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In the past, however, the eldest son was favored in matters of land inheritance. During the Colonial Period, the eldest son inherited twice more than the other sons in the northern colonies (these inheritance laws were modelled on Mosaic Law), and in the southern colonies there was a rule of male primogeniture. [74]
Sometimes the son of a peer can be referred to as a viscount even when he could use a more senior courtesy title which differs in name from the substantive title. Family tradition plays a role in this. For example, the eldest son of the Marquess of Londonderry is Viscount Castlereagh, even though the Marquess is also the Earl Vane. [6] [7]
On his deathbed, William the Conqueror accorded the Duchy of Normandy to his eldest son Robert Curthose, the Kingdom of England to his son William Rufus, and money for his youngest son Henry Beauclerc for him to buy land. Thus, with William I's death on 9 September 1087, the heir to the throne was William Rufus (born 1056), third son of William I.
Likewise, an uncle without sons of his own was succeeded by his nephew, a son of his sister, even if the sister still lived. Common in feudal Europe outside of Germany was land inheritance based on male-preference primogeniture: A lord was succeeded by his eldest son but, failing sons, either by daughters or sons of daughters.
The eldest, Eadwig (r. 955–959), succeeded his uncle, but the younger brother Edgar (r. 959–975) was soon declared king of Mercia and the Danelaw. Eadwig's death prevented civil war, and Edgar the Peaceful became the undisputed king of all England in 959. [14] Edgar was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward the Martyr (r. 975–978).
His eldest son was the fourth Baronet, who succeeded as second Earl of Egremont in 1750. The second Earl's eldest son and successor, the third Earl, was known as a patron of art. He also sponsored the Petworth Emigration Scheme , which sent thousands of working-class people from the south of England to Upper Canada between 1832 and 1837.
He was succeeded by his eldest son, the ninth Baron. He had earlier represented Pontefract in the House of Commons. When he died the titles passed to his nephew, the tenth Baron, and then to the latter's brother, the eleventh Baron. On the eleventh Baron's death in 1913 the barony and baronetcy separated.
4th Earl of Northampton, 5th Baron Compton: Spencer Compton c. 1674 – 1743 Earl of Wilmington, Viscount Pevensey, Baron Wilmington: George Hastings 1677–1705 8th Earl of Huntingdon: Henry 1701–1786: Earldom of Wilmington, Vicountcy Pevensey, and Barony Wilmington extinct, 1743: James Compton 1687–1754 5th Earl of Northampton, 6th Baron ...