Addressing a 'Sir'!

Posted by MariaH on June 20, 1998 at 10:34:00:

I've recently been reading a lot of Georgette Heyer (fallen in love with most of her heros too !) and am slightly confused by why, as opposed to all other men, a knighted person was referred to as Sir 'first name'.
A 'Mr' was always referred to by his surname, and any ranks of peerage after that by what they held (right?), so why are 'sirs' addressed differently?

Thanks!

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REPLIES:

• Knights & titles Laura W 19:49:24 6/27/98 (3)
  • Forms of address--this is the real message (Sorry about that!) Molly 23:35:55 6/29/98 (0)
  • Forms of address Molly 23:31:48 6/29/98 (0)
  • Forms of address Molly 23:31:15 6/29/98 (0)
• A guess Linden 19:35:29 6/20/98 (6)
  • Namings John W 00:33:22 6/22/98 (5)
    • Laura Wallace's titles page Constanza 09:13:52 6/22/98 (1)
      • Ignore the post below, the link fails Constanza 18:28:30 6/22/98 (0)
    • Laura Wallace's titles page Constanza 09:13:12 6/22/98 (2)
      • Titles John W 15:35:17 6/22/98 (1)
        • You mean, how it may help her? Constanza 18:33:39 6/22/98 (0)
• Not an explanation, but... The Mysterious H.C. 18:01:53 6/20/98 (0)

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