Talk:Mary Soames, Baroness Soames

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[edit] Baroness?

I think this should be Lady Soames, not Baroness Soames, as so far as I'm aware she is not a peer herself.

The title Baroness is not used for the wives of Barons, only for ladies who are appointed peers in their own right (ie. Baroness Thatcher). She should therefore be known as Lady Soames.

Can someone verify that she holds no peerage?

lawsonrob 19 January 2006, 11:38

See WP:PEER. Proteus (Talk) 20:41, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

From the United Kingdom's Parliament website and the authoritative Dod's Companion, it would appear that Lady Soames has not, to date, been granted a peerage. She is addressed as Lady Soames by virtue of the fact that she is the widow of the late Lord Soames. In any case, the wife of a baron is never addressed as "Baroness'; simply as Lady X (husband's surname).- Daniel Oh