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A DISPUTED CLAIM (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association) LONDON, Oct. 28. '1 lit* title of the nineleen-yenr-ohl Countess of Sealiehl, a peeress in her o\vu right, was challenged at th e Court Sessions at Edinburgh Alexander Lti’utit, a. retired tutor. aged 70. declares that- he is the sou of the sew nth -Lari of Sealiehl where;*s ilie Countess '-'as the only child of the eleventh Earl, uranb alleges that Lite seventh Earl, when Viscount llcidhuven, in 1846, married uv verbal contract aboard the (■riling vessel Caroline Stuart-, tlie ' oungest daughter of the eleventh Lord lihuityrcs. Jiecau.se she was about to Oecome a mother. she was carried ashore at I-built' on the back of st-ame**, •md gave birth t.o a child the same night. (Irani was iliat- chilli. The niarnage was later celebrated in London, but every effort was made to hide the origin and birth of the baby, which was handed to a gardener at Nonlon Castle, anil gi\i'ii a university education, and money was provided for the fosterparents.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 29 October 1925, Page 5
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173SEAFIELD TITLE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 29 October 1925, Page 5
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