ghness.

_Con_.--I remain, with the greatest respect (I have the honour to
be), your Royal Highness's most obedient servant.

ii. _Other branches of the Royal Family_.--_Sup._--To His Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge.

_Comm_.--Your Royal Highness.

_Con_.--I remain, with the greatest respect, your Royal Highness's
most humble and obedient servant.

240. Nobility and Gentry.

i. _Duke or Duchess.--Sup._--To His Grace the Duke (_Her Grace the
Duchess_) of Northumberland.

_Comm_.--My Lord Duke (_Madam_).

_Con_.--I have the honour to be, My Lord Duke (_Madam_), Your
Grace's most devoted and obedient servant.

ii. _Marquis or Marchioness.--Sup._--To the Most Honourable the
Marquis (_Marchioness_) of Salisbury.

_Comm_.--My Lord Marquis (_Madam_).

_Con_.--I have the honour to be, My Lord Marquis, Your Lordship's
(_Madam, Your Ladyship's_) most obedient and most humble
servant.

iii. _Earl or Countess.--Sup._--To the Right Honourable the Earl
(_Countess_) of Aberdeen.

_Comm_.--My Lord (_Madam_).

_Con_.--I have the honour to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's (_Madam,
Your Ladyship's_) most obedient and very, humble servant.

iv. _Viscount or Viscountess.--Sup._--To the Right Honourable Lord
Viscount (_Lady Viscountess_) Gough.

_Comm_. and _Con_. same as Earl's.

v. _Baron or Baroness.--Sup._--To the Right Honourable Lord (_Lady_)
Rowton.

_Comm. and Con_. same as Earl's.

vi. _Younger Sons of Earls, and all the Sons of Viscounts and
Barons.--Sup._--To the Honourable Arthur Hamilton Gordon.

_Comm_.--Honoured Sir.

_Con_.--I have the honour to be, Honoured Sir, Your most obedient
and very humble servant.

vii. _Baronet and His Wife.--Sup._--To Sir Stafford Northcote, Bart.
(_Lady Northcote_).

_Comm_.--Sir (_Madam_).

_Con._--I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most humble and obedient

viii. _Knight and his Wife_.--_Sup._--To Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott
(Lady Truscott).

_Comm._ and _Con._ as preceding.

ix. _Esquire._--This title is now accorded to every man of position
and respectability, but persons entitled to superior consideration are
distinguished by "&c., &c., &c.," added to their superscription.

The wives of Gentlemen, when several of the same name are married, are
distinguished by