wife) would not inherit the peerage. The subsequent proceeding in the House of Lords established that Alan Legge Gardner was the 3rd Baron Gardner, and that his (alleged) half-brother was in fact illegitimate. The proceedings heard evidence from domestic servants and also medical practitioners, testifying to the possible lengths of human gestation; the medical evidence also received an eccentric contemporary commentary by Robert Lyall. This commentary includes an science-fictional experiment to calculate the exact length of human gestation, which Lyall calls the Experimental Conception Hospital. References External links The Peerage Links to the evidence and other resources for studying the Gardner Peerage dispute 1825-6. 1770 births 1815 deaths Royal Navy admirals Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Barons in the Peerage of Ireland Eldest sons of British hereditary barons