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  2. Forms of address in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Lord President/Lord Justice General: My Lord/Lady Lord Justice Clerk: The Rt Hon (the) Lord/Lady Smith Lord Justice Clerk: Lord Justice Clerk: Lord Justice Clerk: My Lord/Lady Senator of the College of Justice and the Chairman of the Scottish Land Court: The Hon./Rt Hon. (the) Lord/Lady Smith: Lord/Lady Smith: Lord/Lady Smith: My Lord/Lady ...

  3. False titles of nobility - Wikipedia

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    The opinion of the Lord Lyon has been criticised [by whom?] as the UK government allows the usage of Manorial Titles in British passports of the form: "THE HOLDER IS THE LORD OF THE MANOR/LAIRD OF [X]" (brackets added). [7] However, as a matter of Scots property law, souvenir plots cannot competently create a real right of ownership in Scots ...

  4. Laird - Wikipedia

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    Laird (earlier lard) is the now-standard Scots pronunciation (and phonetic spelling) of the word that is pronounced and spelled in standard English as lord. [3] As can be seen in the Middle English version of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, [4] specifically in the Reeve's Tale, Northern Middle English had a where Southern Middle English had o, a difference still found in standard English two and ...

  5. English honorifics - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Courtesy titles in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    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".

  7. Imperial, royal and noble ranks - Wikipedia

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    Laird is a Scottish hereditary feudal dignity ranking below a Scottish Baron but above an Esquire; Esquire is a rank of gentry originally derived from Squire and indicating the status of an attendant to a knight, an apprentice knight, or a manorial lord; [40] it ranks below Knight (or in Scotland below Laird) but above Gentleman. [e] [f]

  8. Style (form of address) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Order of precedence in England and Wales - Wikipedia

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    The Rt Hon. Lord Hodge [13] Justices of the Supreme Court: The Rt Hon. Lord Lloyd-Jones [13] [ac] The Rt Hon. Lord Briggs of Westbourne: The Rt Hon. Lord Sales: The Rt Hon. Lord Hamblen of Kersey: The Rt Hon. Lord Leggatt: The Rt Hon. Lord Burrows: The Rt Hon. Lord Stephens of Creevyloughgare: The Rt Hon. Lady Rose of Colmworth: Office held by ...