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On envelopes Salutation in letter Oral address Duke's daughter (Courtesy) Marquess's daughter (Courtesy) Earl's daughter (unmarried or married to a commoner) The Lady Mary Smith (if unmarried), The Lady Mary Brown (husband's surname, if married) Madam or Dear Lady Mary: My Lady or Lady Mary (Courtesy) Viscount's daughter (Courtesy) Baron's daughter
The German-language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman with the rank of a marquess or the wife (or widow) of a marquess is a marchioness (/ m ɑːr ˈ ʃ ə n ɛ s / [3]) or marquise (French: ⓘ). These titles are also used to translate equivalent Asian styles, as in Imperial China and Imperial Japan.
The following is the order of precedence in England and Wales as of February 2025. Separate orders exist for men and women.. Names in italics indicate that these people rank elsewhere—either higher in that table of precedence or in the table for the other sex.
The Marquess of Salisbury: 1789 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury [2] Great Britain Robert Edward William Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne: 9 The Marquess of Bath: 1789 Ceawlin Thynn, 8th Marquess of Bath: Great Britain John Thynn, Viscount Weymouth: 10 The Marquess of Hertford: 1793 Henry Seymour, 9th Marquess of Hertford ...
The son of the current Duke of Northumberland has the courtesy title of Earl Percy, and is addressed and referred to as "Lord Percy".. If a peer of one of the top three ranks of the peerage (a duke, a marquess or an earl) has more than one title, his eldest son – himself not a peer – may use one of his father's lesser titles "by courtesy".
The ranks of the English peerage are, in descending order, duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. While most newer English peerages descend only in the male line, many of the older ones (particularly older baronies) can descend through females.
The margrave/marquis ranked below its nation's equivalent of "duke" (Britain, France, Germany, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain) or of "prince" (Belgium, Italy), but above "count" or "earl". The wife of a margrave is a margravine ( Markgräfin in German, but margrave in French).
The equivalent female usage for such a monastic is "Dame" (e.g. Dame Laurentia McLachlan, late Abbess of Stanbrook, or Dame Felicitas Corrigan, author). Dom has historically been used on occasions in French, as an honorific for Benedictine monks, such as the famous Dom Pérignon .