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heir presumptive

Property law a person who expects to succeed to an estate but whose right may be defeated by the birth of one nearer in blood to the ancestor
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Mary Smart, as England's Catholic heir presumptive was the only reasonable replacement for Elizabeth.
'Printed at London anonymous': was there ever an attempt to publish the first edition of the Defence of Mary Queen of Scots in England?
CHOICE Downton Abbey (8pm) Another chance to see the acclaimed drama with Maggie Smith, left, In episode two, everyone is anxious at the arrival of the heir presumptive Matthew Crawley, but he soon encounters problems.
CHOICE
Tconches and bells resounded in the air as the absolutely beautiful Princess Sonam Dechen Wangchuck and the heir presumptive to the throne of Bhutan, Prince Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck, occupied the first row along with the Indian High Commissioner to Bhutan on a nippy Friday night to watch dancers from the Royal Academy of Performing Arts ( RAPA) of the kingdom presenting the dancedrama Milarepa and the Hunter .
Delhi after Dusk
Thus, if the 2nd Earl was indeed illegitimate, the heir presumptive to the Crown of Scotland from 1542 to 1566 was Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox who married Margaret Douglas (another granddaughter of Henry VII of England) with their eldest surviving son being Henry Stewart, Master of Lennox (aka Lord Darnley).
Kings and Queens of Scots
Are they not part of a new macho repositioning to challenge Gordon Brown as heir presumptive to the Labour leadership?
LETTERS: your views
-WHEN her father became king, the then Princess Elizabeth became the Heir Presumptive not the Heir Apparent because it was still theoretically possible for George VI to have a son, who would have been the Heir Apparent (Page 25, February 6).
For the record
Downing Street rejected the idea because, as a woman, she was only heir presumptive, with the risk of being supplanted in the unlikely event of her father producing a male heir apparent.
Unceremonious meeting with a certain majesty
The owner's only other Group winner was another home-bred colt, Heir Presumptive, in the 1978 Dee Stakes.
Lord Leverhulme dies, aged 85; Senior steward came close to wins in Derby and National as an owner
Wolfe traces the debate about Henri's conversion to the death of the duc d'Alencon in 1584, which made Navarre the heir presumptive. The author argues that the problem of a Protestant succession "forced Catholics and Huguenots alike to recast many of the divisive issues raised during the wars so that their resolution came to depend on the conscience of one man.
The Conversion of Henri IV
The new George Alexander Louis, Prince George of Cambridge, will follow the heir presumptive, his father William and his grandfather Charles.
A life already mapped out; With the world's eyes now focussed on the royal arrival, Talking Point asks if the heir to the throne can expect a thoroughly modern upbringing and how the monarchy survives in the 21st century
The wedding of the Queen and Philip was the first and so far the only time in British history that the heir presumptive to the throne had been married.
60 FACTS TO MARK DIAMOND JUBILEE
The heir presumptive to the throne tells us triumphantly that his plans include the termination of some 20,000 of what is clearly a form of subhuman species.
Letter: Redundant approach by uncaring politicians

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