[ANSTHRLD] Name check de LaTour

[Coblaith Muimnech]

Robert of Coleford wrote:
> I have a client that wishes the late period name de LaTour.

I've seen almost no instances of CamelCase capitalization in period  
records.  Instead, when two words are combined into one, that one  
word is normally capitalized (or not) just as any other word of its  
type would be in the orthographic system in use.  So I'm betting the  
best you can hope for is to offer the client a choice between "de La  
Tour" and "de Latour".

Aryanhwy merch Catmael's "Late Period French Surnames (used by  
women)" <http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/ 
latefrenchsurnames.html> reports one instance of "de La Tour"  
recorded in Picardy in 1597.

None of the resources I checked included "Latour".


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