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Countessmeot seems to not understand the way the landed gentry work. David Matthews is the current laird of Glen Affric. He apparently does not use the title. His son James, is listed at the UK companies house records as the "solitary managing director of the 10,000 acre estate". Hence, it is...

Page 3 of the Scottish Daily Mail (July 22nd) stated that Pippa was entitled to be addressed as Lady Glen Affric once her fiancé inherits his father's Lairdship. James Matthews is already the "solitary manager of the 10,000 acre Glen Affric Estate". Do you think that the UK Media will refer to...

Titles for Kate and Pippa Does anyone think that the UK media will ever REGULARLY refer to Kate Middleton as the Duchess of Cambridge and Pippa Middleton - in time - as Lady Glenaffric ?

David Matthews has stuck to tradition - his eldest son is clearly the heir Yes - we DO know for sure. You need to READ the UK Express (page 22) article - James is the eldest son (this is what an "heir" is) and has his business "Beaufort and Glen Affric Ltd." tied up at his father's...

Pippa Middleton to inherit Scottish title after engagement to James Matthews | Royal | News | Daily Express The UK Daily express article (on page 22 according to my UK Cousin) clearly states that on her wedding day Pippa will become "Mrs Matthews of Glen Affric, the younger". This is...

The article in the UK Daily Express makes it clear that as the "Heir" (i.e. David Matthews' eldest son) James Matthews will inherit the courtesy title of Laird of Glenaffric. Unfortunatley, Pippa is entitled to have the courtesy description of Lady Glenaffric. Once the couple are married...

Lets look at the facts You misunderstand the UK Express article. It is not saying that they were great friends. It is saying that they were at college together - which had well under 100 students in it at that time (1910-1913) - we have established that (read the earlier posts)...

Yes - there is unfortunately evidence that the two men were together for three years. The Express article points out that they were at Trinity from 1910 - 1913. "In a remarkable coincidence Lieutenant Lupton attended Trinity College, Cambridge at the same time as Princess Diana's...

"Both her sides (Mum and Dad) of the (Kate's) family were lower income working class". This is what "Queen Camilla" told me this morning. This is just NOT TRUE. I almost give up. Thank God the other commentators are more realistic. Can I ask also WHY "Skippyboo" started up a...

It is great to have these chats again. I recall now that some people on this site seem to be determined to categorize the Middleton family as "normal and just-like-us". ...like the early UK Daily Mail reports described them. We have discovered in more recent years that Michael...

Michael Middleton's grandmother was an aristocrat as the Express has revealed. Please don't think I was shouting! I guess I was fooled in the early days with talk form the Daily Mail about how "Commoner Kate" would never cope with life as a royal. When you see the superb estates Michael...

Michael Middleton's family is certainly titled. His great great uncle was Sir Charles Lupton of Leeds (who did NOT marry to get his title) His second cousin (2r) was Lady Bullock, nee Lupton of Leeds His first cousin (3r) was Baroness von Schunck, nee Lupton (of Leeds) whose daughter...

"Olive volunteered as a nurse with her relatives Baroness Airedale, left, and Lady Bullock, right Her father Francis Martineau Lupton was a wealthy businessman, running the family merchant and cloth making operation, and was also an influential Liberal member of parliament. Like many of...

Was not aware that she - Olive Middleton - had blood cousins who were Baronesses - Baroness Airedale and Lady Bullock - 2nd cousins that she knew and worked with! I thought all of her family were poor..... working class. I read the Daily Mail... silly me! After all of these years of Kate...

wealthy Lady Bullock I really adore the sepia photo of her cousin Lady Bullock in the article - reminds me of my "oom mama" - (northern european for grandmother) except MY grandmother would never havehad the opportunity to sit in a car in 1913! If you've got MONEY......