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 Tilney |
| End of letter | Yours sincerely |
| Envelope | Tessa, Viscountess Tilney |
| Verbal address | Lady Tilney |
| Invitation | Tessa, Lady Tilney |
| Description in conversation | Lady Tilney |
| List of Directors or Patrons | Tessa, Viscountess Tilney |
| Place card | Tessa, Viscountess Tilney |
| Legal document | Tessa, Viscountess Tilney |
* If the former wife of a viscount subsequently remarries she adopts her style of address from her present husband. Thus if Tessa, Viscountess Tilney, marries Mr Harold Wilmington she becomes Mrs Harold Wilmington.
Former wife of a Viscount by Courtesy
She is styled as the former wife of a viscount.
