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I should like to suggest that the name in the infobox read "The Hon. Mrs Prentis" rather than "The Hon. Victoria Prentis", the former being the correct title of a married daughter of a baron, which the subject is. This does not violate Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons, and in any event there is no suggestion of moving the page or altering the first mention, those being governed by Wikipedia:Manual of Style and Wikipedia:Naming conventions (royalty and nobility). To leave the infobox in its present state is to perpetuate on Wikipedia a formula with no basis in the outside world, which perhaps the regular editors are content to do, but at least they should be cognizant that that is the effect their decisions. Alternatively, it may be thought best simply to leave the subject named in the infobox as "Victoria Prentis MP". This is not too violent a departure from the norm since (1) this would simply parallel the practice in the infoboxes of non-titled subjects (for instance, Anne-Marie Trevelyan's infobox does not name her "Mrs John Trevelyn MP") and (2) this is precisely how the subject of this article is referred to on the UK parliament website http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/victoria-prentis/4401.74.15.3.94 (talk) 19:05, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]