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"The Most Noble", which is an abbreviation of "The Most High, Potent, and Noble", [1] is rarely used by Dukes and Duchesses; when used, the forenames of the peer or peeress can be used after "His Grace" but before "The Duke of [...]". [2] This style is also sometimes used without "His Grace". [3]
The son of the current Duke of Northumberland has the courtesy title of Earl Percy, and is addressed and referred to as "Lord Percy".. If a peer of one of the top three ranks of the peerage (a duke, a marquess or an earl) has more than one title, his eldest son – himself not a peer – may use one of his father's lesser titles "by courtesy".
[1] [6] They also hold the style of "Most Noble and Puissant Prince", [7] but even in the most formal situations, this style is rarely used. The style of an Earl and a Countess (in her own right) is " Right Honourable " and they are officially, albeit archaically, addressed by the Crown as "Our right trusty and right well-beloved Cousin". [ 8 ]
The correct style is “Your Grace” in spoken and written form; as a stylistic descriptor for British dukes, it is an abbreviation of the full, formal style: “The Most High, Noble and Potent Prince His Grace”. However, a royal duke, such as Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, is addressed as Your Royal Highness.
The British nobility is made up of the peerage and the (landed) gentry.The nobility of its four constituent home nations has played a major role in shaping the history of the country, although the hereditary peerage now retain only the rights to stand for election to the House of Lords, dining rights there, position in the formal order of precedence, the right to certain titles, and the right ...
Duke, in the United Kingdom, is the highest-ranking hereditary title in all five peerages of the British Isles.A duke thus outranks all other holders of titles of nobility (marquess, earl, viscount and baron or lord of parliament).
A style of office, also called manner of reference, or form of address when someone is spoken to directly, is an official or legally recognized form of reference for a person or other entity (such as a government or company), and may often be used in conjunction with a personal title.
In the English language, an honorific is a form of address conveying esteem, courtesy or respect. These can be titles prefixing a person's name, e.g.: Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms, Mx, Sir, Dame, Dr, Cllr, Lady, or Lord, or other titles or positions that can appear as a form of address without the person's name, as in Mr President, General, Captain, Father, Doctor, or Earl.