'Lord' titles etc £19.95? Are they worth it?
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I have a friend who has a "Lord" title (yes, really) and he says it doesnt really bring any benefits apart from international air travel, where airlines are a lot more willing to give upgrades for free/cheaper than your average upgrade cost. Oh, and hand-written letters from Game telling him of their latest releases.
My neighbour has done this. He has his property (garden) pretty well locked down with big gates and barbed wire etc so his mail goes in a lock box on the outside of the gate but when he goes on holiday we empty it for him. All of his mail is addressed to Lord **** *****.
As with most of the people who do this sort of thing it's one of his many interesting traits.
As with most of the people who do this sort of thing it's one of his many interesting traits.
I registered a colleague and I online for some conference and I noticed the drop down box for 'Title' had everything from Highness and below - so I logged my mate a 'Lord'.
Was rather funny when he went to collect his entry pass and they called out his full title. Everyone stopped and looked at him and he was suitably embarrassed.
Was rather funny when he went to collect his entry pass and they called out his full title. Everyone stopped and looked at him and he was suitably embarrassed.
Captain Muppet said:
I got myself the title of "Captain" for free on the internet.
I used to be an airline pilot and more than one of my colleagues referred to themselves as Captain xxx when making bookings etc. they even had business cards to that effect although why a pilot needs a business card I never found out. No legal grounds for this self appointed title outside the military as far as I know.Conversely (sort of). My Dad went from being a Doctor to a consultant surgeon and so reverted to a Mr. but would down grade himself to Dr. when it could be useful like when selling his car
kowalski655 said:
Yeah,if you own land in Scotland (even a little bit) I think you are it's "laird"(forrin for Lord) so you can be the "Lord of 21a Salmond Terrace,Govan"!!
I've got one of the Lord/Laird ones, was bought for me as a joke present.Can't say I've ever used it in an official capacity but adding it to my current name makes me sound very pompous
OP just view it as something to have fun with, anyone who tries to use one in an official way would probably be laughed at!
I have one of these, I bought one for my whole team at a previous job with some of my "entertainments budget" i did it for a bit of a laugh and it was a very successful boost to morale, eveyone was calling each other Lord this and Lady that for some time.
I would never dream of using it officially as let's face it, it isn't really - just a harmless bit of fun.
I would never dream of using it officially as let's face it, it isn't really - just a harmless bit of fun.
Hoofy said:
Hold on, if you spend £19.95 does it mean you can claim £300 a day? http://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/about...
False title of nobility. Sit in the house of Lords and block every single piece of legislation going through?
jshell said:
Barony titles are about £75k now, should have bought the one I was offered for £15k. Feck!
The 'Lord' titles are worthless and you cannot buy a proper 'lordship'.
That conflicts as a barony is still a peerage (a "lordship" as you call it). There is no formal title of "Lord" by itself. It's style of address that can be used by anyone with a peerage, life or hereditary - the rank of Baron, Earl, Viscount, Marquess or Duke.The 'Lord' titles are worthless and you cannot buy a proper 'lordship'.
There is also the hereditary title of Baronet, which isn't a peerage so doesn't entitle one (literally) to use the style of "Lord", instead it's "Sir" (with "Bt." after the surname), it sits between Knight and Baron in social rank.
You can no more buy a British barony, baronetcy or knighthood than you can a dukedom. Of course you might make sizeable donations to political parties over time..
Titles of nobility that get offered online for up to a couple of hundred thousand are for non-British, European titles, or are manorial - "Lord of the Manor of XXX", like Chris Eubank. It's a defunct title and is equivalent in social rank to a pub landlord. But if it means some fools can swank about in tweed as faux nobility because it makes them happy, so be it.
GuinnessMK said:
A mate of mine bought himself a "Count". We miss the "o" out
He does have one credit card with "Count" in front of his name, which he uses in America. He often gets upgraded as they seem to think he's something special...
Not a British title at all, it's a European one. We have Viscount (and Countess as the female equivalent rank, either awarded or by marriage to a Viscount, the reverse doesn't apply). Americans likely won't know that, so it doesn't matter, but it does make him a massive bellend. He does have one credit card with "Count" in front of his name, which he uses in America. He often gets upgraded as they seem to think he's something special...
4941cc said:
jshell said:
Barony titles are about £75k now, should have bought the one I was offered for £15k. Feck!
The 'Lord' titles are worthless and you cannot buy a proper 'lordship'.
That conflicts as a barony is still a peerage (a "lordship" as you call it). There is no formal title of "Lord" by itself. It's style of address that can be used by anyone with a peerage, life or hereditary - the rank of Baron, Earl, Viscount, Marquess or Duke.The 'Lord' titles are worthless and you cannot buy a proper 'lordship'.
There is also the hereditary title of Baronet, which isn't a peerage so doesn't entitle one (literally) to use the style of "Lord", instead it's "Sir" (with "Bt." after the surname), it sits between Knight and Baron in social rank.
You can no more buy a British barony, baronetcy or knighthood than you can a dukedom. Of course you might make sizeable donations to political parties over time..
Titles of nobility that get offered online for up to a couple of hundred thousand are for non-British, European titles, or are manorial - "Lord of the Manor of XXX", like Chris Eubank. It's a defunct title and is equivalent in social rank to a pub landlord. But if it means some fools can swank about in tweed as faux nobility because it makes them happy, so be it.
GuinnessMK said:
A mate of mine bought himself a "Count". We miss the "o" out
He does have one credit card with "Count" in front of his name, which he uses in America. He often gets upgraded as they seem to think he's something special...
Not a British title at all, it's a European one. We have Viscount (and Countess as the female equivalent rank, either awarded or by marriage to a Viscount, the reverse doesn't apply). Americans likely won't know that, so it doesn't matter, but it does make him a massive bellend. He does have one credit card with "Count" in front of his name, which he uses in America. He often gets upgraded as they seem to think he's something special...
A Scottish Barony Title is the only title world-wide that is a noble title, officially recognised and available to purchase. http://baronytitles.com/index.php?page=what-is
jshell said:
I'm sure you're not 100% correct:
A Scottish Barony Title is the only title world-wide that is a noble title, officially recognised and available to purchase. http://baronytitles.com/index.php?page=what-is
I doubt a reputable company would put such a relaxed statement on their websiteA Scottish Barony Title is the only title world-wide that is a noble title, officially recognised and available to purchase. http://baronytitles.com/index.php?page=what-is
website said:
If you desire a barony title it will cost you a minimum of £65,000 (British Pounds) and with our commission and VAT on that and your legal fees you will get little change out of £75,000 (British Pounds).
Earlier this year I booked a table at a slightly upmarket (for me) Indian restaurant in Bath. I booked online.
When we arrived at the restaurant we were greeted and introduced to the manager who showed us to our table. Nice position with great views of the restaurant and outside. Staff were very attentive and couldn't have served us better - even complimentary coffee and liqueurs at the end. All the while the manager was clearly keeping an eye on us and without going over the top, very attentive.
On the way out, several of the waiters and manager lined up to shake hands and bid us goodnight.
Top service all round.
It wasn't until the next day I started thinking why we may have been singled out for such extraordinary service. I now believe it was my email address which is my username @domain.com and they'd assumed my good lady (of the time) and I were landed gentry.
When we arrived at the restaurant we were greeted and introduced to the manager who showed us to our table. Nice position with great views of the restaurant and outside. Staff were very attentive and couldn't have served us better - even complimentary coffee and liqueurs at the end. All the while the manager was clearly keeping an eye on us and without going over the top, very attentive.
On the way out, several of the waiters and manager lined up to shake hands and bid us goodnight.
Top service all round.
It wasn't until the next day I started thinking why we may have been singled out for such extraordinary service. I now believe it was my email address which is my username @domain.com and they'd assumed my good lady (of the time) and I were landed gentry.
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