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"Improved" royal descent for Peter Lawford?

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ravinma...@yahoo.com

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Nov 8, 2019, 1:20:21 PM11/8/19
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Gary Boyd Roberts, in various editions of his RD immigrant books, eventually had to downgrade actor Peter Lawford's descent from Edward III to Edward I.

If the chart below is correct, I think there is probably a "better" Scottish line, perhaps even from King James IV, by a mistress:

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101059968543&view=1up&seq=404

ravinma...@yahoo.com

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Nov 8, 2019, 2:24:59 PM11/8/19
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"- Thomas Acland [Lawford], son of Sam Junior, led the stockbroking services.

- Born 1816 and in 1848 married the daughter of James Turing Bruce, who was head of the discount house Bruce Buxton & Co., one of the 4 majors."


from:

http://lawfordherry.blogspot.com/2014/04/lawford-links-with-drapers-company-1725.html
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