Note 106 — BOOK THE SECOND 1810 TO JUNE, 1812

[This famous case was raised by William Berkeley, eldest son of Frederick-Augustus, fifth Earl of Berkeley, on the death of his father in 1810, claiming the titles. He was born in 1786, and though his father was not supposed to have married his mother, Mary Cole, until 1796, a secret marriage was alleged to have taken place in 1785. This was, however, proved to be untrue, and the suit was disallowed. William Berkeley was created Earl Fitzhardinge in 1841: his youngest brother, the only son born after the marriage, never took any steps to claim the title of Earl of Berkeley.]