Alasdair (an others),

doesnt it depend on the context in which one is wishing to address the
knight (see Monty Python and the Holy Grail).

As an Australian, Alasdair did you learn how to address an AM or OAM?

yours

Iain Stuart

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Alasdair Brooks" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 5:38 PM
Subject: How to address a knight (was: Ivor Noel Hume)


> This is a comparatively minor point in the grand scheme of things, but...
>
> When addressing a knight/dame formally, the person's given name follows
the
> title, not the surname.
>
> So technically one would refer to "Sir Ivor", or "Sir Ivor Noel Hume", but
> _never_ "Sir Noel Hume" (similarly "Dame Judi", not "Dame Dench")
>
> It's only if someone has a title (whether life or hereditary peerage) that
the
> title goes in front of the surname.  So you could have - hypothetically -
Lord
> Noel Hume of Martin's Hundred.
>
> Not that I expect anyone to lose any sleep over this...
>
> Alasdair Brooks
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of K.
> Kris Hirst
> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 10:55 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Ivor Noel Hume
>
>
> Hello, Histarchers:
>
> I just got an email from somebody working on a documentary
> and they want
> to contact Sir Noel Hume. I haven't corresponded with him
> since the Web
> of Time site was taken down. Does any one have an email
> address/contact
> information for him these days?
>
> Kris
>
> K. Kris Hirst