[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In this connection it
may be of interest to note that the Duke of York must have three, or indeed five, descents from George II., and as many, therefore, from Eleonore, nee Desmier d'Olbreuse. In the male line he derives from Frederick, Prince of Wales, and on the mother's side has a double descent from two of Frederick's sisters, his maternal grandparents, the King and Queen of Denmark, both alike deriving from the two marriages of Mary and Louisa of Eng- land with Frederick II. of Hesse-Cassel and Frederick V. of Denmark. The Emperors of Russia and of Germany, and consequently the Duchesses of Edinburgh and of Connaught,
have also a Coligny descent, counting the Admiral de Coligny among their ancestors through the marriage of his daughter, Louise, with William the Silent.—I am, Sir, &c.,
H. WAGNER.
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