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Show KANSAS CITY MAN WILL FIGHT CLAIM TO TITLE Rival Claimants to Earldoms jo Scotland Will Meet ' in House of Lords. ; , . ii i LONDON, Nov. 19. Robert Barclay -' Allardlce,; whose claim to the dormant Earldoms of Strathern, Montelth and Airth, In the peerage of 'Scotland, will 'be heard In ' the next cession of the , House of Ixrds, will be opposed by George Q. Marshall Graham of Kansas City, whose Interests In England are represented by hi cousin, W. M. Graham Gra-ham Easton. Mr. Graham, who was born in Edln- burgh on, November 18, 1851, is the eldest eld-est surviving son of the late James Graham of Lelchtown. Montelth. Perth-chlre. Perth-chlre. The Earldom of Strathern dates from 1371 and the Earldoms of Airth and Monteith from 163? and 1127. respectively. re-spectively. Barclay Allerdice Is an Alderman of Lochnlthlel, Cornwall, and eldest son of the late Samuel Ritchie by his marriage mar-riage with Margaret Barclay Allardlce, whose name the claimant assumed by royal license In 1888. The titles have passed through many vicissitudes, cs using the present tangle.' James I. of Scotland started the trouble in 1427 by depriving the then Earl of Strathern of his Earldom because .of the tatter's claim to royal descent. In 1633 the seventh holder claimed his title -and asserted that he was of purer descent than Charles I., who then occupied the throne. His action nearly ended fatally, but King Charles settled the matter temporarily with a new titleEarl ti-tleEarl of Alrth. - It Is claimed by Barclay Allardlce that the Grahams of Garemoret are now extinct and that . the way is thus left clear for himself. |