Talk:Billy Hughes

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Assessment comments The following comments were left by the assessors: (edit · refresh) This article badly needs sources (including references to published biographies)--Grahamec 06:16, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

• I think once you are given a title you keep it, even if you die. Wellington is still called Wellington, even though he has been dead for about 150 years and it is a title (the Duke of Wellington, his real name is Arthur Wellesley). So I would assume that Hughes would still have the title of Rt Hon. - Bambul 14:19, 23 June 2005 (UTC)

I don't know if it's as simple as that. Noble titles are different to others. And in any case, it doesn't to me make any sense to have dead kings or emperors styled "his majesty/imperial highness". Certainly that's not the practice among journalists, historical or biographical writers, or other encyclopedias. In these works, Arthur Wellesley is Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, not His Grace Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington. Anyway, I don't know if there's an official Wikipedia policy on the matter. Slac speak up! 18:08, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)