Style (manner of address) Royal Family appeared in public, she continued to be accorded royal precedence. When the former Sarah Ferguson was divorced from her husband, HRH Prince Andrew, Duke of York, she too lost her HRH style, rank as a royal duchess and as a peeress, and is known by the appellation "Sarah, Duchess of York" In 1936, Wallis Simpson was denied the HRH style by George VI when she married his older brother, the former Edward VIII, who became HRH the Duke of Windsor following his abdication and receipt of a peerage. The Chief Executive is styled as The Honourable. Certain senior
Sarah Lennox, Duchess of Richmond Sarah Lennox, Duchess of Richmond Sarah Lennox (18 September 1705 – 25 August 1751) was Duchess of Richmond and Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Caroline from 1724 to 1737. She was born Sarah Cadogan in The Hague, the eldest daughter of William Cadogan (from 1716 1st Baron Cadogan of Reading and from 1722 1st Earl Cadogan) and his wife, Margaretta Cecilia Munter. She was brought up in a convent and at the age of thirteen was married, on 4 December 1719, to Charles Lennox, Earl of March, at The Hague. The marriage was arranged by both fathers in order