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1855, Lord Lindsay , Report of the Speeches of Counsel, and of the Lord Chancellor and Lord St. Leonards in Moving the Resolution, upon the Claim of James Earl of Crawford and Balcarres to the Original Dukedom of Montrose (created in 1488), as Referred to the House of Lords by Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, for Their Advice and Opinion thereupon: Preceded by an Address to Her Majesty, in Humble Remonstrance against the Opinion Reported to Her Majesty; and by an Analysis of the Argument as between the Claimant and the Officers Representing the Crown, with the Opinions of the Committee of Privileges, Point by Point, throughout; and Followed by an Appendix, Containing the Leading Arguments Adduced and Referred to, and the Oral Evidence Delivered, by and on behalf of the Claimant and the Crown, in this Case, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, →OCLC, page lxxiv:The simple facts before the Committee are these,—that the Compotator (in the natural scrupulosity of his office, especially at such a juncture, and, as will be hereafter shewn, of his personal position and interest) consulted the King as to the justice of the Duke's pretensions—that the King in Council, and consequently the advisers of the Crown, recognised the validity of the Patent as not affected by the Act Rescissory, and sent orders to the Compotator accordingly—and that the Compotator in consequence dropped at once all claim on the part of the Crown to the sums levied by the Duke, and respecting which he had first hesitated.