Heir to the Dukedom of Manchester

[S. S.]

I recently came across the rather (confusing?) line of succession to the Dukedom of Manchester after reading through Wikipedia, Cracroft's Peerage and other sources. Could anyone shed some light as to who the next heir to the Dukedom of Manchester is? Is it the present Duke's only son, Alexander Montagu, styled Viscount Mandeville (who I have seen s being discredited as illegitimate) or is it the Duke's only brother, Lord Kimble Montagu?

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Thats the question, as the children from the present Duke got access to the family trust fund, granting them legitimate, though time will tell when the present Duke dies and his "son" makes a claim to his rightful inheritance.

I am sure many have an opinion on this subject.. The child was born assumingly under the pretence of a marriage, though the Duke's first marriage was not dissolved officially.

[Richard R]

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Debrett's DB lists the brother, Lord Kimble, as the heir  presumptive.

Brooke

On Monday, 27 June 2022 at 02:35:09 UTC-4 Richard R wrote:

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[malcolm davies]

When the current duke dies,it will be up to his son and his brother as to claiming the title.

The son's claim will be refused based on the existing public record unless he can call compelling evidence to the contrary. That is unlikely as he should have had such evidence when the trust case was decided in 2011.

In all probability there will be no application by him, but there will be one by the present's dukes brother.

He will have to prove that at the date of his death the  his death present duke had no legitimate male heirs, so as to enable him to be enrolled on the Roll of the Peerage.

Until there is legislation to the contrary, English law,as one of my law lecturers pithily described it is contained in the maxim "once a bastard,always a bastard".