Ultimate Guide to UK Titles, Style, and Honorifics

Guide to obtain titles, styles, and honorifics in the United Kingdom and such.

Titles

• Duke & Duchess

• Marquess & Marchioness

• Earl & Countess

• Viscount & Viscountess

• Baron & Baroness

• Baronet & Baronetess

• Knights

• Esquire

Style

• His/Her Majesty (HM)

  • Be the monarch

  • Be a wife of the monarch

• His/Her Royal Highness (HRH)

  • Be a child of the monarch

  • Be a male-line grandchild of the monarch

• His/Her Grace

  • Hold a Dukedom

  • Become an Archbishop

• The Honourable (Hon.)

  • Be a child of a Baron, Viscount, or a life peerage holder

  • Be a younger son of an Earl

  • Marry the two above

  • Be a judge of the High Court

  • Members of Commonwealth executive and legislative councils, of which is bicameral

• The Right Honourable (The Rt. Hon)

  • Become a Member of the Privy Council

  • Hold the title of Earl or Countess, Viscount or Viscountess, and Baron and Baroness

  • Become a wife or widow of the above titleholders

  • Hold a Lord Mayor or Lord Provost office

• The Reverend (The Revd.)

  • Clergy

• The Right Reverend (The Rt Revd.)

  • Become a Bishop

  • Serve current as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

• The Very Reverend (The Very Revd.)

  • Become former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

  • Be a provost or dean of the Scottish Episcopal Church

• The Most Reverend (The Most Revd.)

  • Become an Archbishop

Post Nominal Letters

• MP - Member of Parliament

• Bt - Baronet

• PC - Privy Councellor

• KG - Knight of the Garter

• KB - Knight of the Order of the Bath

• KT - Knight of the Thistle

Honorifics

• Mister (Mr.)

  • Be a man with no higher title

• Master (Mstr.)

  • Be a boy

  • Be an heir of a Scottish peerage

• Miss

  • Be a girl

  • Be a unmarried woman with no higher title

• Mrs.

  • Be a married woman with no higher title

• Ms.

  • Be a woman with no higher title

• Doctor (Dr.)

  • Hold a doctorate degree

  • Be a registered medical practitioner

• Professor (Prof.)

  • Hold a professorship