User talk:Bbombbardier

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Definite (sic) article in courtesy titles

These are part of the correct style of daughters of higher ranking peers (e.g. earls). For example, if you write to the daughter of an earl, you would write "The Lady..." on the envelope, but when addressing her in conversation, you would say "Good morning, Lady.." rather than "Good morning, The Lady...". By contrast, wives of lords, knights, etc., are styled merely "Lady", with no definite article. I hope this clarifies this matter. Viewfinder 12:53, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is incorrect. The style "The Lady" means the wife of a peer in his own right, or is the courtesy title for the daughter of a royal peer where the daughter is not entitled to any other title. The courtesy title for the daughter of a non-royal peer is either "Lady" or "The Honourable" depending on her father's rank. The use of the indefinite article in this way is to distinguish between substantive peerages and courtesy titles e.g. the son of The Duke of Kent is known by his courtesy title Earl of St. Andrews (no indefinite article). Bbombbardier 13:07, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See [1]. For my part, I can recall my mother strictly telling us to address letters to my grandmother (the daughter of an earl) as "The Lady Barbara Gore", rather than "Lady Barbara Gore". I suppose both her and the above link could be wrong, but this seems unlikely. (My above info may have been incorrect in the case of wives of lords (rather than knights and baronets). Viewfinder 14:04, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for spotting and deleting a nasty piece of vandalism to Charles, Prince of Wales. This was missed by an earlier vandal patroller, and therefore subsequently became harder for vandal patrollers to spot. Viewfinder 19:57, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

'tis a pleasure Bbombbardier 13:53, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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