BELMOEE, 317 FamUjj Estates.— These, in 1883, consisted uf 14,388 sores in co. Tyrone, and of 5,9/2 in co. I'oniiiu.igh. Total 19,439 acres ruined at .£11,01,5 a year. Principal Residence, Castle Coole, near Enniskilleu, eo. Fermanagh. and, in that of the Marquess of Exeter {Eur! of Exeter ami Baron Eurghley) the li. ap. is sty lei I (ii.>t Kali (Veil, but) "Lord Jlmyhley." (5) On the other hand, such secondary (ncnilalile) title is sometimes passed over, in favour of the highest secondary Peerage, the rant of such lastnamed peerage being eon pled with tho/<i;«.i7y name ; a/., in the case of the Earl of EnnHdllou ( Viscount Euniskillen and Huron Moun'tjloi 'ciiec) the h. ap. is styled (not Lord Moitntjlorcncc " an actual, available, peerage vested in the Karl, but) Viscount Cole, such assumption of " Visemnt " being in conformity with the usage. No. 2, above alluded to. So also in the ease of the Earl of Tankerville (Barou Ossulston) the h. ap. bits, since 1S79, been styled (not " Lord Ossulston, but) " Lord BanCt." (<j) There are, however, several instances ill which the courtesy title used is one of Zraw rank, than that of an available peerage vested in the actual Peer ; c.y. the h. ap. of the Marquess of Ailesbury, &c, (who has no less than three separate Earldom* vested in him) i< styled " Viscount Saver Mix;" the h. ap. of the late Earl Da l&warr, [Viscount Cantelupe and Baron West) was, from ISflQ to 1S69, styled "Lord West ;" the h. ap. of the Earl of Wemyss ( Viscount 1'eebles, Lord Elcko, &c.)is styled "bird Eleho ■" and the h. ap. of Earl Annesley (Vivount Glerawly and Baron Annesley of Castle Wellau) is styled "Lord t'usllciecllitii." The usage appears to be for the actual I'eer, in whom the titles iicailahlc for a courtesy one vests, to choose such one as he thinks lit wherewith to designate his h. ap., which courtesy title, in several instances (on the death of its former user) has been vai iod by the actual Peer, cj. in the eases of Delaware and of Taukerville abovenamcd, and in the case of the late Marquess of Lansdowue whose 1st s. anil h. ap. (who d. v.p. 1S30) was styled Earl of Kerry, while the 2nd but 1st sure. s. and 1l ap. (1S3G to 18i3) was styled Earl of Skclhurne. (7j The practise of using Scotch or Irish Peerages as the courtesy title for tile It. ap. to a Peerage of England (ti.B. or U.K.) seems Bet imusual, tho' not, perhaps altogether justifiable, inasmuch as the actual I'eer might have to vote at the election of a Scotch or Irish Peer in right of a Peerage used by auother person. Instances of this practise occur in the use of the Irish Earldom of Kerry (alluded to above) and in that of the Scotch Earldoms of Casuilis and of Dumfries by tha Marquesses of Ailsa, and of Bute respectively. (8) The case of the Earl of Limerick ( Viscount Limerick and Baron Otcnttvorth) seems an anomaly, for here the h. ap. is (or, certainly, from 1S03 to 1S44, wis) styled (not " Lord Gtentmorth" in conformity with usage No. 4, or Viscount Peri/, in conformity with usage Xo. 5, above alluded to) but Viscount Olentworth, thus raising a Barony (that of Glentworth) to the rank of a fin countcy. (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 Million, in lieu of Viscount Howard of Morpeth and Viscount Stanhope of Mahou. This practise is similar to what is often clone iu the case of an actual Peerage; e.q. "Viscount liarncicall of Kingskiud," "Viscount Mo/isoh of Castieuiaiue " 4a which are frequently designated ;is "Viscount Kini/sland " " Viscount Castlcnutinc " &c. The case however of [Nelson] Earl Nelson (Viscount Merlon of Trafalgar and of Merlon, eo. Surrey) where the h. ap. is styled Viscount Trafalgar, tho' the designation of "Trafalgar" is,iu tho patent, joined, noito the family name, but to the name of another locality, seems somewhat anomalous. Lastly (10) with regard to the practise of attributing Courtesy titles to the children of Courtesy Lords (a practise not inaptly described as "the shadow of a shade ") this, as to the eldest r/randion of a Duke or a Marquess (such grandson being the s. and h. ap. of the s. and h. ap. of the Peer) obtained as early, if not earlier, than the end of tho 17th century. In the will of Charles, Duke of Bolton, dat 9 April 1694, he speaks of his grandson, the 8. and h. ap. of his 1st is. and h. ap. (styled Marquess of Winchester) us "Charles commonly called Lord St. John," As to all other children of Courtesy Lords it is doubtful if any Courtesy title was ever attributed to them till the present reign, certainly none has ever been officially recognised ; e.g., it being the custom that none under the rank of an Earl's daughter should officiate as a Royal bridesmaid, and Her Majesty wishing for the services as such (on the occasion of her wedding, 10 Ecb. 1S40) of the da. of tho (Courtesy) Earl of Surrey aud of the da. of z2.
