The Gentleman's Model Letter-writer: A Complete Guide to Correspondence on All Subjects, with Commercial FormsAnonymous
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The Gentleman's Model Letter-writer: A Complete Guide to Correspondence on All Subjects, with Commercial Forms
Anonymous
Letter writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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 of Chesterfield.
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 a 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 STATE.
A Member of Her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council--
1. Sir, or My Lord, Right Honourable Sir, or My Lord, as the case
may require.
2. To the Right Honourable ----,[1] Her Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
[1] Here write the name, and specify the title or rank of the person
addressed, as "The Right Honourable the Earl of Winchelsea."
AMBASSADORS AND GOVERNORS UNDER HER MAJESTY.
1. Sir, or My Lord, as the case may be; May it please your
Excellency.
2. To his Excellency the French (or other) Ambassador.
3. To his Excellency ----,[2] Lieutenant General, and General
Governor of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland.
[2] Here write the name, and specify the title or rank of the person
addressed, as "The Right Honourable the Earl of Winchelsea."
JUDGES.
1. My Lord, May it please your Lordship.
2. To the Right Honourable ----, Lord Chief Justice of England.
The Lord Mayor of London, York, or Dublin, and the Lord Provost of
Edinburgh, during office--the same.
1. My Lord, May it please your Lordship.
2. To the Right Honourable ----, Lord Mayor of London. To the Right
Honourable ----, Lord Provost of Edinburgh.
The Lord Provost of every other town in Scotland is styled
Honourable.
The Mayors of all Corporations (excepting the preceding Lord
Mayors), and the Sheriffs, Aldermen, and the 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 it please your Lordships.
2. To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in
Parliament assembled.
House of Commons--
1. May it please your Honourable House.
2. To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland.
The Speaker of the House of Commons--
1. Sir, or Mr. Speaker.
2. To the Right Honourable ----, the Speaker of the House of
Commons.
A Member of the House of Commons not ennobled--
1. Sir.
2. To Thomas Hughes, Esq., M.P.
THE CLERGY.
An Archbishop--
1. My Lord, May it please your Grace.
2. To his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury; or, To the Most
Reverend Father in God, ----,[3] Lord Archbishop of Canterbury.
[3] Here write the Christian but not the surname.
A Bishop--
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