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NOTES ON THE INFERIOR TITLES 31 A Kinloss and a Kinross, ,. i „f A Marquess of Lincolnshire and an Larl ot Lincoln, A Lindsay and a Lnulsey, A Ragley" and a Raglan, A Sudley and a Sudeley. A Baron Ashton and a Baron Ashton ofiHycle, etc. These instances prove the importance of literal accnracv in the use of titles, but the followmg list, showing the preservation of ancient orthography among modern Peerages, will save the reader from some mistakes to which persons in general seem very liable. Amongst Noble families the proper spelling is — Argyll, not Argyle. Ailesbury, not Aylesbury, Anglesey, not Anglesea, Caulfeild, not Caullield, Clonmell, not Clonmel, Feilding. not Fielding, Donegall, not Donegal, Guilford, not Guildford, Ingestre, not Ingestrie, Kingsale, not Kinsale, Latymer, not Latimer. Lyttelton. not Littleton, Midleton (Visct.), not Middleton (Baron), Slilltown (Earl), not Milton (Visct.), Fitzwilliam, not FitzWilliam,

Iount Cashell, not Mountcashel,

Nevill (Abergavenny), not Neville, Neville (Braybrooke), not Nevill, Montagu, not Montague, Roseberv, not Roseberry, Westmorland, not Westmoreland, M'inchilsea, not Winchelsea, etc.