Earl Mount Edgecombe
Unconfirmed family history has it that my great grandfather was the illegitimate son of the 4th Earl Mount Edgecombe.
Certainly my father was approached before the New Zealand branch of the family took the title, primarily because of the illegitimacy issue.
My grandfather died back in the 1950s and my father in the 1990s so I have no chance to gain further information, unless my sister (who has most of the remaining family papers) can shed any light on this.
Kind regards
Christopher Rae Edgecombe