CURIOUS PRIVILEGE
IN PRESENCE OP SOVEREIGN,
According to English files, the King will to-day visit Cheltenham for the. National Hunt Steeplechases, and an address of welcome on behalf of the town will bo presented by Lord Kingsalc, whose residence is about a mile distant. The streets will bo decorated, and at night a ball will bo given in honour of tho Koval visit. In connection with tho presentation of the address bv Lord Kingsnlo, it is interesting to recall Hint lie possosses the hereditary privilege of sjanding covered in the presence of the Sovereign. This conclusion was allowed bv William 111 in IliM to the hvonlv-thir'd Lord Kingsale, by George. I in 1720, and George II in 1727 to tho tventv-tourth Hnroii, while the last time that' it was claimed and given was in 171i2, when George lIJ granted it. to (he two'nh-.fiith Baron. This curious privilege dates from the rcifu of King John.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1387, 13 March 1912, Page 4
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154CURIOUS PRIVILEGE Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1387, 13 March 1912, Page 4
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