Talk:The Most Noble

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I'm not sure how much of this article is accurate. I've certainly seen so many varients of Most high that it's difficult to tell which if any are correct. for instance, The Duke of Wellington at his funeral was intoned as the Most High, Mighty and Most Noble PrinceAlci12 13:58, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

• • Well bugger Wellington: Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas, a contender in the 100 years war was known as "the Most Noble and Puissant Prince" and any head of the the House of Douglas since has been termed similarly, likewise the House of Hamilton from the sixteenth century to the present. The current Duke of Hamilton &c. is referred to in any 'proper' official correspondence as "The Most high, noble, beloved and puissant Prince, Hamilton" [[Burkes peerage|Burke]'s is a good place to start and also a good place to work out that problem with the naming of the nobs. id est Knighthood first, military rank second, academic rank third, landed name fourth.

Less formally, a peer is always referred to by the land or estate that he/she represents, unless one has been invited to become familiar and use christian names. Brendandh 02:41, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

--Hello. I am not a Wikipedia regular, so hesitate to edit. But it strikes me as somewhat pointedly irrelevant to refer to a fictitious `The Most Noble John William, Duke of London;' my understanding is that since London was a quasi-democratic centre of Anglo-Saxon power after the Norman invasion, it had never seemed appropriate to affix a title to it, till Winston Churchill declined the rather extraordinary honour in 1955. Could one just say Duke of X? -ESA