From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On Sat, 6 Mar 2021 at 21:15:58, Jenny M Benson    
   wrote (my responses usually follow points raised):   
   >On 06/03/2021 18:07, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:   
   >> Thanks for this; I'd never come across it. I wonder how widely-known   
   >>it  was.   
   >   
   >I've come across frequent mention of this "British naming convention"   
   >but have always been a bit sceptical about it.  I think I might have   
   >heard that it's more common in Scotland - or that a slightly different   
   >version is/was practised in Scotland.  (But I could be mis-remembering.)   
   >   
   Come to think of it, the "name after grandfather" part could explain the   
   alternating forenames (Ralph/William Weightman) in one of my lines.   
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