You might want to read the Terms of Address section on the website that Paul
put together which covers, on a quick glance, all these issues...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Pope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Banana Press" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 2:13 PM
Subject: Banana: Re Forms of Address
> I sent this once, and it seems to have been sucked in by the black
hole...so
> I will try again.
>
> As a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), which is kind
of
> a medieval recreation group, my own view is as follows:
>
> Military superiors may be addressed either by rank or as Sir (if you are
> familiar with them, as often happens in a regiment due to Officers' Mess
> dinners, you _may_ be on first name terms with them for private
> correspondence)
> Nobility below the rank of Duke can be 'Your Excellency' (and are referred
> to as such in the SCA), but I dislike this personally because of the
> conflict with ambassadors, I prefer 'My Lord', 'Your Lordship' or simply
> 'Sir'
> A Duc is 'Your Grace'
> An ambassador is 'Your Excellency'
> The Cardinal is 'Your Eminence'
> Princes/Princesses are 'Your Highness'
> Crown Prince/Dauphin or the Queen is 'Your Royal Highness'
> The King is 'Your Majesty'
>
> There is no hard and fast rule for members of the lower nobility of the
> period, so pick what you will...
>
> Mike
> (and if I have made any mistakes in the above...I'm sure someone will
> correct me *grin*)
>
>
>
