Baroness Jamie Lee Curtis' kids won't be able to inherit the noble title from their mother

You mean Jamie's husband is a baron? What country does their title come from? Germany?

The lowest rank of British aristocracy is the holder of a barony. which brings with it the title of Lord (they're not actually called Barons in normal circumstances). Originally the English peerage was just earls, the senior peers, and then barons or lords (the others); then the other titles were gradually added - dukes and marquises over earls and viscounts between earls and barons..

How Jamie have sizemeat?

Christina, remember what I said about adopted children.

It's Tony Curtis' fault for assigning Jamie Lee female at birth.

[quote]Isn't this law a bit degrading and unfair?

You have it backwards. It would be unfair to the legitimate heir through blood, the younger brother, to be cheated out of his birthright in favor of a descendant who was simply adopted in. Adopted children aren't born within the bloodline. Preserving the bloodline is the whole point of a system of primogeniture.

Does the title come with any money, lands, or castles? Can Christopher Guest leave any inherited wealth to his adopted kids, and leave some cousin with a title but not the money?

Certainly Guest and Curtis have earned their own money, their kids may not be titled but they won't be poor.

They'll give a baroness title to anyone these days, dahlings! True princesses are becoming a rare species.

R7, The Right Honourable Lord Haden-Guest only holds a hereditary British peerage. There is no castle or estate associated with the title, apart from what he has brought in in his own.

[quote]a hereditary British peerage.

Didn't they abolish those?

They got rid of Jamie's peerage at birth.

Nicholas Haden-Guest is HOT.

[quote] Nicholas Haden-Guest is HOT.

Christopher is not. How JLC went from Adam Ant to THAT I'll never know.

The title will go to his younger brother Nicholas if Chris dies without a natural born heir. That said, Nicholas himself only has daughters so it would appear that the title will leave the immediate family if Nicholas does not produce a son.

I thought Jamie Lee still had her penis. Everyone in Hollywood talks about it.

You expect aristocracy to be fair?

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Exactly, r16.

You're talking about a hereditary peerage -- you know, the thing where an accident of birth makes you the oldest surviving son of an oldest surviving son going back, oh, seventeen generations, and you're worrying about fairness, OP?

It is actually an interesting and complicated dilemma. Of course I believe that adopted children should be on even terms with birth children.

But suppose a king or queen (or Duke or Earl or whatever) with no living bio child, knowing a rival has a claim to the throne or title, decides to adopt a child in order to shut out the next in line? Controversy ensues.

If the system is built on bloodlines and birthright, adoption does complicate things.

Maybe they can tweet Trump? This sounds like the sort of injustice he cares about.