From: charlesellson@btinternet.com   
      
   On Sat, 6 Mar 2021 21:34:26 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"   
    wrote:   
      
   >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.   
   >   
   IME the pattern is mostly Scottish. I have encountered it on a more   
   localised basis in parts of England (e.g. Ripley in Derbyshire) which   
   there could possibly be the consequence of either or both of   
   immigrating miners/ironworkers or ministers of local non-conformist   
   churches.   
      
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