The Qualities of a Gentleman He acts kindly from the impulse of his kind heart.
He is brave, because, with a conscience void of offence, he has nothing to
fear. He is never embarrassed, for he respects himself and is profoundly conscious
of right intentions.
He keeps his honor unstained, and to retain the good opinion of others he
neglects no civility. He respects even the prejudices of men whom he believes are honest. He opposes without bitterness and yields without admitting defeat. He is never arrogant, never weak. He bears himself with dignity, but never haughtily. Too wise to despise trifles, he is too noble to be mastered by them. To superiors he is respectful without servility; to equals courteous; to
inferiors’ kind. He carries himself with grace in all places, is easy but never familiar,
genteel without affection. He unites gentleness of manner with firmness of mind. He commands with mild authority, and asks favors with grace and assurance
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XXI CENTURY WIKIA
The Royal Family.
The Royal Family name
People often ask whether members of the Royal Family have a surname, and, if so, what it is.
Members
of the Royal Family can be known both by the name of the Royal house,
and by a surname, which are not always the same. And often they do not
use a surname at all.
Before 1917, members of the British Royal
Family had no surname, but only the name of the house or dynasty to
which they belonged.
Kings and princes were historically known by
the names of the countries over which they and their families ruled.
Kings and queens therefore signed themselves by their first names only, a
tradition in the United Kingdom which has continued to the present day.
The names of dynasties tended to change when the line of
succession was taken by a rival faction within the family (for example,
Henry IV and the Lancastrians, Edward IV and the Yorkists, Henry VII and
the Tudors), or when succession passed to a different family branch
through females (for example, Henry II and the Angevins, James I and the
Stuarts, George I and the Hanoverians).
Just as children can
take their surnames from their father, so sovereigns normally take the
name of their 'House' from their father. For this reason, Queen
Victoria's eldest son Edward VII belonged to the House of
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (the family name of his father Prince Albert). Edward
VII's son George V became the second king of that dynasty when he
succeeded to the throne in 1910.
In 1917, there was a radical
change, when George V specifically adopted Windsor, not only as the name
of the 'House' or dynasty, but also as the surname of his family. The
family name was changed as a result of anti-German feeling during the
First World War, and the name Windsor was adopted after the Castle of
the same name.
At a meeting of the Privy Council on 17 July 1917,
George V declared that 'all descendants in the male line of Queen
Victoria, who are subjects of these realms, other than female
descendants who marry or who have married, shall bear the name of
Windsor'.
The Royal Family name of Windsor was confirmed
by The Queen after her accession in 1952. However, in 1960, The Queen
and The Duke of Edinburgh decided that they would like their own direct
descendants to be distinguished from the rest of the Royal Family
(without changing the name of the Royal House), as Windsor is the
surname used by all the male and unmarried female descendants of George
V.
It was therefore declared in the Privy Council that The
Queen's descendants, other than those with the style of Royal Highness
and the title of Prince/Princess, or female descendants who marry, would
carry the name of Mountbatten-Windsor.
This reflected Prince
Philip's surname. In 1947, when Prince Philip of Greece became
naturalised, he assumed the name of Philip Mountbatten as a Lieutenant
in the Royal Navy.
The effect of the declaration was that all The
Queen's children, on occasions when they needed a surname, would have
the surname Mountbatten-Windsor.
For the most part, members of
the Royal Family who are entitled to the style and dignity of HRH Prince
or Princess do not need a surname, but if at any time any of them do
need a surname (such as upon marriage), that surname is
Mountbatten-Windsor.
The surname Mountbatten-Windsor first
appeared on an official document on 14 November 1973, in the marriage
register at Westminster Abbey for the marriage of Princess Anne and
Captain Mark Phillips.
A proclamation on the Royal Family name by
the reigning monarch is not statutory; unlike an Act of Parliament, it
does not pass into the law of the land. Such a proclamation is not
binding on succeeding reigning sovereigns, nor does it set a precedent
which must be followed by reigning sovereigns who come after.
Unless
The Prince of Wales chooses to alter the present decisions when he
becomes king, he will continue to be of the House of Windsor and his
grandchildren will use the surname Mountbatten-Windsor.
He is never embarrassed, for he respects himself and is profoundly conscious
of right intentions.
