Talk:David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley
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How should he (and this page) be named?
"David, Viscount Linley" is insufficient.
Put "David, Viscount Linley" into Google and you get 2 hits!
Should be moved to either David Armstrong-Jones or David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley to include his courtesy title. Mintguy 00:55 13 Jul 2003 (UTC)
My understanding is that his surname is Linley, not Armstrong-Jones. His father is Armstrong-Jones, but peerages often have multiple surnames, and the son tends to have a different surname. For example the current Marquis of Cholmondeley may now be David Cholmondeley, but until his father died his surname was Rocksavage and he was called David Rocksavage. Viscount Linley uses Linley as his surname - he introduced himself to me as David Linley, he uses Linley for work (his company is called David Linley), etc. Therefore I can only conclude that he thinks his surname is Linley. When his father dies he will become David Armstrong-Jones and his eldest son will be Viscount Linley. So ... I think that we should change the name of the page to David Linley, Viscount Linley or David, Viscount Linley. Those who call him David A-J are probably Americans who don't understand British naming conventions - the same people who call the wife of Paul McCartney Lady Heather Mills McCartney, when the correct way to refer to her would be Lady McCartney (only daughters of Earls and higher peers can be called Lady Heather). Marcus Tully 12:12, 31 October 2007 (UTC) Will also add that "david armstrong-jones" gets 716 hits on Google. "david linley" gets 41,500 ... Marcus Tully 12:14, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
- Actually, his legal surname is Armstrong-Jones – however, like most peers, he uses his title like a surname. Nonetheless, his legal surname (which doesn't change no matter how many times his title does) is his real name. † DBD 12:38, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
I've always been led to believe (by my solicitor) that the legal surname is the one one uses, which does not have to be the one born with. My legal surname is the one I use, and which others use when speaking / writing about me, not the one I was born with, for example. I understand your point though, and think we're both correct on this point - then it comes down the which one he uses, and people mostly use when refering to him ... and it's Linley. Otherwise we'd be listing the Queen as Elizabeth Windsor, etc. Marcus Tully 12:25, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Shouldn't Viscount Linley redirect here?
Almost every Google result for "Viscount Linley" is about this person. This is the primary search target for Viscount Linley (regardless of the current news). 172.200.250.96 00:53, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Yes ! Marcus Tully 12:32, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
