VICE-CHANCELLOR--As a Judge. Begin: 'Sir.' Address on the bench as 'My
Lord.'
VISCOUNT--'The Right Hon. the Lord Viscount ----,' or 'The Lord Viscount
----.' Begin: 'My Lord.' Refer to as 'Your Lordship.'
VISCOUNTESS--'The Right Hon. the Viscountess ----,' or 'The Viscountess
----.' Begin: 'Madam.' Refer to as 'Your Ladyship.'
VISCOUNT'S DAUGHTER, SON, AND SON'S WIFE--As Baron's daughter, son, and
son's wife.
In correspondence with equals or personal friends letters are begun less
formally--e.g., 'My dear Lord,' 'Dear Lord ----,' 'Dear Sir James.' We are
less ceremonious than our ancestors a few generations ago, when letters to
the nearest relatives and most intimate friends were begun and ended in the
most formal manner. Designations like 'Mrs General ----,' 'Mrs Captain
----,' 'Mrs Dr ----,' which were fifty years ago not uncommon, were always
improper. Persons holding offices other than those enumerated are addressed
in the usual form, 'Sir,' 'Dear Sir,' or 'My dear Sir,' according to the
more or less formal terms on which the writer may be with his
correspondent. A firm is addressed 'Gentlemen' or 'Dear Sirs.'
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