I am way out of my usual area here <I have a long line of Ag Labs and Anchor Smiths and haven't ever needed to venture up the 'posh end'> Trying to help a friend who is researching the history of a previous owner of a military sword, one John Duncan Bertie Fulton (1876-1915) In amongst the masses of paperwork he has collected about this man's career etc is confirmation from The Central Chancery if the Orders of Knighthood saying that, in 1914, he was amongst those "To be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath". Okay, so that is confirmed, but would this entitle his wife/widow to style herself as 'Lady Fulton'? I can't find a record of this man marrying but various articles on the net indicate that the Fulton Block, in RAF Cosford was built c 1938 and named in his memory. The funding of £250,000 was said to come from his widow, Lady Fulton. I haven't yet found a marriage for him and there was no mention of a widow on the CWGC site, nor in a four page obit about him in 'The Aeroplane' vol IX, no 20, dated 17th November 1915, so its just not adding up at the moment. Supplementary question - His probate record says Administration (with Will limited) to an attorney. Am I correct in thinking that the 'limited' relates to the Administration (perhaps not all of the estate was clear to go into probate and they allowed 'some' of his effects to be adminstered) , and not a comment about the actual will? I am hoping that a will may shed some light on whether or not he married. -- Tickettyboo

On Sun, 7 Jul 2013 22:57:26 +0100, Tickettyboo <tickettyboo@mail2oops.com> wrote: >I am way out of my usual area here <I have a long line of Ag Labs and >Anchor Smiths and haven't ever needed to venture up the 'posh end'> > >Trying to help a friend who is researching the history of a previous >owner of a military sword, one John Duncan Bertie Fulton (1876-1915) >In amongst the masses of paperwork he has collected about this man's >career etc is confirmation from The Central Chancery if the Orders of >Knighthood saying that, in 1914, he was amongst those "To be Ordinary >Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of >the Most Honourable Order of the Bath". > >Okay, so that is confirmed, but would this entitle his wife/widow to >style herself as 'Lady Fulton'? > IMU there isn't actually any prohibition on a woman styling herself as "Lady XYZ" as long as there is no fraudulent intent or actual/implied false claim to anything titular other than the simple use of "Lady" before a normal variation of her name. If I've read various sources correctly then a mere Companion (distinct from a Knight Companion) is not a Knight so while she might have been free to be a "Lady" her husband wasn't a "Sir". >I can't find a record of this man marrying but various articles on the >net indicate that the Fulton Block, in RAF Cosford was built c 1938 and > named in his memory. The funding of £250,000 was said to come from his >widow, Lady Fulton. I haven't yet found a marriage for him and there >was no mention of a widow on the CWGC site, nor in a four page obit >about him in 'The Aeroplane' vol IX, no 20, dated 17th November 1915, >so its just not adding up at the moment. > >Supplementary question - His probate record says Administration (with >Will limited) to an attorney. Am I correct in thinking that the >'limited' relates to the Administration (perhaps not all of the estate >was clear to go into probate and they allowed 'some' of his effects to >be adminstered) , and not a comment about the actual will? I am hoping >that a will may shed some light on whether or not he married.