Let's say that in Edward's life, James got married and had a son.
We would have Edward The DoE, Earl of Wessex (James) and what what about his son ? Would he be Earl of Forfar or Viscount Severn, as James was styled previously ?
If James were to have a legitimate son in the lifetime of the now-Duke of Edinburgh, said son would be styled Viscount Severn. In a chain of courtesy titles descending from the actual peer, subsequent generations must use a lower title than the titles before.
If James had two or more sons, the second and subsequent sons would be the Honourable NN Mountbatten-Windsor. No “of”, Mountbatten-Windsor in this instance is a surname and not a territorial or titular designation.
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