The Most Honourable
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"The Most Honourable" is a formal style of address traditionally used for British marquesses and certain high-ranking nobles within the United Kingdom's peerage system.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
honorific
→
style of address → |
| appliesTo |
high-ranking noble
→
marchioness → marquess → noble → peer → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
→
|
| distinguishesFrom |
The Right Honourable
→
|
| governingBody |
College of Arms
→
Court of the Lord Lyon → |
| hasFormalityLevel |
very high
→
|
| hasRankAssociation |
marquessate
→
|
| higherInPrecedenceThan |
The Right Honourable
→
|
| language |
English
→
|
| partOf |
British honorifics
→
British styles of address → |
| usedBefore |
personal name
→
title of nobility → |
| usedBy |
British nobility
→
Court of St James's → heraldic authorities → |
| usedFor |
formal address
→
spoken address → written address → |
| usedIn |
British peerage system
→
United Kingdom NERFINISHED → |
| usedInContext |
formal correspondence
→
peerage etiquette → state occasions → |
Referenced by (8)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose
→
Lord Linlithgow → Lord Wellesley → William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington → |
honorificPrefix |
|
Marquess of Huntly
→
|
style |
|
Marquess in the Peerage of England
→
|
styleOfAddress |
|
Marchioness
→
|
styleOfAddressInUK |
|
Peerage of the United Kingdom
→
|
usesStyle |