I'm new to RootsChat and this is my first post - so please forgive me if I'm some how not following the correct protocol
I'm very curious about this thread and notice there's been no update for two years.
It would appear Robert Hastings Smith is my wife's Great Great Grandfather.
I'm wondering if anyone has verified yet if RHS's father was indeed Charles Lennox Butler (and if so who possibly the mother was).
From what I can gather so father in this post (and from elsewhere):
1. RHS has Charles Lennox Butler listed as the father on RHS's death certificate in 1901 (with a notation adjacent to the entry saying "correct")
2. RHS names his oldest son Charles Lennox Smith (and his youngest daughter Charlotte Butler Smith)
3. RHS has at least one (and possibly multiple) trips back to England during his lifetime, and
4. RHS apparently has a "pension" given to him through Meads Solicitors that ends in 1885 the time of Charles Lennox Butler's death (I haven't seen proof of this - just read about it on this thread)
All of these links do point to the veracity of Charles Lennox Butler being Robert Hasting Smith's father
Towards the end of this thread it states that possibly the best way to confirm/deny the link is to purchase a copy of Charles Lennox Butler's will but that would be expensive. I'm new to this ancestry thing so maybe someone could tell me how I go about purchasing a copy of the will (and approximately how much it would cost).
Thanks in advance for any direction you could give me.