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Proceedings of Royal Society of Edinburgh. 
[july 4, 
Table G . — Marriages of Men ivho married as Peer or 
Heir-Apparent. 
Age at Marriage. 
Peers. 
Sons. 
Fathers and 
Grandfathers. 
Total. 
Marriages. 
Of which 
were 
Childless. 
Marriages. 
Of which 
were 
Childless. 
Marriages. 
Of which 
were 
Childless. 
Marriages. 
Of wh 
Chil 
5 
6 
a 
£ 
ich were 
dless. 
% 
19 to 29 
202 
25 
70 
10 
2 
0 
274 
35 
12-8 
30 „ 39 
89 
13 
30 
4 
8 
1 
127 
18 
142 
40 „ 49 
32 
8 
1 
1 
15 
6 
48 
15 
31-3 
50 ,, 59 
17 
9 
17 
5 
34 
14 
41-2 
60 and upwards 
12 
8 
20 
18 
32 
26 
81-3 
Total 
352 
63 
101 
15 
62 
30 
515 
108 
21-0 
Table H . — Marriages of Men ivho did not marry as Peer or 
Heir- Apparent. 
Age at 
Marriage. 
Peers. 
Younger 
Sons. 
Younger 
Brothers. 
Uncles, 
(Fathers’ 
Younger 
Brothers). 
Fathers 
and 
Grand- 
fathers. 
Total. 
CO 
<V 
b£ 
£ 
03 
to 
m 
2 
5 
CO 
<V 
u 
c3 
o3 
CO 
CO 
o 
S 
c_> 
CO 
QJ 
bJD 
c3 
2 
c5 
CO 
CO 
<u 
2 
o 
CO 
Qj 
tD 
03 
2 
03 
s 
CO 
CO 
O 
5 
CO* 
V 
03 
c 
03 
CO 
CO 
2 
2 
5 
CO 
0) 
to 
03 
2 
03 
3 
Of w 
we 
Child 
O 
rO 
s 
£ 
hich 
re 
Hess. 
°/o 
16 to 29 
46 
5 
64 
13 
253 
47 
168 
28 
1 
0 
532 
93 
17-5 
30 ,, 39 
19 
3 
33 
7 
161 
40 
115 
26 
2 
0 
330 
76 
23-0 
40 „ 49 
7 
2 
1 
0 
43 
17 
46 
13 
6 
3 
103 
35 
34-0 
50 „ 59 
2 
1 
14 
10 
11 
5 
4 
2 
31 
18 
58 T 
60 &e. 
1 
1 
5 
4 
5 
5 
11 
10 
90-9 
Total 
75 
12 
98 
20 
476 
118 
345 
77 
13 
5 
1007 
232 
23-0 
method, and the following tables show, for each of the two classes 
of men mentioned above — (1) the number of marriages at each age, 
contained in our observations, and the number of them which were 
childless; and (2) the graduated probability that a marriage entered 
into at any age, will be childless. 
