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This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 328 pages of information about Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton.
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JACK CADE—­THE PRETENDED MORTIMER.1
LAMBERT SIMNEL—­THE FALSE EARL OF WARWICK.2
PERKIN WARBECK—­THE SHAM DUKE OF YORK.4
DON SEBASTIAN—­THE LOST KING OF PORTUGAL.10
JEMELJAN PUGATSCHEFF—­THE FICTITIOUS PETER III.17
OTREFIEF—­THE SHAM PRINCE DIMITRI.21
PADRE OTTOMANO—­THE SUPPOSED HEIR OF SULTAN IBRAHIM.24
MOHAMMED BEY—­THE COUNTERFEIT VISCOUNT DE CIGALA.26
THE SELF-STYLED PRINCE OF MODENA.29
JOSEPH—­THE FALSE COUNT SOLAR.36
JOHN LINDSAY CRAWFURD—­CLAIMING TO BE EARL OF CRAWFURD.39
JOHN NICHOLS THOM, ALIAS SIR WILLIAM COURTENAY.42
JAMES ANNESLEY—­CALLING HIMSELF EARL OF ANGLESEA.44
CAPTAIN HANS-FRANCIS HASTINGS, CLAIMING TO BE EARL OF HUNTINGDON.50
REBOK—­THE COUNTERFEIT VOLDEMAR, ELECTOR OF BRANDENBURG.52
ARNOLD DU TILH—­THE PRETENDED MARTIN GUERRE.53
PIERRE MEGE—­THE FICTITIOUS DE CAILLE.58
MICHAEL FEYDY—­THE SHAM CLAUDE DE VERRE.62
THE BANBURY PEERAGE CASE.65
JAMES PERCY—­THE SO-CALLED EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND.69
THE DOUGLAS PEERAGE CASE.72
ALEXANDER HUMPHREYS—­THE PRETENDED EARL OF STIRLING.76
THE SO-CALLED HEIRS OF THE STUARTS.79
JOHN HATFIELD—­THE SHAM HONOURABLE ALEXANDER HOPE.88
HERVAGAULT—­SOI-DISANT LOUIS XVII.  OF FRANCE.92
MATURIN BRUNEAU—­SOI-DISANT LOUIS XVII.  OF FRANCE.108
AUGUSTUS MEVES—­SOI-DISANT LOUIS XVII.  OF FRANCE.126
RICHEMONT—­SOI-DISANT LOUIS XVII.  OF FRANCE.129
THE REV.  ELEAZAR WILLIAMS—­SOI-DISANT LOUIS XVII.  OF FRANCE.133
THOMAS PROVIS—­CALLING HIMSELF SIR RICHARD HUGH SMYTH.141
LAVINIA JANNETTA HORTON RYVES—­THE PRETENDED PRINCESS OF CUMBERLAND.148
WILLIAM GEORGE HOWARD—­THE PRETENDED EARL OF WICKLOW.162
AMELIA RADCLIFFE—­THE SO-CALLED COUNTESS OF DERWENTWATER.167
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