Post by Admin on Nov 17, 2012 11:27:38 GMT -5
How you refer to yourself and your title is not so much a matter of English Law, as a matter of taste and etiquette.
In England you can call yourself anything you like, so long as it is not for fraudulent intent. However, good manners and respect for history and your title would suggest that using your title in the correct way generates respect for yourself and your title.
Although a Manorial title (i.e. Lord of the Manor) is not a title of nobility, as stated in the journal Justice of the Peace Local Government Law the courts are yet to determine whether it is a title of honour or a dignity. There is therefore a lack of guidance on this matter.
The official style guides make no or little reference to English feudal titles. We have therefore also taken guidance from Debretts in relation to Scottish feudal Baronies. Baronial titles, when correctly used, differ from those of hereditary peers and baronets, and this avoids any confusion between the peerage and the untitled nobility.
Because so many variations in feudal titles are accepted, it is helpful when the style preferred by the holder of a title is printed at the head of a letter or correspondence card.
To quote Debrett's Correct Form:" It is of considerable assistance to correspondents when all letters... include the sender's name and appropriate letters at the top... The system has many advantages over typing the name under the signature, which only facilitates the deciphering of handwriting because it is not customary to include the letters after the name here, and seldom a title."
In England you can call yourself anything you like, so long as it is not for fraudulent intent. However, good manners and respect for history and your title would suggest that using your title in the correct way generates respect for yourself and your title.
Although a Manorial title (i.e. Lord of the Manor) is not a title of nobility, as stated in the journal Justice of the Peace Local Government Law the courts are yet to determine whether it is a title of honour or a dignity. There is therefore a lack of guidance on this matter.
The official style guides make no or little reference to English feudal titles. We have therefore also taken guidance from Debretts in relation to Scottish feudal Baronies. Baronial titles, when correctly used, differ from those of hereditary peers and baronets, and this avoids any confusion between the peerage and the untitled nobility.
Because so many variations in feudal titles are accepted, it is helpful when the style preferred by the holder of a title is printed at the head of a letter or correspondence card.
To quote Debrett's Correct Form:" It is of considerable assistance to correspondents when all letters... include the sender's name and appropriate letters at the top... The system has many advantages over typing the name under the signature, which only facilitates the deciphering of handwriting because it is not customary to include the letters after the name here, and seldom a title."
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