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on 2/9/2009, 23:10:30, in reply to "Re: Lords and heirs and their titles"
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RE: << Not all heirs of earls and above. The holder of the earldom must hold a lower secondary title, if the heir wants to use a
courtesy title. The heir to the Earl of
Lincoln is therefor known as the Hon.
William Roy Fiennes-Clinton.>>
I thought that if there is no courtesy title available, the eldest son of a duke, marquess, or earl takes the family name as a courtesy title, or if that was already preempted by another, then a fictious courtesy titled was developed.