The Beauforts Re: reverse dictionary (was: "Herb - Now Aluminum")

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Carol:
> I did think of John of Gaunt when I first read the chapter title
> "House of Gaunt," and given the depiction of the Gaunt family, I got
> the idea that JKR is no Lancastrian! (Which is good; neither am I. I
> wear my roses white, meaning, I'm a Yorkist.)

Debbie:
I had the same reaction.

Carol:
> Anyway, the Beauforts came earlier, not later. 

Debbie:
But not earlier than John of Gaunt, because the first Beauforts were 
his children.

Carol:
> Carol, who has a theory that Lewis Carroll was also a Yorkist but
> won't go into it here

Debbie:
This sounds spot on!  The White Knight was himself, wasn't he?

Debbie
who would like to hear more about Carol's Lewis Carroll theory