Lord is a title added to a person’s name or to his office. The United Kingdom’s House of Lords includes the peers, called Lords Temporal, and dignitaries of the Church of England, called Lords Spiritual.
The word lord is frequently used as a less formal title for a marquess, earl, or viscount, and always for a baron. The younger sons of dukes and marquesses have the title added to their names. The word lord is also used with the names of bishops (the Lord Bishop of London) and government offices (Lord Lieutenant of Ireland).
