tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post2149808397155590469..comments2024-03-27T21:39:23.192-07:00Comments on Sacnoth's Scriptorium: Wilding the Dunsany EstateJohn D. Rateliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-52396004069659517822021-07-31T09:36:09.849-07:002021-07-31T09:36:09.849-07:00I've often seen the word "ancestor" ...I've often seen the word "ancestor" used to refer to collateral ancestors, which your great-great-etc.-uncle would be. Doesn't mean it's correct, though, whatever "correct" may mean in this case.<br />David Bratmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08090662884600828582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-44557723277181958872021-07-30T18:58:52.480-07:002021-07-30T18:58:52.480-07:00Dear Magister
That's a pretty big goof on my ...Dear Magister<br /><br />That's a pretty big goof on my part; thank you for setting it straight. That'll teach me to blog without looking things up.<br /><br /> I feel all the more chagrined because the 19th baron was very generous with his time on the one occasion when I met him, and I'm grateful.<br /><br />Of course if does complicate references that the current lord (21st baron) has the same name as his grandfather (19th baron): Randal.<br /><br />--John R.John D. Rateliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-4907742093458490602021-07-30T15:56:49.060-07:002021-07-30T15:56:49.060-07:00Tiny correction: The 19th Baron was a Lieutenant-C...Tiny correction: The 19th Baron was a Lieutenant-Colonel. It was his father who was a Captain.Magisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07903799437411528229noreply@blogger.com