Former Wife of a Viscount
If a marriage between a Viscount and Viscountess has been dissolved, the former wife (although no longer a peeress) may continue to use her title as a Viscount's wife, preceded by her forename (unless she remarries*)
How to address the Former Wife of a Viscount
The recommended (social) style of address is as follows:
Beginning of letter | Dear Lady Powerscourt |
End of letter | Yours sincerely |
Envelope | Pauline, Viscountess Powerscourt |
Verbal address | Lady Powerscourt |
Invitation | Pauline, Lady Powerscourt |
Description in conversation | Lady Powerscourt |
List of Directors or Patrons | Pauline, Viscountess Powerscourt |
Place card | Pauline, Viscountess Powerscourt |
Legal document | Pauline, Viscountess Powerscourt |
* If the former wife of a Viscountess subsequently remarries she adopts her style of address from her present husband. ?Thus if Pauline, Viscountess Powerscourt, marries Mr Cuthbert Robinson she becomes Mrs Cuthbert Robinson.
Former wife of a Viscount by Courtesy
She is styled as the former wife of a viscount.
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