This book details the lives [social, political and marital] of the daughters of Lord Curzon in the first half of the 20th Century..
It's a 'good read', as well as covering much of your subject of interest,
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=the+vi...fix=the+viceroys+,aps,146&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_4_13
I don't know if it belongs here, but an article in today's edition of The Guardian claims that 25,000 landowners (less than 1 % of the population) own half of the land area of England. In particular, members of the "aristocracy" or the gentry own approximately 30 % of the country's land area. Corporations on the other hand own approximately 18 % of England, followed by "oligarchs and City bankers" at 17 %. The land holdings of the Crown and/or the Royal Family (including the Crown estate and the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall) amount to roughly 1.4 % of the land area.
Major landowners mentioned in the article include the Duke of Buccleuch and the Duke of Beaufort.
The Minister of Women and Equalities says that her department is "working on" discrimination against daughters in regard to inheritance and courtesy titles. "Courtesy titles" refers to inequality in the titles of spouses, an issue which was broached again in Parliament a few months ago.
https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commo...407B-9460-618432125EB0/OralAnswersToQuestions
Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald) (Con)
In light of recent objection to the Hereditary Titles (Female Succession) Bill of my hon. Friend the Member for Shipley (Philip Davies) that would address the discrimination against daughters when it comes to inheritance, when do the Government intend to end the practice of male primogeniture?
Penny Mordaunt
The Daughters’ Rights campaign was started after one new mum was told that her new arrival being a girl must have been a disappointment to her. This matter and the issue of courtesy titles are complex matters, but we do need to look at them in this modern age. My Department is working on that, and I welcome the Daughters’ Rights campaign.
I am currently reading "The Viceroy's Daughter's" by Ann de Courcy. I usually read about royalty, but I decided to read a book on the aristocracy so I chose the Curzon sisters. It is quite interesting and I have just gotten to the part about Diana Guiness (Mitford). i have been wanting to read a book on the six Mitford sisters, and there are three books I have found on them. I really don't know which one to choose because I really only want to read one. Will someone recommend one to me that they think is the best? If there is one i have not found that is better, please feel free to suggest it. The three are book 1, book 2, and book 3. Thanks.
All Viscountess Weymouth seems to do is attend parties or lunches.
Some Scottish titles can be inherited by women, but not all of them. The same goes for England - some titles, not all.I am in favour of girls inheriting titles in their own right as is already the case in Scotland.
I recommend the Mary Lovell book as the starter. If you're anything like me, once you start reading about them, you'll want to read more & more. I went through a phase a few years ago where I read everything they'd written themselves (the letters are fascinating) including their accounts of their childhood eg Decca's Hons & Rebels & Debo's "Wait For Me".
On May 15, 1513, Charles Brandon was created Viscount Lisle by King Henry VIII. This was in right of Charles' betrothed wife, Elizabeth Grey. Was there not a stipulation in the Grey family that the husband of an heiress could not have a noble title?
There won't be a change in government, only a change in Prime Minister. There'll only be a change in government if there's a general election and a different party wins, and there isn't due to be an election.
I can't see this bill being passed, though - there's just too much other legislation to be dealt with, and it won't be high priority, so it won't be given the necessary time ... which is a shame.
In the UK a lord has been known to petition to allow his daughter to inherit. Louis Mounbattan did for instance. But it only applied to his daughters. The only females in line for the title were his 2 daughters. None of their female descendants are eligible to inherit even after their brothers.