This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shelton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNHBAIB/2769.3.1 Message Board Post: Gloria There has never been a Lord Ralph Shelton. The title Lord is reserved for members of the British peerage and no Shelton has ever had such a title. You are likely referring to various Sir Ralph Sheltons who were from Shelton co Norfolk in England. They have no known connection to any Sheltons in America and that line daughtered out in the main line completely in 1749. Pam Shelton-Anderson