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Originally Posted by Coquet
updated. [might have to refresh the page]
That Earl of Newburgh above will be Francis Eyre self styled  Earl of Newburgh. When the Countess's husband Anthony died the Earldom was to pass to a second cousin*, an Italian side of the family. He didn't bother so Francis Eyre claimed it (he did have a common grandmother with the entitled Earl)
*Prince Vincenzo Giuseppe Filippo Graziliano Giacopo Gasparo Baldassaro Melchior Domenico Giustiniani, 6th Prince Giustiniani. [is that a name or is that a name?]
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We do have an 8th Earl (1818-1908), Sigismondo Niccolo Venanzio Gaetano Francisco Giustiniani-Bandini, 1st Prince Bandini-Giustiniani and 8th Earl of Newburgh. Phew, no wonder the Italian aristocracy didn't come to anything, their names must have worn them out.