Talk:Lord Edward FitzGerald

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Did he disown his title during his life? I have heard he did and, if true, it would seem unusual that in death people give him his title.

He had no substantive title; "Lord" means that he was the son of a Duke; it's a courtesy title, and can't be disowned, only used or not used. Used or not, it's how he's known to history. (One couldn't disclaim a substantive title until the passage of the Peerage Act 1963.) - Nunh-huh 06:18, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

If it is a "courtesy title and can't be disowned" then surely we should be calling Tony Benn 'Viscount Stansgate'?

Viscount Stansgate is/was not a courtesy title, but a hereditary one, which at the time disbarred its then holder, Tony Benn, then Anthony Wedgwood Benn, from sitting in the House of Commons Millbanks (talk) 10:35, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Surely the 1819 repeal of the Act of Attainder would have returned his title to the dead man?Thegn 23:11, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Changed "Ascendancy" in the "Net tightens" section from a link to a computer game, to just a plain world. Twfowler 15:42, 15 December 2006 (UTC)