Tenure (2012 - Present) Name Simon 15th | Nationality Australian | |
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Born 29 October 1974 (age 50) ( 1974-10-29 ) Heir The Hon. Marcus Abney-Hastings Grandparents Barbara Abney-Hastings, 13th Countess of Loudoun Great-grandparents Edith Abney-Hastings, 12th Countess of Loudoun | ||
Simon Michael Abney-Hastings, 15th Earl of Loudoun (born in 1974), is an Australian Aristocrat who is the current holder of the ancient Scottish noble title of Earl of Loudoun.
Contents
- Is Britains Real Monarch Living in Australia
- Biography
- Ancestry
- Claim to the Throne of England
- Titles and styles
- References
Is Britain's Real Monarch Living in Australia?
Biography
The Earl of Loudoun is the son of Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, whom he succeeded in 2012. Resides in Wangaratta, and Melbourne, Victoria.
Hereditary Governor / Patron - Repton College, Derbyshire. UK.
Patron - Ashby De la Zouch Museum. UK.
Patron - Friends of Loudoun Kirk. UK.
Patron - Ringwood Highland Games. AU.
Patron - The Monarchist League of Australia - Victoria Branch. AU
Esteemed friend of Loudoun Museum, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia. US.
The heir presumptive to the title is the present holder's brother, the Hon. Marcus William Abney-Hastings (b. 1981).
Ancestry
Grandson of Barbara Huddleston Abney-Hastings, 13th Countess of Loudoun. On his Grandmother's side, he is directly descended from, and heir-general of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (Brother of Richard III). His other notable ancestors include Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Catherine Pole, Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury - Catholic Marytr (Beatified by Pope Leo XIII) Lady Mary Boleyn, King James IV of Scotland, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley and Alice Spencer, Countess of Derby.
Claim to the Throne of England
In 2004, Britain's Real Monarch—a documentary broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom—repeated the claim that the Earl's father, as the senior descendant of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, was the rightful King of England. This argument involves the disputed claim that Edward IV of England was illegitimate. The Earl, following his father's death, would have become the rightful monarch of England under this alternative path of succession, rather than Elizabeth II.