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Originally Posted by issybird
One of my absolute pet peeves are books where the titles of the British nobility, substantive or courtesy, are used incorrectly. That can ruin a book for me. For one thing, it's lazy; the forms are not difficult and the author just couldn't be bothered to get them right. For another thing, it proves the author knows nothing about the setting s/he's employed. At least it's a fault that seems as prevalent in British books as American, which is some consolation; it's not just stupid Yanks.
Lady Jones is not Lady Jane Jones is not Lady John Jones is not Jane, Lady Jones. They are four different people and Jane Jones may be Lady Smith for a fifth (and not Lady Jane Smith).
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A useful site about British titles is
British Titles of Nobility (scroll down for the table of contents).