Lady

Lady is a title used before the name of a woman of high social rank in the UK. 

(Definition of lady från Cambridge Essential Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) 

Titular Countess

A countess is a woman of high social rank of nobility in the British peerage system. The term i s the third of the five noble classes.

Titular means having the title of a position but not the responsibilities, duties, or power; in name only.

Suo jure

"Suo jure is a Latin phrase, used in English to mean 'in his own right' or 'in her own right'. In most nobility-related contexts, it means 'in her own right', since in those situations the phrase is normally used of women; in practice, especially in England, a man rarely derives any style or title from his wife (an example is Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick from his wife's heritage) although this is seen in other countries when a woman is the last heir of her line. It can be used for a male when such male was initially a 'co-lord' with his father or other family member and upon the death of such family member became the sole ruler or holder of the title "in his own right" (alone).

It is commonly encountered in the context of titles of nobility or honorary titles and especially in cases where a woman holds a title through her own bloodline or accomplishments rather than through her marriage."

Source: Wikipedia

Order of merit - OM

An order of merit is an honorific order that is conferred by a state, government, royal family, or other sovereign entity to an individual in recognition of military or civil merit. Upon the admission into the Order of Merit, members are entitled to use the post-nominal letters OM and are entrusted with the badge of the order.

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