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Isherwood
James G. Carrier (jgc5p@UVA.PCMAIL.VIRGINIA.EDU)
Fri, 3 Dec 1993 13:14:26 EST
For the thousands of your who have sent messages, clammoring to know if
Isherwood is a Baron or only named Baron: The Library of Congress has him as
B.C. Isherwood, and there appears no appropriate barony in Burke's or
Debrett's.
I am loath to accept the idea that anyone in England would christen a
child `Baron', comparable to an American christening a child `Senator' or
`Associate Justice' or even (given the relative rank of barons)
`Under-Secretary'. However, I must bow to the combined might of the
University of Virginia Alderman Library reference desk staff.
You may all now rest easy, secure in your knowledge.
Yours,
James G. Carrier
29, University Circle / Charlottesville, Virginia, 22903
(804) 971-2983 / jgc5p@virginia.edu
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