RE: Re: [OT] NAC peerage

>My girlfriend's writing career includes here working on a 'Regency
Young
Romance' *shudder*, so she's done some research on this. Even more
interesting to me was how complicated titles for women could be; some
will
remember when 'Captain Lady Megan' became 'Captain Dame Megan'.
>The rules for whether it was 'Lady Argill'  or 'Lady Margaret' caused
my
eyes to glaze over.

  IIRC, "Dame" is (or "was") the equivalent of "Sir", thus used to
indicate knighthood, and is used with the Christian name.  
  "Lord Placename" would be a hereditary title; "Lord Surname of
Placename" would be a life peer; and "Lord Christianname" would be the
child of someone who has a hereditary title.
  Again IIRC, the military rank comes before the personal title
("Admiral Lord Jones" rather than "Lord Admiral Jones"), but I think
there's an exception, just to make life difficult.

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