Titles and Addresses

Speaking To And Of Titled Persons

Royal Prince:

Your Royal Highness, at first; thereafter, Sir.
His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales
His Royal Highness, the Prince Regent
His Royal Highness, The Duke of York.

Royal Princess:
Your Royal Highness, at first; thereafter, Ma'am.
Her Royal Highness, Princess Anne

Duke:
Duke + Title
Your Grace
His Grace
!Never Lord Anything!

Duchess:
Duchess + Title
Your Grace
Her Grace
Duchess
!Never Lady Anything!

The Marquess (eg: of Clearwater)
He is never Lord Henry Clearwater.
Lord Clearwater
Henry, Lord Clearwater.
Friends would call him, Clearwater
People of lower standing: my lord, your lordship

Earl, Viscount, Baron same as above

The younger sons of Dukes and Marquesses are Lord First Name Surname. Not Lord Surname. Their wives are Lady man's first name family name. Not Lady Family name.

OTHERS:
Clergy:
While a man in the clergy is listed as the Rev. Mr. Jones, he is not addressed as Reverend in England. He is Mr. Doctor, Vicar, or Rector. One might address him as "vicar" but not "reverend."

Women:

• A wife is Mrs. Unless she or her husband also have a temporal title. That is if she is the daughter of an Earl she will be Lady Elizabeth [her husband's family name.] (EX: if the Earl of Somerset's daughter married Mr. James Crawford, his daughter goes by Lady Elizabeth Crawford)
• The daughters of peers called their eldest brothers by his title instead of by name even when writing to other siblings.
• The second and other daughters were Miss First Name Surname: Miss Elizabeth Bennet, Miss Lydia Bennet. The same was true of younger brothers.
• No woman who has never been married and who is not a peeress in her own right is ever Lady Surname or Lady Title.
  Lady Jersey is either married, widowed, or divorced from Lord Jersey. She is never the daughter of Lord Jersey.
• The daughters of earls, marquesses, and dukes are Lady Agatha Smith- that is Lady First name Surname. No unmarried woman who does not have a peerage in her own right is ever lady surname or Lady title.
• In an ordinary household, the oldest daughter was Miss Surname: Miss Bennet. The oldest son is Mr. Bennet.

Military:
Men in the army and navy had were addressed first by the military or naval rank and then by the title. Admiral Lord Collingwood, or Colonel Lord Paget.


EXAMPLES:
Lucian Morgan, eldest son of the Earl of Somerset:
To his face: Lord Morgan or your lordship
About him in conversation: Lord Morgan or Lord Lucian Morgan
Lucian has not been given a courtesy title from his father

Nicholas, second son: Lord Nicholas Morgan or your lordship
Rosemary, eldest daughter: Lady Rosemary Morgan
Lavender, younger daugther: Lady Lavender Morgan

Reference: www.regencyresearcher.com/pages/titles2.html