Very interesting : the godfather was Jacques Joseph Nicolas Taverne de Montdhiver, écuyer seigneur de cette paroisse , he signs Taverne de Montdhiver.
See my preceding post "I presume you already know this"
"The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post, Thursday, 10 May 1894, issue 14351
"MARRIAGES"
"DE RIDDER - COLMAN -- On May 9th at the Abbey Church, Bath, by the
Rev. Thomas K. Allen, of Clifton, Louis Edward de Ridder, of Newbury
house, Clifton, member of the ancient Marquisate family de Renesquieu
de Bourbourg et de Monthiver to Stephana Augusta Colman, of Erlestoke,
Clifton, widow of the late E. S. [Edward Stone] Colman, and second
daughter of the late Thomas Plummer, of North Wilts. No cards."
This set me looking for the roots of this claim. I have dredged up a
fair amount in English publications, but have found little
corroboration in French ones. Is this a case of La Fausse Noblesse or
La Noblesse d'Apparence?
There is a passing reference to Louis Edouard de Ridder de Mont Hiver,
Marquis de Renezcure and Baron de Bourbourg et Mont Hiver in Crisp's
"Visitation of England and Wales", vol. 6, p. 83, under Smith,
formerly of Sidbury Hall, Salop. "
and more to read.
It seems that Louis Edward "borrowed" the title of the Lord "seigneur" of his half brother's godfather.
The presse articles quoted in the discussion show that Louis was said "a member of the marquisate "family", later marquis of Renescure ,and baron of Montdhiver , later Count of Montdhiver. But it was a fake nobility.
