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 404 CORRIGENDA ET ADDENDA. [i i [Preface], Hue 27. After "grandfathers," insert "ami, in the rase of Scotland, the heir apparent to every Peerage : such hoir (when not designated l>y a courtesy Peerage) heing, in that kingdom, always styled ' Mastkk of ' and even being, (according to some authorities) himself an actual Peer." p i. Dele lines 31 to 35 down to line 2 on page ii, and insert in lieu thereof " they are not included in this Peerage; excepting, only, when, ;us in the case of ABKltiiAVENXY and of Bkukki.ky, such Baronies are, (by some) supposed to have ' crystallised " into actual Peerage* Baronies by Tenure are a class of Dignities best treated of by themselves, and the aecuunt of them, given by Nicolas and reproduced by Courtlwpc, is, when tested by the light of the researches made during the last threescore years, very inaccurate ; besides that a vast Dumber of such Baronies are altogether omitted by them." [Note. These Baronies, us far as any account is given of them in Courthope'i " Historic Peerage," hare (without, mostly, any correction or addition thereto) to the end of letter " A," been inserted herein. The Reader is requested to erase such intertiont accordingly.] ii ii, line 9. After "Scotland" dele "the Kditor, &c." to the end of line 11; insert, in lieu thereof " an accurate distinction between ' Peers ' and other ' Lords,' (i.e. between the Greater and the Lesser Barons) is, at an early period hardly attainable. In this work, an account will be given of such Scotch Baronies only, as were Peerage Baronies or which (tho', perhaps, almost impercep- tibly) developed into such. The learned John Uiddell (in his ' Scotch Peerage Law,' 1S33 ; page S'J, note 2) remarks 'that we had no Hereditary Lordships of Parliament till about [1437 to 1463] the reign of James II.' " p. ii, last line, dele " as also of " to " successor," line 5 of page iii. p. iv, line 21. After "acknowledged," insert "The account of the Family estutes is taken from Bateman's " Great Landowners of Great Britain and Ireland," 1S83. An earlier edition was pub. in 1878. A still earlier one, which related to Eng- land alone (being called " The Acre-ocracy of England ") was pub. in 1876. It should also be mentioned that, early in 1880 (about two years after this publication had commenced) a most important work, iis far as the higher grades (Dukes to Viscounts) of the English Peerage is concerned, has appeared. It is entitled (somewhat strangely, inasmuch as it is not by au " official," nor under "official" sanction, and [alxs !] does not (excepting in some tew special instances) contain the "JJarons.") ''The official Baronage of England, by James E. Doyle." [3 vols. 4, to.]. The great value of this work consists in the long list of the various appointments held by the Peers therein mentioned, the dates whereof (of which a free use has been made in this work), having been sought out, with wonderful and most commendable industry, from the original authorities by the indefatigable Editor, p. v. Dele lines 5 to 14 ; and, in subsequent lines, alter "3 " to " 10," to "2" to "9 " respectively. p. vii, line 15. For " Hewlett, jur.," read " Hewlett's Jur." p. viii, lines 24 and 25. For " succ." read " sue," and for " summ." read " mm" p. x, line 13. Par " Badenoek," read " Badenoch." p. xi, line 20. For " 4275," read " 1275." p. xii, line 22. Dele the word "as." p. 1, lines 1 and 2. For " Abbeyliex," read "Abbeyleix ; " and, at the end of linn 3, insert " Baron [U.K.], cr. 1884." p. 2, note "a," line 8 ; for " Muskry " read " Muskery." p. 4, line 19. For "da.," read " illegit. da." p. o. Cancel; and insert in place thereof, the page 5 (commencing with " Mar- quessate " in lieu of ' : Marquesses ") given with the " Corrigenda." p. 7. [In some copies only], for " 1 834 " and " 1851 " (the date of death of two of the Earls of Derby), read " 1851 " and " 1869." p. 8. The Duke ov Abbbgobn " d. 31 Oct. 3885, aged 71, at Baronscourt and was bur. there. Will &c. dat. 13 March 1869 to 2 Feb. 1877, pr. 27 Feb. 1886 above