HYPHENATED NAMES
“New Social ■ Trend” - ' •-’ ■ < (N.2 Press Assn.—Coppripht) LONDON. April 28 There is a significant new : trend in the British social system. Hyphenated names are “out." All the best people are dropping the hyphens from their d >uble-barrriled names, the “Daily Marl” diarist says The latest was an uncle of the Queen. Sir David BowesLyon, who was listed in the current report of the Royal Horticultural Society. of which he is president, as Sir David Bowes Lyon * A society spokesman said: "We were told to leave the hyphen out.” Sir David Bowes Lyon is a brother of the Queen Mother, i who before her marriage was Ladv Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon The editor of "Debrett's Peerage." Mr Cyril Hankinson, said hyphen-dropping was a fad nowadays. The motive of some people was "pure snobbery” “They are trying to differentiate between themselves and the common herd who have adopted double-barrel-led names in recent years. "They take the view that everyone knows their surnames whether or not thev use the hyphen. This, of course, is nonsense”
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29501, 1 May 1961, Page 7
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171HYPHENATED NAMES Press, Volume C, Issue 29501, 1 May 1961, Page 7
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