The Heir Hunter programme on BBC now and then is interesting in that even today English Law and Scottish Law differs as to who can inherit. DH On 14/04/2015 15:52, DSA2003 via wrote: > Until the law changed (ca. 20 or 30 years ago), not in England Shirley, but in Scotland, an illegitimate child was legitimated if his parents married later AND they had been free to do so at the time of his birth. > > Quite a few years ago now, there was an article in a family history magazine on this subject. An an example, the article used the case of a member of the nobility who had both a Scottish and an English title. The man first had an illegitimate son, then married the mother of his son, and after the marriage had a second son. In other words, he had two sons by the same woman, one before, and one after his marriage. > > When he died, the first son inherited the Scottish title because he’d been legitimated in Scottish law by his parents subsequent marriage. However, the English title went to the second son as he’d been born after the his parent’s marriage. > > Regards > > David Armstrong > > Maylands > Western Australia
Inheritance laws vary in every country and even from State to State in the USA and Australia. I do quite a bit of probate research work for legal firms and estate administrators throughout the English speaking World. best regards Robert www.ulsterancestry.com > Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 16:33:07 +0100 > To: fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: FERMANAGH-GOLD Late marriage off topic > From: fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com > > The Heir Hunter programme on BBC now and then is interesting in that > even today English Law and Scottish Law differs as to who can inherit. > > DH > > > > On 14/04/2015 15:52, DSA2003 via wrote: > > Until the law changed (ca. 20 or 30 years ago), not in England Shirley, but in Scotland, an illegitimate child was legitimated if his parents married later AND they had been free to do so at the time of his birth. > > > > Quite a few years ago now, there was an article in a family history magazine on this subject. An an example, the article used the case of a member of the nobility who had both a Scottish and an English title. The man first had an illegitimate son, then married the mother of his son, and after the marriage had a second son. In other words, he had two sons by the same woman, one before, and one after his marriage. > > > > When he died, the first son inherited the Scottish title because he’d been legitimated in Scottish law by his parents subsequent marriage. However, the English title went to the second son as he’d been born after the his parent’s marriage. > > > > Regards > > > > David Armstrong > > > > Maylands > > Western Australia > > > ================================== > > https://www.google.ie/ > ================================== > http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/placenames/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FERMANAGH-GOLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
On 14/04/2015 17:32, Ulster Ancestry via wrote: > Inheritance laws vary in every country and even from State to State in the USA and Australia. I do quite a bit of probate research work for legal firms and estate administrators throughout the English speaking World. > best regards > Robert > www.ulsterancestry.com I wouldn't know too much about it but the programme can be very interesting as it touches on these.. There was one case where guy in US qualified under US laws.. but as inheritance was in England he couldn't inherit. You see the likes of an adoptee qualifying or not depending on when he was born etc so it looks like a bit of a minefield, of which I know very little but it is very interesting. Couldn't/wouldn't even try to say yes or no to Shirley's question. You must find it very interesting! DH