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| Thread ID: 137898 | 2014-09-04 23:31:00 | Is it a Lord or a Baron or a Duke | kahawai chaser (3545) | PC World Chat |
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| 1383277 | 2014-09-04 23:31:00 | Watched recently an interesting documentary about renown architect Norman Foster (en.wikipedia.org) (Wikipedia). He's referred to as a "Lord" or a "Baron" (of Thames). Bit like the multiple titles of late actor Sir, Duke, Lord or Baron Richard Attenborough. No doubt such individuals have contributed to the world in some way. These titles the Brits bestow (or if heredity) they lay on their esteemed subjects seems a mixed hierarchy of sorts. Seems too many for a individual. I thought a Lord has higher status than Baron? Kind of like the Law Lords, which I think preside at the highest court of appeals. |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1383278 | 2014-09-04 23:38:00 | "Five ranks of peer exist in the United Kingdom, in descending order, these are: duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. The title 'Lord' is used most often by barons who are rarely addressed with any other. The style of this address is 'Lord (X)', for example, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, is commonly known as 'Lord Tennyson'. The ranks of marquess, earl and viscounts commonly use lord as well, with viscounts using the same style as used for baron. However, marquesses and earls have a slightly different form of address where they can be called either the 'Marquess/Earl of (X)' or 'Lord (X)'. Dukes also use the style, 'Duke of (X)', but it is not acceptable to refer to them as 'Lord (X)'. Dukes are formally addressed as 'Your Grace', rather than 'My Lord'." Use the little mnemomic: "Do Men Ever Visit Boston." From here: www.answers.com scount_marquis Also: Lord in itself is not a rank it is a title and can cover many different ranks. In the UK for instance, a lord is a peer of the realm within which there are five distinct ranks. Duke Marquess Earl Viscount Baron These are known as the Lords Temporal. Bishops and Arch Bishops are Lords Spiritual. |
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| 1383279 | 2014-09-05 04:36:00 | The generic term for the whole mob is scoundrel ;) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1383280 | 2014-09-05 09:03:00 | The generic term for the whole mob is scoundrel ;) Jealousy dear boy will get you nowhere. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1383281 | 2014-09-05 10:23:00 | I'm not even the least jealous of those scallywags, they have to be grossly foreign to do that. ;) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
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