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13 unusual facts about duchy of Cornwall


Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne

In 2001, Lord Lansdowne was appointed a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order, shortly after retiring as a member of the Prince's Council of the Duchy of Cornwall.

Cornwall, Ontario

Its flag also bears the insignia and colours of the flag of the Duchy of Cornwall.

It is named after the English Duchy of Cornwall; the city's coat of arms is based on that of the duchy with its colours reversed and the addition of a "royal tressure", a Scottish symbol of royalty.

Duchy of Cornwall

Since the passing into law of the Sovereign Grant Act 2011, revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall will pass to the heir to the throne, regardless of whether that heir is the Duke of Cornwall.

Dukes in the United Kingdom

The Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall, which are held by the Sovereign and the eldest son of the Sovereign respectively, are the only remaining territorial Duchies in the United Kingdom.

Edward Robert Peacock

He is perhaps best known as a director of the Bank of England, or for his role as receiver general to the Duchy of Cornwall, the principal property management arm of the Royal Family.

James Leigh-Pemberton

James Henry Leigh-Pemberton CVO (born 1956) is a British banker and the incumbent Receiver-General for the Duchy of Cornwall.

Louis de Soissons

Other important early projects included the Home Office and Duchy of Cornwall Estates in London, where the future Edward VIII was the effective client and the Nag's Head Estate in Bethnal Green, London, E2 which was one of the few private "Slum Clearance" projects undertaken by a private landlord.

Mineral rights

In November 2013, the Duchy of Cornwall declared that, unbeknownst to the Stoke Climsland villagers, they possessed the mineral estate under their homes, and gave them all an ultimatum with a December deadline to produce deeds that showed otherwise.

Prince of Scotland

Revenue gained from feudal dealings were counted as income for the Duchy of Cornwall, a more substantial estate held by the heir to the throne.

Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown

One of his sons, James Henry Leigh-Pemberton continues the family's association with the Duchy of Cornwall (beginning with its Chancellor, the 1st Baron Kingsdown) as Receiver-General.

St Michael's Church, Kirkham

The first recorded vicar, in May 1239, was Will de Ebor, also described as "Cancus de Ebor" and said to have been appointed by Richard Duke of Cornwall.

Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester

Lord Leicester served as Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk from 1846 to 1906 and was a member of the Council of the Duchy of Cornwall and Keeper of the Privy Seal.


Anne Stanley, Countess of Castlehaven

The heir apparent is her son, Timothy Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 7th Earl of Minto, who would hold the claim to the Duchy of Cornwall.

Escheat

In England and Wales, the possibility of escheat of a deceased person's property to the feudal overlord was abolished by the Administration of Estates Act 1925; however, the concept of Bona vacantia means that the crown (or Duchy of Cornwall) can still receive such property if no-one else can be found who is eligible to inherit it.

Frederick Montagu

His father was auditor-general of the duchy of Cornwall, while Frederick was Prince of Wales ; was M.P. for Westminster in 1722, for St. Germans in 1734, for Camelford in 1741, and for Northampton in 1754, and died on 29 May 1759.

Princetown

The village has its origins in 1785, when Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt, Secretary to the Prince of Wales, leased a large area of moorland from the Duchy of Cornwall estate, hoping to convert it into good farmland.