Arthur raised an eyebrow: "Do the Irish nobility have to change their surname when inheriting a title? I don't recall such a rule."
Eld sipped his tea gently: "Indeed, there is no such rule, but the fact that the Hastings Family's title might have been inherited by a nephew troubled the 10th Earl of Huntingdon greatly. In his will, he stated that if his nephew could change his surname to Hastings, he would acknowledge passing the title to his sister, the wife of the first Earl of Moira, upon his death. In this way, the nephew could inherit his mother's title of Baron Hastings in the future. Although few knew the inside story, the eventual result was that the Roton Family agreed to this request and added Hastings to the surname of the eldest son, thus transforming the Roton family into the Hastings Family."
Arthur pondered for a moment. Although the story seemed quite absurd, upon deeper thought, it was clear that the Roton family didn't really suffer a loss.
