Simon Abney-Hastings, 15th Earl of Loudoun

Simon Michael Abney-Hastings, 15th Earl of Loudoun (born 29 October 1974), is a British aristocrat living in Australia who is the current holder of the ancient Scottish noble title of Earl of Loudoun. He might have become rightful king of England if the claims of the documentary Britain's Real Monarch were true; and but for the fact the Kingdom of England ceased to exist on 1 May 1707, and the legitimacy of the successor British monarchy rests upon the authority of Parliament in the Act of Settlement 1701.

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Loudoun
Earl of Loudoun
Coat of arms of the Earl of Loudoun
Tenure2012–present
PredecessorMichael Abney-Hastings,
14th Earl of Loudoun
BornSimon Michael Rawdon Francis Abney-Hastings
(1974-10-29) 29 October 1974
NationalityAustralian
LocalityWangaratta, Victoria
HeirThe Hon. Marcus Abney-Hastings
ParentsMichael Abney-Hastings,
14th Earl of Loudoun

Biography

The Earl of Loudoun is the son of Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, whom he succeeded in 2012. He resides in Wangaratta and Melbourne, Victoria.[1]

The heir presumptive to the title is the present holder's brother, the Hon. Marcus William Abney-Hastings (b. 1981).

Ancestry

Through his grandmother Barbara Huddleston Abney-Hastings, 13th Countess of Loudoun, he is directly descended from, and heir-general of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV and Richard III.

Royal descent
See also: Alternative successions of the English crown

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 claim that Edward IV of England was illegitimate.[2] 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. This is a claim to the throne of England but not the whole of the United Kingdom, as the English line joined that of Scotland in 1503 with the marriage of Margaret Tudor to James IV of Scotland.

References
  1. "'Rightful king of England' dies in Australia". The Telegraph. 3 July 2012.
  2. 'Rightful heir' to British monarchy dies in Australia AFP – 5 July 2012, Yahoo! News
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
Michael Abney-Hastings		 Earl of Loudoun
2012–present		 Succeeded by
incumbent
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