MODES OF ADDRESSING COMMUNICATIONS
Governor. — Indian and Colonial Governors have the title of ‘Excellency’, in virtue of their office. address; ‘His Excellency A — B — , Esq.’ (Sir A — B — , The Right Honourable the Earl of, &c.). ‘Governor of — ’. Begin according to rank: refer to as ‘Your Excellency’. A duke holding such a position would, however, be ‘His Grace’, ‘Your Grace’. A Governor’s wife is by courtesy styled ‘Her Excellency’. Lieutenant-Governors, as in India and the Dominion of Canada, are styled ‘Honourable’, ‘His Honour’, ‘Your Honour’.
Governor of State (U.S.A.). Usually addressed as ‘His Excellency’. ‘His Excellency A — B — , Governor of — ’, or ‘His Excellency the Governor of — ’. A Lieutenant-Governor is called ‘Honourable’ or ‘His Honour — ’.
Judge. — In England and Ireland the Judges of the Supreme Courts are called Lords Justices and Justices; in Scotland the Judges are the Lords of Session. (See Justice, Lord Justice, Lords of Session.) In England, the County Court Judges however, are regularly called ‘Judge’. ‘His Honour Judge — (surname)’; on the bench referred to as ‘Your Honour’. In the Punjab and Burma and in many British colonies, the members of the higher courts are called Judges and addressed as ‘Honourable’, ‘Your Honour’. In the U. S. A., the term ‘Judge’ is regularly applied to all such functionaries; and all are addressed in the same way.
Justice. — Judges of the High Court of Justice in England, in the Chancery and other Divisions, and of the High Courts of Calcutta, Madras, Bombay and Allahabad in India, are called ‘Justices’. Address: ‘The Honourable Mr. Justice — ’; or if a knight, ‘The Hon. Sir A — B — ’. Begin in both cases, ‘Sir’. On the bench he is addressed as ‘My Lord’; and referred to as ‘Your Lordship’.
Justice of Peace. — (J.P.) In England is formally addressed in documents as, ‘The Worshipful’, and on the bench is referred to as ‘Your Worship’.
King. — To be addressed as ‘The King’s Most Excellent Majesty’. Begin: ‘Sire’, or ‘May it please Your Majesty’; refer to as ‘Your Majesty’ or in the third person as the “Rt. Hon, Mr. — presents his duty to Your Majesty”.
King’s Counsel. — Ordinary address with the addition of ‘K.C.’.
Knight Bachelor. — Treated as a baronet, but ‘Kt’. is not usually appended to the name in addressing a letter. As in the case of a baronet, carefully avoid using a surname instead of a Christian name.
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