Talk:William Crichton-Dalrymple, 5th Earl of Dumfries

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On 11 November 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved to William Dalrymple-Crichton, 5th Earl of Dumfries. The result of the discussion was Moved to William Crichton-Dalrymple, 5th Earl of Dumfries.

Requested move 11 November 2022 edit

Latest comment: 1 year ago4 comments4 people in discussion

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved to William Crichton-Dalrymple, 5th Earl of Dumfries. Per consensus, in addition to only the most senior peerage in article title, the family name is corrected per sources. (closed by non-admin page mover) – robertsky (talk) 20:09, 18 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

William Dalrymple-Crichton, 5th Earl of Dumfries, 4th Earl of Stair → William Dalrymple-Crichton, 5th Earl of Dumfries – Per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (royalty and nobility), "When an individual held more than one peerage, use only the most senior peerage in the article title". 2601:241:300:3F50:1046:6703:83F9:FCEC (talk) 01:08, 11 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

According to both sources, it should be William Crichton-Dalrymple. DrKay (talk) 16:38, 13 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Support per nom, but does appear it should actually be Crichton-Dalrymple. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:42, 16 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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