Enquire within upon everything by Robert Kemp Philp

241. The Clergy.

i. _Archbishop_.--Sup.--To His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. _Comm._--Your Grace. _Con._--I remain, Your Grace's most devoted obedient servant. ii. _Bishop_.--_Sup._--To the Right Reverend the Bishop of Winchester. _Comm._--Right Reverend Sir. _Con._--I remain, Right Reverend Sir, Your most obedient humble servant. iii. _Doctor of Divinity_.--_Sup._--To the Reverend James William Vivian, D.D., or, To the Reverend Dr. Vivian. _Comm._--Reverend Sir. _Con._--I have the honour to be, Reverend Sir, Your most obedient servant. iv. _Dean._--_Sup._--To the Very Reverend The Dean of St. Paul's; or, To the Very Reverend Richard William Church, M.A., D.C.L., D.D., Dean of St. Paul's. _Comm._--Mr. Dean; or, Reverend Sir. _Con._--I have the honour to be, Mr. Dean (or Reverend Sir), Your most obedient servant. v. _Archdeacon_.--_Sup._--To the Venerable Archdeacon Hessey, D.C.L. _Comm._--Reverend Sir. _Con._--I have the honour to remain, Reverend Sir, Your most obedient servant. vi. _Clergymen_.--_Sup._--To the Reverend Thomas Dale. _Com._ and _Con._ same as the preceding. vii. _Clergymen with Titles_.--When a Bishop or other Clergyman possesses the title of _Right Honourable_ or _Honourable_, it is prefixed to his Clerical title, but Baronets and Knights have their clerical title placed first, as in the following examples:-- _Sup._--To the Right Honourable and Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells. _Sup._--To the Honourable and Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Norwich. _Sup._--To the Right Honourable and Reverend Lord Wriothesley Russell, M.A. _Sup._--To the Honourable and Reverend Baptist Wriothesley Noel, M.A. _Sup._--To the Reverend Sir Henry R. Dukinfield, Bart, M.A. No clerical dignity confers a title or rank on the wife of the dignitary, who is simply addressed _Mistress_, unless possessing a title in her own right, or through her husband, independently of his clerical rank.