What would someone with the title of Lord, in the older days, wife and daughter be titled?

Question

If someone has the title of Lord, their wife and Daughter would have what titles, if they have them at all?

Answer 1

The wife and daughter would be called lady

Answer 2

Any peer or peeress in the United Kingdom except a Duke or Duchess can be addressed as Lord or Lady. The wife of a peer is called Lady, although she may also have another title. To give a rather long example, the current Earl Spencer, Charles, who gave Lady Diana Spencer's funeral eulogy, married Catherine Victoria Lockwood in 1989, whereupon she became Viscountess Althorp or Lady Victoria Spencer. After she sued for divorce, she lost the right to use the title, and Charles, now Earl Spencer, married Caroline Freud, who was simultaneously Countess Spencer and Lady Caroline Spencer. They have since divorced, and Caroline has also lost the right to be called Lady.

Both the eldest (before they succeed to the title) and younger sons of a peer prefix Lord to their name as a courtesy title; for instance, the father of Winston Churchill, the third son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough, used the title Lord Randolph Churchill. Daughters of dukes, marquesses, and earls use the courtesy title Lady; for example, Lady Diana Spencer was the youngest daughter of Edward John Spencer, Viscount Althorp, later 8th Earl Spencer. All of the children of peers before they succeed to a title are technically "commoners".

Answer 3

You would definitely be honored with a "courtesy title" upon marriage. Your title and style will be the feminine equivalent of your husband. A courtesy title is a form of address in systems of nobility used by children, former wives and other close relatives of a peer. These styles may mislead those unacquainted with the system into thinking that they have substantive titles.
A substantive title (or substantive peerage) is a title of nobility or royalty held by someone (normally by one person alone), which they gained through either grant or inheritance, as opposed to one given or loaned to them either as a courtesy title, or gained through marriage.

Duke - Duchess
Earl - Countess
Marquess - Marchioness
Viscount - Viscountess
Baron - Baroness

If your husband was styled as "Lord", you will be styled as "Lady" upon marriage. Daughters of a "Lord" would also be titled as "Ladies" however, the difference between a mother's title of "Lady" and the daughter's title of "Lady" is that the title bestowed on the daughter could be a "substantive title" meaning it was inherited rather than "loaned" through marriage. Inheriting the title of a "Lady" means that the daughter is a "Lady" in her own right and that title is retained for life, where a "courtesy title" could be withdrawn at any given time.

Answer 4

Wife would definitely have the title of "Lady"

when being announced they would be announced as "Lord and Lady Sussex (for example)

Not quite as sure about the daughter, but very possibly "lady" as well...

Answer 5

"Lord" is a title and his wife and daughter would be called Lady. Although you're right, occasionally other royals are addressed as "my lord" though they they would be introduced by their official title (Duke, Count, Earl etc.)

Answer 6

Lady would be the form of address. The females would not inherit the title, but would be called Lady.

I don't think Lord is a title. I think lots of people are addressed as Lord, including viscounts, barons, dukes, etc. I could be wrong though.

Answer 7

"Lord" is not and has never been a title in its own right; rather, it's how you address any member of the nobility, in the same way that you use "Doctor" to refer to someone with a medical degree.

Answer 8

Generally, both would be called "lady," the feminine counterpart to a lord.

Answer 9

Wife is Dame, or Lady,
daughter would be lady, also.

Answer 10

Wife - Lady
Daughter - Miss