MODES OF ADDRESSING COMMUNICATIONS
Lord’, or ‘My Lord Provost’; refer to as ‘Your Lordship’. The Lord Provost’s wife has no share in the title.
Lords of Appeal. — (in Ordinary). These are judicial members of the House of Lords, who rank as barons and are so addressed. Their wives are baronesses; their children are not specially distinguished.
Lords of Session. — These are the Judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland. Some of these Lords decide to retain their surname when elevated to the bench (‘Lord Young’), others substitute the name of an estate. address: ‘The Honourable Lord — ’. Begin: ‘My Lord’; refer to as ‘Your Lordship’. Their wives take no title.
Maid of Honour. — Address: ‘The Honourable Miss — ’. Begin: ‘Madam’.
Marquis. — Address: ‘The Most Hon. the Marquis of — ’. Begin: ‘My Lord Marquis’; refer to as ‘Your Lordship’.
Marchioness. — Address: ‘The Most Honourable the Mar chioness of — ’. Begin: ‘Madam’; refer to as ‘Your Ladyship’.
Marquis’s Children. — All are ‘Right Honourable’ like those of a Duke. The eldest son takes a courtesy title like the eldest son of a Duke, and is similarly addressed. Younger sons and daughters are like those of a Duke.
Mayor. — Address: ‘The Mayor of — ’, or in formal documents ‘The Right Worshipful the Mayor of — ’. address: ‘Sir’; refer to as ‘Your Worship’. In the United States Mayors are usually styled ‘Honourable’; ‘The Hon. A — B — , Mayor of — ’.
Member of Parliament. — Not specially recognized except by adding ‘M.P.’. to ordinary address: ‘A — E — , Esq., M.P.;’ ‘Sir A — B — , Bart., M.P.’.
Minister. — See Ambassador, Clergy.
Moderator of General Assembly (Scotland). — ‘The Right Rev’; the assembly itself is ‘The Venerable’.
Officers, Military and Naval. — Their professional rank is always prefixed to any other title they may independently possess: ‘General’ or ‘Admiral the Right Hon. The Earl of —’; ‘Colonel the Honourable A — B — ’.
Premier. — No special title or address as such.
President (U.S.A.) — Address: ‘His Excellency the President of the United States’; ‘His Excellency A — B — , President of the United States’. The Vice-President and ex-Presidents are ‘Hon.’, ‘The Hon. the Vice-President’; ‘The Honourable A — B — ’.
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