Talk:Henry Brooke, 8th Baron Cobham

Merge with Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham
These articles apparently refer to the same individual. Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, which is a stub, should be merged with this one. Why is there confusion about the number? He is the eleventh entry on the list of Barons Cobham. Rbraunwa 16:02, 28 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I have added the merge template. I propose to move the material on this page to the other Henry Brooke page, although the other one is a stub, because that other page already has the template and is written in the general style of other articles on British aristocrats; this one appears to be a byproduct of the single issue of the Main Plot.Jlittlet 00:24, 7 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Sounds good to me. Any idea about the discrepency in numbers? Rbraunwa 00:47, 7 September 2006 (UTC)


 * The difference appears to come from whether you number the barons by family name (in which case Henry Brooke was the eighth Brooke to be Baron Cobham) or by the title (in which case he is the eleventh Baron Cobham overall). The latter way is more common now (for instance, the new DNB names him as 11th without comment), but a lot of older sources use the family-name way. Is there a way to request help from someone with more expertise on the English aristocracy?Jlittlet 19:45, 7 September 2006 (UTC)


 * That's interesting, I wasn't aware of that. But I'm certainly not an expert. My two cents, for what it's worth, would be to go by the common, modern numbering, especially if the DNB has adopted it. What about Burke's Peerage? The other resource would be this: Reference desk/Humanities. I've never used the Reference Desk, but it looks like it could be useful. Rbraunwa 03:45, 8 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Refdesk did help, and it seems it will be ok to move the page. I've never done this before--is it necessary to wait two weeks? If not, I can move it and fix the links right away.


 * There's a wait period if it's controversial, but I can't see how this would be. Go ahead and merge them. Rbraunwa 01:54, 9 September 2006 (UTC)