English honorary title practice
I just encountered a in which Lord Beaverbrook was addressed as "Max Beaverbrook". As far as I know, that is very wrong. What say you Englishmen?
|
Re: English honorary title practice
Depends on how well you know the guy. It also depends on whether he was a current lord or would one day inherit the title. There are whole books devoted to this mediaeval nonsense, e.g. "Debrett's Correct Form" because it is so complex.
|
Re: English honorary title practice
The person whote wrote so is Finnish and wrote so in a history doctoral thesis. I.e. he referred to "Max Beaverbrook the minister of trade".
|
Re: English honorary title practice
He was knighted in 1911 so until then was a commoner. After then he was Lord Beaverbrook I would say
|
All times are GMT +2. The time now is 10:47. |
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.2
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004 - 2018, 12oclockhigh.net