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age, a girl who was, at that time, a mere infant a few months old, and
whom the king had, in her cradle, created a duchess, no one knew exactly
why; or, rather, every one knew why. This little infant was called the
Duchess Josiana.

The English fashion then ran on Spanish names. One of Charles II.'s
bastards was called Carlos, Earl of Plymouth. It is likely that Josiana
was a contraction for Josefa-y-Ana. Josiana, however, may have been a
name--the feminine of Josias. One of Henry VIII.'s gentlemen was called
Josias du Passage.

It was to this little duchess that the king granted the peerage of
Clancharlie. She was a peeress till there should be a peer; the peer
should be her husband. The peerage was founded on a double castleward,
the barony of Clancharlie and the barony of Hunkerville; besides, the
barons of Clancharlie were, in recompense of an ancient feat of arms,
and by royal licence, Marquises of Corleone, in Sicily.

Peers of England cannot bear foreign titles; there are, nevertheless,
exceptions; thus--Henry Arundel, Baron Arundel of Wardour, was, as well
as Lord Clifford, a Count of the Holy Roman Empire, of which Lord Cowper
is a prince. The Duke of Hamilton is Duke of Chatelherault, in France;
Basil Fielding, Earl of Denbigh, is Count of Hapsburg, of Lauffenberg,
and of Rheinfelden, in Germany. The Duke of Marlborough was Prince of
Mindelheim, in Suabia, just as the Duke of Wellington was Prince of
Waterloo, in Belgium. The same Lord Wellington was a Spanish Duke of
Ciudad Rodrigo, and Portuguese Count of Vimiera.

There were in England, and there are still, lands both noble and common.
The lands of the Lords of Clancharlie were all noble. These lands,
burghs, bailiwicks, fiefs, rents, freeholds, and domains, adherent to
the peerage of Clancharlie-Hunkerville, belonged provisionally to Lady
Josiana, and the king declared that, once married to Josiana, Lord David
Dirry-Moir should be Baron Clancharlie.

Besides the Clancharlie inheritance, Lady Josiana had her own fortune.
She possessed great wealth, much of which was derived from the gifts of
_Madame sans queue_ to the Duke of York. _Madame sans queue_ is short
for Madame. Henrietta of England, Duchess of Orleans, the lady of
highest rank in France after the queen, was thus called.

IV.

Having prospered under Charles and James, Lord David prospered under
William. His Jacobite feeling did not reach to the extent of following
James into exi