earl of Euston.
Lord Ipswich can't succeed to the title Earl of Euston, since that title is held by his grandfather the Duke of Grafton.
There are no absolute rules when it comes to the courtesy titles held by the heirs apparent to a peerage. It is entirely a matter of usage. If Lord Ipswich decides to continue to call himself "Lord Ipswich" then that is his courtesy title. He COULD call himself "Earl of Euston" and then that would be his courtesy title.
There are many examples of this in history: e.g. from 1850 to 1869 the heir apparent of the "Earl De la Warr" was styled "Lord West" and not "Viscount Cantelupe".
There are many peculiarities with courtesy titles. There are even cases of the heir apparent using a title not held by the peer, e.g. "Viscount Suirdale" is the heir of the "Earl of Donoughmore" who doesn't even hold a Suirdale title.
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Noel S. McFerran
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