Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthu...
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CELEBRATED CLAIMANTS
CELEBRATED CLAIMANTS
FROM
FROM
PERKIN WARBECK TO ARTHUR ORTON.
PERKIN WARBECK TO ARTHUR ORTON.
SECOND EDITION.
SECOND EDITION.
London:
London:
CHATTO AND WINDUS, PICCADILLY.
CHATTO AND WINDUS, PICCADILLY.
1874.
1874.
PREFACE.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS
CONTENTS
JACK CADE—THE PRETENDED MORTIMER.
JACK CADE—THE PRETENDED MORTIMER.
LAMBERT SIMNEL—THE FALSE EARL OF WARWICK.
LAMBERT SIMNEL—THE FALSE EARL OF WARWICK.
PERKIN WARBECK—THE SHAM DUKE OF YORK.
PERKIN WARBECK—THE SHAM DUKE OF YORK.
DON SEBASTIAN—THE LOST KING OF PORTUGAL.
DON SEBASTIAN—THE LOST KING OF PORTUGAL.
JEMELJAN PUGATSCHEFF—THE FICTITIOUS PETER III.
JEMELJAN PUGATSCHEFF—THE FICTITIOUS PETER III.
OTREFIEF—THE SHAM PRINCE DIMITRI.
OTREFIEF—THE SHAM PRINCE DIMITRI.
PADRE OTTOMANO—THE SUPPOSED HEIR OF SULTAN IBRAHIM.
PADRE OTTOMANO—THE SUPPOSED HEIR OF SULTAN IBRAHIM.
MOHAMMED BEY—THE COUNTERFEIT VISCOUNT DE CIGALA.
MOHAMMED BEY—THE COUNTERFEIT VISCOUNT DE CIGALA.
THE SELF-STYLED PRINCE OF MODENA.
THE SELF-STYLED PRINCE OF MODENA.
JOSEPH—THE FALSE COUNT SOLAR.
JOSEPH—THE FALSE COUNT SOLAR.
JOHN LINDSAY CRAWFURD—CLAIMING TO BE EARL OF CRAWFURD.
JOHN LINDSAY CRAWFURD—CLAIMING TO BE EARL OF CRAWFURD.
JOHN NICHOLS THOM, ALIAS SIR WILLIAM COURTENAY.
JOHN NICHOLS THOM, ALIAS SIR WILLIAM COURTENAY.
JAMES ANNESLEY—CALLING HIMSELF EARL OF ANGLESEA.
JAMES ANNESLEY—CALLING HIMSELF EARL OF ANGLESEA.
CAPTAIN HANS-FRANCIS HASTINGS, CLAIMING TO BE EARL OF HUNTINGDON.
CAPTAIN HANS-FRANCIS HASTINGS, CLAIMING TO BE EARL OF HUNTINGDON.
REBOK—THE COUNTERFEIT VOLDEMAR, ELECTOR OF BRANDENBURG.
REBOK—THE COUNTERFEIT VOLDEMAR, ELECTOR OF BRANDENBURG.
ARNOLD DU TILH—THE PRETENDED MARTIN GUERRE.
ARNOLD DU TILH—THE PRETENDED MARTIN GUERRE.
PIERRE MÊGE—THE FICTITIOUS DE CAILLE.
PIERRE MÊGE—THE FICTITIOUS DE CAILLE.
MICHAEL FEYDY—THE SHAM CLAUDE DE VERRE.
MICHAEL FEYDY—THE SHAM CLAUDE DE VERRE.
THE BANBURY PEERAGE CASE.
THE BANBURY PEERAGE CASE.
JAMES PERCY—THE SO-CALLED EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND.
JAMES PERCY—THE SO-CALLED EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND.
THE DOUGLAS PEERAGE CASE.
THE DOUGLAS PEERAGE CASE.
ALEXANDER HUMPHREYS—THE PRETENDED EARL OF STIRLING.
ALEXANDER HUMPHREYS—THE PRETENDED EARL OF STIRLING.
THE SO-CALLED HEIRS OF THE STUARTS.
THE SO-CALLED HEIRS OF THE STUARTS.
JOHN HATFIELD—THE SHAM HONOURABLE ALEXANDER HOPE.
JOHN HATFIELD—THE SHAM HONOURABLE ALEXANDER HOPE.
HERVAGAULT—SOI-DISANT LOUIS XVII. OF FRANCE.
HERVAGAULT—SOI-DISANT LOUIS XVII. OF FRANCE.
MATURIN BRUNEAU—SOI-DISANT LOUIS XVII. OF FRANCE.
MATURIN BRUNEAU—SOI-DISANT LOUIS XVII. OF FRANCE.
NAÜNDORFF—SOI-DISANT LOUIS XVII. OF FRANCE.
NAÜNDORFF—SOI-DISANT LOUIS XVII. OF FRANCE.
AUGUSTUS MEVES—SOI-DISANT LOUIS XVII. OF FRANCE.
AUGUSTUS MEVES—SOI-DISANT LOUIS XVII. OF FRANCE.
RICHEMONT—SOI-DISANT LOUIS XVII. OF FRANCE.
RICHEMONT—SOI-DISANT LOUIS XVII. OF FRANCE.
THE REV. ELEAZAR WILLIAMS—SOI-DISANT LOUIS XVII. OF FRANCE.
THE REV. ELEAZAR WILLIAMS—SOI-DISANT LOUIS XVII. OF FRANCE.
THOMAS PROVIS—CALLING HIMSELF SIR RICHARD HUGH SMYTH.
THOMAS PROVIS—CALLING HIMSELF SIR RICHARD HUGH SMYTH.
LAVINIA JANNETTA HORTON RYVES—THE PRETENDED PRINCESS OF CUMBERLAND.
LAVINIA JANNETTA HORTON RYVES—THE PRETENDED PRINCESS OF CUMBERLAND.
WILLIAM GEORGE HOWARD—THE PRETENDED EARL OF WICKLOW.
WILLIAM GEORGE HOWARD—THE PRETENDED EARL OF WICKLOW.
AMELIA RADCLIFFE—THE SO-CALLED COUNTESS OF DERWENTWATER.
AMELIA RADCLIFFE—THE SO-CALLED COUNTESS OF DERWENTWATER.
ARTHUR ORTON—WHO CLAIMED TO BE SIR ROGER CHARLES DOUGHTY TICHBORNE, BART.
ARTHUR ORTON—WHO CLAIMED TO BE SIR ROGER CHARLES DOUGHTY TICHBORNE, BART.