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APPENDIX E 581 (available) title is sometimes passed over in favour of the highest secondary Peerage, the rank of such last-named Peerage being coupled with the family name; e.g. in the case of the Earl of Enniskillen (Viscount Enniskillen and Baron Mountflorence) the h. ap. is styled (not " Lord Mountflorence," an actual, available Peerage vested in the Earl, but) Vis- count Cole, such assumption of " Viscount " being in conformity with the usage, No. 2, above alluded to. So also in the case of the Earl of Tankerville (Baron Ossulston) the h. ap. has, since 1879, been styled (not "Lord Ossulston," but) "Lord Bennet." (6) There are, however, several instances in which the courtesy title used is one of less rank than that of an available Peerage vested in the actual Peer; e.g. in 1878 the h. ap. of the Marquess of Ailesbury, i£c. (who has no less than three separate Earldoms vested in him), was (1878 to 1886) styled "Viscount Savernake;" the h. ap. of Earl De la Warr (Viscount Cantelupe and Baron V^'^est) was, from 1850 to 1869, styled "Lord West," and the h. ap. who was b. 1900 was j/)'/^^"Lord Buckhurst;" the h. ap. of the Earl of Wemyss (Viscount Peebles, Lord Elcho, fife.) is styled "Lord Elcho;" and the h. ap. of Earl Annesley (Viscount Glerawly and Baron Annesley of Castle Wellan) is styled " Lord Castlewellan." The usage appears to be for the actual Peer, in whom the titles available for a courtesy one vest, to choose such one as he thinks fit wherewith to designate his h. ap., which courtesy title in several instances (on the death of its former user) has been varied by the actual Peer; e.g. in the cases of De la Warr and of Tankerville above named, and in the case of the late Marquess of Lansdowne, whose 1st s. and h. ap. (who d. v.p., 1836) was styled Earl of Kerry, while the 2nd but 1st surv. s. and h. ap. (1836 to 1863) was styled Earl of Shelburne. Indeed, it is usual in the case of the death of the h. ap. of a Duke, Marquess, or Earl for the brother who succeeds to take a different title. On the death, 14 Oct. 1905, of the courtesy Lord Gillford, ist s. of the Earl of Clanwilliam, the next s. assumed the fancy title of Lord Dromore, a place not associated with any of his father's titles! (7) The practice of using Scottish or Irish Peerages as the courtesy title for the h. ap. to a Peerage of England (G.B. or U.K.) seems not unusual, though not, perhaps, altogether justifiable, inasmuch as the actual Peer might have to vote at the election of a Scottish or Irish Peer in right of a Peerage used by another person. Instances of this practice occur in the use of the Irish Earldom of Kerry (referred to above) and in that of the Scottish Earldoms of Cassillis and of Dumfries by the Marquesses of Ailsa and of Bute respectively. (8) The case of the Earl of Limerick (Viscount Limerick and Baron Glentworth) seems an anomaly, for here the h. ap. is (or, certainly, from 1 803 to 1 844, was) styled (not " Lord Glentworth," in con- formity with usage No. 4, or Viscount Pery, in conformity with usage No. 5, above referred to, but) Viscount Glentworth, thus raising a Barony (that of Glentworth) to the rank of a Viscountcy. (9) No comment is required in the cases of [Howard] the Earls of Carlisle and of [Stanhope] the Earls Stanhope, where the h. ap. respectively is styled (to avoid confusion) Viscount Morpeth and Viscount Mahon, in lieu of Viscount Howard of Morpeth and