OF ROYAL BLOOD
Of the late Rev. Frederick Henry : Ryecart we are told that he "claimed ■ descent (through his mother) from ,'•" Armenian kings." Perhaps he had few" • rivals in the geographical sense, but • it.is no uncommon thing in. this country to be descended from English Kings. The Tudor and Plantagenet' •" Rolls published * by the Duke of ' i Ruvigny and Raineval a few years - ago gave,'the names of 11,723 living . ' descendants of Edward IV., and of over 30,000 descendants of the Duke Richard' of York, whose claim to the throne caused the Wars of the Roses. Naturally many well-known names appeared in the list, including Lord - Balfour, Lord Curzon, Lord Salisbury, ~ Lord Tennyson, Mr. C. A. Pearson, ' { and Mr. R. B. Cunninghame-Graham. -1 Perhaps, if the "truth were known, we have all a touch of royal blood about us. Royalties of the older days had never any class prejudices about distributing the more .-personal royal favours. —"The Observer."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 18, 23 January 1939, Page 3
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157OF ROYAL BLOOD Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 18, 23 January 1939, Page 3
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