Edinburgh Gazette index entry detail

Publication details:

Publication date: 19 Feb 1856.

Issue: 6572.

Page: 175.

Parish:

Tillington.

Person details:

Name: Audrey-Harriett Ridsdale.

Marital Status: Married.

Occupation: Clerk.

Notes:

WHITEHALL, February 15, 1856. The Queen, taking into her royal consideration that upon the decease of George-Ferrars, Marquess Townshend, in the month of December last, the title and dignity of Marquess Townshend devolved upon John, now Marquess Townshend, as eldest son and heir of the late John Townshend, Esquire, commonly called Lord John Townshend, second son of George, Marquess TowNshend, of Raynham, in the county of Norfolk, so created by letters-patent, bearing date the thirty-first day of October one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, to hold to him and to the heirs-male of his body lawfully begotten, and that, according to the ordinary rules of honour, the younger brother and sisters of the said John, Marquess Townshend, cannot enjoy that place and precedence which would have been due to them in case their father, the said Lord John Townshend, had survived his nephew, the said George-Ferrars, late Marquess Townshend, and had thereby become Marquess Townshend, Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to ordain and declare that George-Osborne Townshend, Clerk, Master of Arts, Fellow of King's College, in the University of Cambridge ; Audrey-Harriett, wife of Robert Ridsdale, Clerk, Master of Arts, one of the Prebendaries of Chichester Cathedral, and Rector of Tillington, in the county of Sussex, and of Knockin, in the county of Salop ; Elizabeth-Frances, wife of Vice-Admiral Sir Augustus-William-James Clifford, Baronet, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod; and Jane, widow and relict of John Hildyard, of Lincoln's-Inn, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, one of the Judges of the County Courts, deceased; the only brother and surviving sisters of the said John, Marquess Townshend, shall henceforth have, hold, and enjoy the same titles, place, pre-eminence, and precedence, as if their late father, the said Lord John Townshend, had survived his nephew, the said George-Ferrars, Marquess Townshend, and had thereby succeeded to the title and dignity of Marquess Townshend. And Her Majesty has been further pleased to command that the said royal order and declaration be registered in the College of Arms.

Batch:

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Transcribed by:

Michael Metcalfe.

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