24 JUNE 1911, Page 15

KING GEORGE'S IRISH DESCENT.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The genealogy quoted by Mr. H. G. Burke in the Spectator of June 17th cannot be maintained. The story that Walter de Burgh married Maud, daughter of Hugh de Lacy, Earl of Ulster, is discredited. Nor is it proved that this Hugh de Lacy had any daughter called Maud. Hugh, Earl of Ulster, was son of Hugh de Lacy by his first wife, Rosie de Monemue, and not by his second wife, the daughter of Roderick O'Connor. In any case, therefore, the Irish descent of King George would fail. Mr. Burke will find further details in Notes and Queries for July 7th, 1894, and in the "Dictionary of National Biography."—I am, Sir, &c.,