Re: Hanoverian Claim Archived Message
Posted by Nellie on February 27, 2015, 10:02 pm, in reply to "Re: Queen Adelaide and Hanover jewels"
If you like I could start a thread on the Hanoverian Claim and set out again the history spread over many years. My previous notes were drawn mainly from the extensive work of Shirley Bury. The claim ran from 1837 to c1858. --Previous Message-- : I think there is widespread misunderstanding : about the details of the Hanoverian claim. : : It definitely was not a case of manipulative : adults pitted against a young Queen. : : The Hanoverian claim was investigated by 3 : eminent English jurists who found in favour : of the King of Hanover because of the wills : of George II and Queen Charlotte. : : The jewels in question were valued at 54,900 : pounds. : : The Hanoverian claim was based on -- : (a) the will of George II which stated that : jewels which had belonged to his Hanoverian : ancestors and those he had purchased with : Hanoverian money were to be handed down to : his successors as King of Hanover. : Therefore, initially George II : differentiated between Hanover and England. : : (b) the will of Queen Charlotte in which she : left her personal jewels to the House of : Hanover. : : When Queen Victoria became Queen of the UK, : her uncle, a son of Queen Charlotte, became : King of Hanover and as such claimed his : mother's jewels and those which George II : had signified had to remain with the Kings : of Hanover. : : That Queen Charlotte's jewels were purchased : with English money (from George III's privy : purse funded by the Crown Estates) did not, : in the opinion of the jurists, give Queen : Victoria a right to the jewels. : : Queen Charlotte's jewels were private : property, not heirlooms of the crown. : :
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