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15 Dec 2005 12:16:30 -0800
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ceceliaarmstrong...
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In one of Cokayne's essays retained by Gibbs in the CP, he comments on
the recent fashion of peers to pretend they have no surnames. What did
he mean by "recent"? Last decade? Last century? Last dynasty?
Steve Hayes...
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Who's Cokayne? Who's Gibbs? What's the CP?
Hugh Watkins...
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lazy bones steve
Cokayne's essays Gibbs
second edition of Cokayne's Complete Peerage
Did you mean: Cokaynes Complete Peerage
on CD
THE most important reference work on the British peerage. The 2nd
edition by G. E. Cokayne edited by The Hon. Vicary Gibbs. 13 volumes in
14. 11,316 pages. In Adobe Acrobat format.
'The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain & the
United Kingdom, Extant & Extinct or Dormant' by G. E. Cokayne. 2nd
edition revised & enlarged by The Hon. Vicary Gibbs and others. 13
volumes in 14, which means that there is a Volume 12 Part 1 (the 12th
book), a Volume 12 Part 2 (the 13th book) and a Volume 13 (the 14th
book). Volume 13 (the 14th book) covers the period from 1901 to 1938.
The most comprehensive & accurate work on the British peerage.
Encyclopaedia Britannica says of The Complete Peerage that it is
'recognized as the greatest British achievement in the field of genealogy'.
myths...
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I usually find it referred to as GEC, or The Complete Peerage.
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I did not know either
so it goes in the blog
Hugh W
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Lesley Robertson...
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What was the date of the essay?
Don Aitken...
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Dunno, but "GEC" died in 1911 (having been born in 1825). His family
papers are in Northants RO - see
gives some background on him and his family.
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Lesley Robertson
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Ron...
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