Timeline for Were Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bennet formally equal in rank?
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| Aug 20 at 10:08 | vote | accept | Honza Zidek | ||
| Feb 16 at 16:48 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | @alexg - The rules have evolved over centuries and, as I said, are often disregarded nowadays even by BBC newsreaders and the like. | |
| Feb 16 at 13:18 | comment | added | alexg | One suspects the rules are deliberately subtle in order to give a greater opportunity for sneering at those who make mistakes. | |
| Feb 16 at 13:12 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | Yes, it is - definitely in older British fiction. Nowadays the distinction is often ignored - in these more egalitarian times, people don't like to appear too particular about aristocratic titles. If Jane Smith is a well-known person who is made a life peeress, she will often be referred to as Lady Jane Smith rather than the more correct Jane, Lady Smith. | |
| Feb 16 at 12:35 | comment | added | verbose | @HonzaZidek I believe it is? But you should prolly not trust the word of some internet rando. A reference librarian or English-Canadian great aunt would be more reliable. The former are easier to come by. | |
| Feb 16 at 12:26 | comment | added | Honza Zidek | @verbose Oh, is this really the key to understand why someone is Lady firstname and someone is Lady familyname? I have never noticed :) | |
| Feb 16 at 11:40 | comment | added | verbose | Also, the fact that one is Lady Lucas and the other Lady Anne tells us whether the title is procured through marriage or inheritance. | |
| Feb 16 at 9:15 | history | answered | alexg | CC BY-SA 4.0 |