HL Deb 10 May 1869 vol 196 cc428-9

DISSENTIENT:

"1. Because the resolution of the House is opposed to the decision of the House upon the Devon case in 1831, a decision accepted and acted upon by the Crown:

"2. Because King Richard was in full possession of the Royal Authority at the time the dignity of The Earl of Wiltes was created:

"3. Because the proceedings relied upon as affecting the rights of the heirs male of the Earl of Wiltes were all taken at a time when no lawful or legal Government existed in England, and that the subsequent proceedings had in the Parliament of Henry the Fourth in no manner purported to affect, or could in law affect, the dignity of Earl of Wiltes." HOUGHTON; WENTWOKTH; WENLOCK, for 1st and 2d reasons; DENBIGH; BROOKE AND WARWICK, for 1st and 2d reasons; ZETLAND, for 1st and 2d reasons; GAINS-BOROUGH, for 1st and 2d reasons; GRANARD; FEVERSHAM, for 1st and 2d reasons; ARUNDELL OF WARDOUR; NORFOLK, E. M., for 1st and 2d reasons; COLVILLE OF CULROSS, for 1st and 2d reasons; ABER-GAVENNY, for 1st and 2d reasons.