British Honorifics in the 19th Century

Question

I'm revisiting a profile that I started last summer, in order to add her husband and children, and I found that her husband had knighthood conferred upon him in 1832. 

I went through the help page on European Aristocrats, which led me to Wikipedia, where I found this: "Wives of knights, however, are entitled to the honorific pre-nominal 'Lady' before their husband's surname." 

This leads me to believe she should have the prefix "Lady," but thought I'd ask here to verify, since the guidance seems to say that it shouldn't be used that way.

[Edited to add the Euro Aristo tag.]

Comments

Hi Katrina. Which guidance are you looking at? If it is

Help:Name Fields for European Aristocrats

that says "Don’t use this field for ‘King’, ’Duke’, ‘Lady.’", but only in the Medieval section.

There are many many profiles using Lady as prefix: at least 2000 and probably a lot more, according to WikiTree Plus. I think you're safe to go ahead.

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Hi Jim,

Thanks, that's what I was looking at. I guess I was reading it differently. I read, "Don't use this field for 'Lady'." Full stop.

In this specific case, the husband was made a Knight Bachelor, and Wikipedia says she would therefore be granted the use of "Lady."

But again, I'd rather do it the way the Euro Aristo project wants it done, rather than having to fix it later.

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Good thinking, Katrina. But it would be a pity if Lady were not allowed as a prefix on modern profiles. This is a rare case where an honour is available to women but not to men. The spouse (most often a man) of a Dame receives no title.

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Hi Katrina (and Jim)
The England project have taken over many of the English royal, peerage and knighthood profiles and developed their own naming standards.

I've added the England tag to your question but I did see the English Project Standards, which if you scroll down to Prefix, seems to imply that Lady can be added as a prefix in this instance.

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Oh, thank you John. That looks like the answer to my question.