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MODES OF ADDRESSING COMMUNICATIONS

Knight of the Bath, St. Michael and St. George, Star of India, Indian Empire, Victorian Order, etc. — Address: ‘Sir A — B — , G.C.B.’, or K.C.B., K.C.M.G., or G.C.S.I., as the case may be. Begin: ‘Sir’.

Knight of the Garter, Thistle, St. Patrick. — As above, with the initials K.G., K.T., K.P., respectively following the name.

Knight’s Wife (of any class). — As baronet’s wife.

Legislative Council, Members of. — Those under the Indian and Colonial Governments are generally addressed as the ‘Honourable A — B — ’.

Lieutenant-Governor. — See Governor.

Lord Advocate of Scotland. — Address: ‘The Right Honourable the Lord Advocate’. Begin: ‘My Lord’; refer to as ‘Your Lordship’.

Lord Chancellor. — Address: ‘The Right Hon. the Lord High Chancellor’: or ‘The Right Hon. Earl — (or as the case may be). Lord High Chancellor’. Begin: ‘My Lord’, etc.: refer to as ‘Your Lordship’.

Lord Chief Justice. — (England). Address: ‘The Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice’, or ‘The Right Honourable Sir A — B — , Lord Chief Justice’. Begin: ‘My Lord’ or ‘Sir’, as the case may be. In India, ‘The Honourable the Chief Justice’.

Lord Justice. — (English Supreme Court of Appeal). Address: ‘The Right Honourable the Lord Justice — ’, or ‘The Right Honourable Sir A — B — ’. Begin: ‘Sir’. When on the bench they are addressed ‘My Lord’, ‘Your Lordship’.

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. — Address: ‘His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant’, or if a Duke. ‘His Grace the Lord-Lieutenant’. How to begin and refer will also be determined by rank (‘My Lord Duke’, ‘My Lord Marquis’).

Lord Mayor. — Only London, York, and a few other cities have a Lord Mayor. Address: ‘The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of — ’, or ‘the Right Hon. A — B — , Lord Mayor of — ’, Begin: ‘My Lord’; refer to as ‘Your Lordship’.

The Lord Mayor’s wife is addressed: ‘The Right Honourable the Lady Mayoress of — ’. Begin: ‘My Lady’ refer to as ‘Your Ladyship’.

Lord Provost. — Address: ‘The Right Hon. the Lord Provost of Edinburgh’; ‘Hon. the Lord Provost of Glasgow’; ‘The Lord Provost of Aberdeen’. ‘Perth’, ‘Dundee’. Begin: ‘My

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