Titles (to "pig") ;-)

[Pigwidgeon]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., pengolodh_sc at y... wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Pigwidgeon" <simon at h...> wrote:
> > --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Benjamin" <jaffa276 at y...> wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > > > PS: Cambridge? Well I suppose it is better than being
> > > > associated with The Marquess of Blandford
> > > 
> > > Who can't, unfortunately, be stripped of his peerage 'cos
> > > he doesn't have one, and is only called that as a courtesy,
> > > being the eldest son of the Duke of.. of... um... somewhere.
> > > Northumberland?
> > 
> > I was thinking Bath, but to be honest I am not sure. I suppose
> > I could do a search and find out, but my lunch break has
> > already been going on for nearly 2 hours so I think that I
> > should instead get back to the wonders of Analytic Topology,
> > followed a little later in the afternoon with Spectral Theory.
> 
> The Marquess of Blandford is son of the Duke of Marlborough.  See 
> below for the rest of the titles associated with the Dukedom of 
> Marlborough.  Is there anything special this Marquess of Blandford 
> has done, since he apparently has earned your lack of respect?  
> Anyway, there will be ample opportunity to strip him of his peerage 
> once his father dies, since he (the Marquess) is the next in line  
> for the Dukedom.

He has been convicted of drug offenses, theft and forgery, and in 
1993 was charged with assaulting two policemen who arrested him for 
failing to make support payments to his estranged wife. [http://www.s-
t.com/daily/02-97/02-21-97/zzzwnppl.htm]

There is plenty of other stuff brought up by an internet search for 
his name. He is known as the bad boy of Britain's aristocracy. I 
think he has improved a bit recently, but now that he is in his 
forties you would possibly expect that.

The reasons for the comments is that Blandford, a small town in 
Dorset, is where I went to school, and hence lived, for much of my 
life.


Simon / Pig