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



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Kris Hirst
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 10:55 AM
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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