Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-10-24 | Page 7 | New Rule Protects British Peerage from Extinction by War

New Rule Protects Protect's British Peerage From Extinction by the WarL War L LONDON Oct 23 Means 1 Means are to tobe tobe be a adopted to prevent peerages from becoming extinct in cases where the only male heir lias has given his life me t this to his country In the ordinary course succession to a peerage is limited to direct male descendants of or the last lastor or of ot a former holder of ot the title daughters being excluded But by special remainder as the provision pro is called the ne nearest rest of other male relatives will now be given the title There are now at least two hundred hundred hun hUn- 1 dred heirs to peerages in the army and navy and a number have alread already fallen Among the dead are Lord Wendover the sole heir of ot the marquis marquis marquis mar mar- quis of ot Lincolnshire Captain Bigge who was the only son and heir of Lord the kings king's private secretary and the Hon Claude Me Thompson Meysey-Thompson the sole heir of Khar Lord is among those who have lost an only son in action n but he has grandsons by his daughters Titles Title are allowed to descend by bythe the female line by special l remainder In Ina ina ina a number of ot existing cases notably in the case of Lord Roberts whose only male heir was killed in n the Boer war Of course there are no lack of ot d direct male heirs of ot former title titleholders titleholders titleholders holders in case of the historic peerages peerages peerages peer peer- ages but the recently bestowed titles lack this advantage Lord Kitchener's heir is b by special remainder his elder brother Col H. H E. E C. C Kitchener Lord Strathcona's title passed to his daughter the Baroness Baroness Baroness Bar Bar- oness Strathcona