Hand-drawn caricature mocking the House of Lords Committee on Privileges's ruling on the Earl of Kellie's claim to the title of Earl of Mar

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Reference
- GB 237 Coll-1973/20
Dates of Creation
- 1875
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 1 leaf

Scope and Content

Hand-drawn caricature mocking the ruling made by the House of Lords Committee on Privileges in 1875, which confirmed the Earl of Kellie's claim that the earldom of Mar had been newly created in 1565, thus making him Earl of Mar as heir male. The drawing represents the Earl of Kellie dressed as an acrobat and wearing a crown, juggling with a crown with the date '1875', and standing over the three judges that pronounced the judgement, beside whom is the caption: 'three poor fellows who have "no writing or evidence of any kind to assist them!"'. Under the them is another caption reading: 'TRAVESTY as performed before the House of Lords by the great Scotch Acrobat KELLIE'. There is a pencil note on the side reading: 'Lord Chelmsford's very words in his Judgement [for] Kellie, Feb. 25 1875 (re imaginary creation of Mar in 1565)'.

Subjects

Archive Record|Table of contents

Collection of pamphlets on the Earldom of MarColl-1973

Pamphlet reprinted from the Journal of Jurisprudence and Scottish Law Magazine, on 'Jurisdiction in Scottish Peerage'Coll-1973/1

Pamphlet entitled A Short Account of the Earldom of Mar, And the Recent Peerage CaseColl-1973/2

Pamphlet entitled New Position of the Old Earldom of MarColl-1973/3

Pamphlet on 'The Earldom of Mar', for private circulationColl-1973/4

Postscript 'only for private circulation'Coll-1973/4b

Pamphlet entitled The Scotch Peerage endangered in its Rights and Integrity Through the Attack upon the Old Earldom of Mar by Alexander Sinclair, and newspaper cuttingsColl-1973/5

Pamphlet entitled Letter to the Peers of Scotland from the Earl of Mar, in Reply to a Letter from the Earl of KellieColl-1973/6

Pamphlet entitled Speech by the Right Hon. The Earl of Mansfield, in the House of Lords, 9th July 1877Coll-1973/7

Manuscript letter from the Earl of Mar to George William MarshallColl-1973/8

Pamphlet entitled Are There Two Earls of Mar?Coll-1973/9

Pamphlet entilted Are There Two Earls of Mar? (Third edition)Coll-1973/10

Newspaper cutting from The TimesColl-1973/11

Pamphlet entitled Extract from "Ancient and Modern"Coll-1973/12

Newspaper cuttings relating to the dispute and to the Earldom of MarColl-1973/13

Pamphlet entitled A Letter to the Lord Clerk Register of Scotland the Earl of GlasgowColl-1973/14

Manuscript letter from the Earl of Mar to George William MarshallColl-1973/15

Two newspaper cuttings from the Pall Mall GazetteColl-1973/16

Pamphlet entitled Resumé of the Position of the Ancient Earldom of Mar Shown by the Following FactsColl-1973/17

Open letter to the editor of The Times from Andrew Gillman, agent for the Earl of MarColl-1973/18

Signature of John Francis Goodeve-Erskine, Earl of MarColl-1973/19

Hand-drawn caricature mocking the House of Lords Committee on Privileges's ruling on the Earl of Kellie's claim to the title of Earl of MarColl-1973/20

Book entitled Ancient and Modern, printed for private circulationColl-1973/21

House of Lords Proceedings on the Mar Peerage Claim, with appendixColl-1973/22

Open letter to the editor of The Times from Andrew Gillman, agent of the Earl of MarColl-1973/23

Manuscript letter from the Earl of Mar to George William MarshallColl-1973/24

Address by John F. Goodeve-Erskine, Earl of MarColl-1973/25

Extract from Vanity FairColl-1973/26

Manuscript letter from the Earl of Mar to George William MarshallColl-1973/27

Genealogical tree entitled The Pedigree of the Right Honourable John Francis Erskine Goodeve Erskine, Earl of Mar, Baron GariochColl-1973/28

Pamphlet entitled Notes regarding Mar Peerage and the Duke of Buccleuch's Resolution, to be discussed in the House of Lords, July 9, 1877Coll-1973/29

Pamphlet entitled Extract from "Are There Two Earls of Mar?"Coll-1973/30

Manuscript letter to the editor of The Times signed by the Earl of MarColl-1973/31

Pamphlet containing comments on a book entitled The Earldom of Mar in Sunshine and Shade during 500 YearsColl-1973/32

Petition presented in the House of Lords entitled The Petition of John Francis Erskine, Earl of Mar and Baron GariochColl-1973/33

Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the Earldom of Mar; Together with the Proceedings of the Committee and an AppendixColl-1973/34

Newspaper cutting from The Times, on the restoration of the ancient title of Earl of MarColl-1973/35