ANST - Protocol..

[Paul Mitchell]

Pick one, as appropriate to the context or to your preference.

Stringing together multiple titles in front of a name is gauche.

- Galen of Bristol, Viscount, KSCA, Pel.

Pug Bainter wrote:
> 
> Good Morning,
> 
>   I got a question.
> 
>   I know a bunch of the honorifics for different awards and nobility,
>   but what I don't know is how you are supposed, if you do, mix them
>   when a person has more than one. These are not to be gender biased,
>   but it's easier. For examples:
> 
>   Duke - Grace
>   Count - Excellency
>   Baron -  Excellency
>   Knight - Sir
>   Pelican - Master
>   Laurel - Master
>   White Scarf - Don
>   Centurian - Centurian (?)
>   Star - Honorable Lord
>   etc - etc
> 
>   Now if someone has both a Barony and a Laurel, what do you address
>   them as? What if they are a Knight and a Pelican? Don and Star? etc
>   and etc?
> 
>   I assume there is protocol for this, but I don't know what the proper
>   thing is. I typically either pick the one that is most promonant for
>   the individual in question.
> 
>   Thanks a lot!
> 
> Ciao,
>
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