tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post2873525455519429240..comments2024-03-29T05:13:18.992+00:00Comments on UK Commentators: Kate Middleton and Social MobilityLabanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-2499655819414114842011-05-04T20:54:34.820+00:002011-05-04T20:54:34.820+00:00Not necessarily after generations of dilution in E...Not necessarily after generations of dilution in England. Alas we don't know more than that Rev Davis came from Newland, which is in "the Forest" - so he's on the Welsh side of the Severn.Labanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-40547220596602575252011-05-03T21:04:52.800+00:002011-05-03T21:04:52.800+00:00"Davis - Clergymen and professionals from Wor..."Davis - Clergymen and professionals from Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, and elsewhere in western England".<br /><br />totally and utterly Welsh, goboi.No Good Boyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859104068516964533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-39678720270871922942011-05-03T18:53:00.481+00:002011-05-03T18:53:00.481+00:00surely miners were the only ones who descended in ...surely miners were the only ones who descended in regards to their profession.jrackellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-54724624037199302362011-05-02T18:20:37.575+00:002011-05-02T18:20:37.575+00:00"AFAIK, the 'proving' of a relationsh..."AFAIK, the 'proving' of a relationship by pre-marital intercourse, with marriage the result of pregnancy, was ONLY a custom of the Isle of Portland, and notable because it was such an exception." - Biased BBC<br /><br />I believe there is a reference to this custom in "The Winter's Tale", so we would presumably be talking Warwickshire there.<br /><br />It's often occured to me that ancestry.com will usually give the lie to the gibbering nation of immigrants idiots<br /><br />The genetics and the work of Francis Pryor gives them the lie when it comes to pre-historic, Romand period and Dark Age populations as well<br /><br />It does strike me that should be circumspect these days when one uses the term in-breeding as regards the indigenous population, as there isn't any comparison with what is going on now in towns and cities throughout the landSgt Troy 11th Dragoonsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-40088237378642512902011-05-02T18:00:05.895+00:002011-05-02T18:00:05.895+00:00The Middletons are a model family. If the politi...The Middletons are a model family. If the political intelligentsia truly do want more social mobility, they would stress the benefits of rearing children within the boundaries of marriage. The pro-marriage Ian Duncan Smith - the only Tory in the government - and who has overseen a lot of research on the advantages of this institution, has been very quiet on this issue of late.Foxy Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13492883615536847926noreply@blogger.com