Editing Lord (section)

===Peers and children of peers===
{{Main|Peerages in the United Kingdom}}
''Lord'' is used as a generic term to denote members of the [[peerage]]. Five ranks of [[peerage|peer]] exist in the United Kingdom: in descending order these are [[duke]], [[marquess]], [[earl]], [[viscount]], and [[baron]]. The appellation "Lord" is used most often by barons, who are rarely addressed by their formal and legal title of "Baron". The most formal style is "The Lord (X)": for example, [[Alfred Tennyson|Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson]], can be referred to as "The Lord Tennyson", although the most common appellation is "Lord Tennyson". Marquesses, earls and viscounts are commonly also addressed as Lord. Dukes use the style "The Duke of (X)", and are not correctly referred to as "Lord (X)". Dukes are formally addressed as "Your Grace", rather than "My Lord". 

"Lord" is also used as a [[courtesy title]] for younger sons of a [[British prince]], duke, or marquesses, in the style "Lord (first name) (surname)".<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Lord |volume=16 |page=992}}</ref> The eldest son of a peer would be entitled to use one of his father's subsidiary titles (if any). For example, [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent]] holds the subsidiary title of Earl of St Andrews, which is used by his elder son [[George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews]], while his younger son is styled [[Lord Nicholas Windsor]]. However, if the father has no subsidiary title, the older son will assume a courtesy title of "Lord (last name)", such as in the case of the [[Earl of Devon]]. As these forms of address are merely courtesy titles, the holder is not actually a member of the peerage and is not entitled to use the definite article "The" as part of the title.