The 1st Earl of Loudoun
Simon Abney-Hastings
TITLES
15th Earl of Loudoun
(Scotland, let. pat. 12 May 1633)
15th Lord Campbell of Loudoun
(Scotland, let. pat. 30 Jun 1601)
15th Lord Tarrinzean and Mauchline
(Scotland, let. pat. 12 May 1633)
RELATED TO
HRH Queen Elizabeth II,
Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Sister of King Henry VIII
Lady Mary Boleyn, The Other Boleyn, Mistress to Henry VIII
King James IV of Scotland, Who Married Margaret Tudor sister of Henry VIII
Direct descendent of the Duke of Clarence , brother of King Richard III & King Edward IV
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The Earl of Loudoun (pronounced "Looden"), named after Loudoun in Ayrshire, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1633 for John Campbell, 2nd Lord Campbell of Loudoun, along with the subsidiary title Lord Tarrinzean and Mauchline.
The 1st Earl's wife Margaret was the granddaughter and heiress of Hugh Campbell, who had been created Lord Campbell of Loudoun; he resigned the peerage in favour of his grandson-in-law, who was later created an earl.
The 6th Countess married the 2nd Earl of Moira, who was later created Marquess of Hastings. The next three Earls also held that Marquessate. However, with the death of the 4th Marquess, the Marquessate became extinct, but the Earldom passed to the elder daughter of the 2nd Marquess.
The heir apparent to the Earldom uses the courtesy title Lord Mauchline. (Wikipedia)
But that is not where it ends. It seems that Simon Abney-Hastings is also connected to the British throne through his connections with Richard 3rd.
The Earl of Loundoun, Simon Abney-Hastings with The Most Reverend P. J. Elliot Bishop of Melbourne in front of the Bishop's Archibald Painting of himself and his cat.
In 2004 Britain's Real Monarch—a documentary broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom—repeated the claim that the Earl's father, as the senior descendant of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, was the rightful King of England. This argument involves the disputed claim that Edward IV of England was illegitimate.[2] The Earl, following his father's death, would become the rightful monarch of England under this alternative path of succession. Wikipedia
The Earl of Loudoun and friend Elle Grigaitis
His Imperial Highness Prince Ermais Sahale-Salassie Haile-Salassie of Ethiopia
Lord Walker , Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe, PC, former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and member of the House of Lords, The Earl Abney-Hastings, Simon Abney-Hastngs and Terence Guthridge, Barrister at Law
Prince of Paris , The Duke of Braganza and The Earl of Loudoun