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Old 30th June 2017, 11:49
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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?
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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.
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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".
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He was knighted in 1911 so until then was a commoner. After then he was Lord Beaverbrook I would say
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