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


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