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| | Articles - Courtesy title (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | If a peer of the rank of Duke, Marquess or Earl has more than one title, his eldest son, not himself a peer, uses one of the lesser titles; that title is only "loaned" to him - technically the son actually remains a commoner. |
 | | (The eldest sons of Barons and Viscounts do not receive such a privilege - they are styled 'The Honourable'.) Similarly, if that eldest son has an eldest son, and there are additional titles available, he too may use a lesser title. |
 | | Another form of courtesy title, in the form of an honorific prefix, is granted to younger sons, and all daughters of peers. |
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