THE OLDEST FAMILY.
MIKADOS OF JAPAN.
Of the 400 barons in the House of Lords about a dozen date back to 1400, the earliest being 1264. The oldest family m the British Isles is toe Mar family in Scotland, 1065. The Campbells, of Argyll, began nj. 1190. . The '~rosvenor family, the Dirke of Westminster, 1066; the Austrian house, of riapsourg goes back to 952, and the house of Bour°The° descendants of Mohammed, born 570, are all registered carefully and authoritatively in a book kept in Mecca by a chief of the family. Little or no doubt exists of the absolve authenticity of the long ].ue of Mohammed's descendants In China there M-e many old families also among the in point of pedigrees the Mikado ef Japan has a unique record His place has been filled by members of his family for more than 2500 years The first M?kado was contempowry ™th Nebuchadnezzar, 666 year* before Christ.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18275, 16 December 1922, Page 2 (Supplement)
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156THE OLDEST FAMILY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18275, 16 December 1922, Page 2 (Supplement)
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