112 21 233 Ravenglass, Cumb. Wed......... 277 | Southwell, Nottinghamsh. Sat.... 129 Reading, Berks, Wed., Sat....... 39 ........ Retford, East, Nottingh. Sat. 145 Rickmansworth, Hertf. Sat....... 18 Southwold, Suffolk, Th.......... 106 97 130 142 16 113 86 266 91 Ripon, Yorksh. Th.... .......... 224 Stevenage, Hertfordshire, Tu..... 31 ..... 51 Risborough, Bucks, Th... 37 198 29 Rochdale, Lanc. Mon., Sat.... Romford, Essex, Mon., Wed Stockton, Durham, Wed., Sat.... Rugby, Warw. Sat............... 85 Stowmarket, Suffolk, Th. ............... Stratford-upon-Avon, Warw. Fri. Ryde, Hants, Tu, Fri............ 82 Stockbridge, Hants. Th... 141 53 125 82 162 68 Salisbury, Wilts, Tu., Sat..... .. .. .. Sutton Coldfield, Warw. Mon..... 82 90 125 Settle, Yorksh. Tu.... .......... 233 Sevenoaks, Kent, Sat. 24 Shaftsbury, Dorset. Sat.......... 101 Sheerness, Kent, Sat........ 44 Sheffield, Yorkshire, Tu., Sat..... 167 115 Sherborne, Dorset, Th. 117 Tetbury. Gloucestersh. Wed. 98 Sherburn, Yorksh. Fri... 179 Tewkesbury Glouc. Wed., Sat. .. 104 Shields, N. & S. Durham, Tu., Wed 233 | Thame. Oxford. Tu South-Petherton, Somers. Th., Sat. 136 Tring, Hertf. Fri.... Tregarron, Card. Tu............. 204 32 57 200 Whitby, Yorkshire, Sat. 63 22 51 152 Walsall, Staffordshire, Tu........ 117 ... 140 90 12 37 21 Witney, Oxfordshire, Th. 66 115 97 92 155 .... .... .... 111 142 15 Wooler, Northumberland, Th...... 323 Warrington, Lanc. Wed., Sat..... 185 ...... 177 173 97 22 56 107 29 100 DIRECTIONS FOR ADDRESSING PERSONS OF RANK, &c. 1.-IN LETTERS OR CONVERSATION. 2.-THE DIRECTIONS OF LETTERS. THE ROYAL FAMILY. The QUEEN 1. Madam; Most Gracious Sovereign; May it please your Majesty. 2. To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. The Sons and Daughters, Brothers and Sisters of Sovereigns 1. Sir, or Madam, May it please your Royal Highness. 2. To His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. To Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester. Other Branches of the Royal Family. 1. Sir, or Madam, May it please your Highness. 2. To His Highness the Duke of Cambridge; or, To Her Highness the Princess Sophia of Gloucester. THE NOBILITY. A Duke, or Duchess 1. My Lord, or My Lady, May it please your Grace. 2. To his Grace the Duke of Beaufort; or, to her Grace the Duchess of Beaufort. A Marquis, or Marchioness 1. My Lord, or My Lady, May it please your Lordship, or May it please your Ladyship. 2. To the Most Noble the Marquis, or Marchioness, of Normanby. An Earl or Countess-the same. A Viscount or Viscountess 1. My Lord, or My Lady, May it please your Lordship, or, May it please your Ladyship. 2. To the Right Honourable Viscount, or Viscountess, Hood. A Baron or Baroness-the same. To the Right Honourable the Baron, or Baroness, Cathcart. The widow of a Nobleman is addressed in the same style, with the introduction of the word Dowager in the Superscription of her letters. To the Right Hon. the Dowager Countess Stanhope. The Sons of Dukes and Marquises, and the eldest Sons of Earls, have, by courtesy, the titles of Lord and Right Honourable; and all the Daughters have those of Lady and Right Honourable. The younger Sons of Earls, and the Sons and Daughters of Viscounts and Barons, are styled Honourable. OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE A member of Her Majesty's Most Hon. 1. Sir, or My Lord, Right Honourable Sir, or My Lord; as the case may require. 2. To the Right Honourable Her Majesty's Principal secretary of AMBASSADORS AND GOVERNORS To the Right Honourable the Earl, or 1. Sir, or My Lord, as the case may be; Countess, of Carlisle. May it please your Excellency. See Note (*), p. 287. DIRECTIONS FOR ADDRESSING PERSONS OF RANK, ETC. 287 2. To his Excellency the French (or House of Commons other) Ambassador. The Speaker of Ditto 1. Sir, or Mr. Speaker. 1. My Lord, May it please your Lord- 2. To the Right Honourable ship. 2. To the Right Honourable 2. To the Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London. To the The Provost of other towns in Scotland is styled Honourable. the Speaker of the House of Commons. A Member of the House of Commons not ennobled The Mayors of all Corporations (ex-. cepting the preceding Lord Mayors), and the Sheriffs, Aldermen, and Recorder of London, are addressed Right Worshipful; and the Aldermen and Recorders of other Corporations, and the Justices of the Peace, Worshipful. THE PARLIAMENT. House of Peers 1. My Lords, May t please your Lordships. 2. To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in Parliament assembled. Here write the name, and specify the title or rank of the party addressed; as The Right Honourable the Earl of Clarendon." A Dean 1. Reverend Sir. Dean of Archdeacons and Chancellors are addressed in the same manner. The rest of the Clergy 1. Sir, Reverend Sir. 2. To the Rev. Dr. Williams. To the Rev. J. Pratt; or to the Rev. + Here write the Christian name, but not the surname. |