Talk:Libby Lane

Surname(s) question

It seems to me that Lane has retained her "maiden" surname of Holden as part of her full name as an additional surname. Another editor claims it is now a "middle name". I do not know of any common custom by which a married woman changes her birth surname to a "middle name". So it seems to me that "Holden" is an additional surname even though, apparently, she does not usually use it or use a hyphen with it (which is an optional custom anyway). But rather than get into an edit war over this I would prefer to canvass other people's thoughts so that, hopefully, we get things right. Thanks, Anglicanus (talk) 00:06, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

She is known or referenced to as Libby Lane in everything I have read. In the official announcement of her nomination she is referred to by her full name, 'Elizabeth Jane Holden Lane', and then later by the shortened 'Elizabeth Lane'. It may be unusual to use a maiden name as a middle name, but that is how it appears to be. When a woman married in the UK, she can change her name anyway she wants (at other times when someone wants to change their name it is slightly more complicated), a double barrelled name (hyphenated or not), swapping maiden name for married name, incorporating it as an additional middle name or not changing name at all. See this website [1] for more details. Gaia Octavia Agrippa ^Talk 02:31, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

You may be right, but until this is clarified for certain then I would suggest that the default position is to treat Holden as another surname because, as the link you provided says about using a maiden surname as a middle name, "this is a less common option". People also often use only one surname in some contexts and both in others. So the fact that she is normally only known as Libby Lane does not necessarily mean that she now only uses or considers Holden as a middle name. Anglicanus (talk) 03:01, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

I disagree. Follow the link to the announcement of her nomination. This an official government announcement and she is called Elizabeth Lane for short, not Elizabeth Holden Lane, therefore Lane is her surname. There is no evidence that she uses Holden Lane as a surname. It may be unusual, but as the link I gave shows, it is an option open to married women. Gaia Octavia Agrippa ^Talk 12:51, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Speculation is not evidence either. As I said, people with two surnames sometimes use both in some contexts and only one in others. So far we have no clear proof as to whether she considers Holden as a middle name or a surname. The official announcement is not proof either way. Surely someone can find out easily enough? Anglicanus (talk) 04:31, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

No offence intended, but it is you who is speculating. As I have previously said, there is no evidence that she uses Holden Lane as a surname and ,though uncommon, it is perfectly acceptable in the UK for a women to use her maiden name as a middle name in the UK. Unless you can find evidence that she uses the surname Holden Lane, it should stay as Lane. Gaia Octavia Agrippa ^Talk 18:51, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

I have already said that you may be right but you haven't provided any actual "proof" apart from what is possible and your own interpretation of the official announcement. That is not proof but only speculation on your part. I am not insisting on my opinion being correct without further evidence. I suggest you do the same. Anglicanus (talk) 13:08, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

I disagree. There is plenty of evidence that she is known as Elizabeth/Libby Lane. The official government announcement of her appointment would not have called her Elizabeth Lane for no reason; that is her first name and last name, they haven't simply decided for themselves to call her that on a whim. There is nowhere where she is referred to as Holden Lane. There is no weight to your argument at all except that you are doubting that she would keep her maiden name as a middle name (even though in the UK this is an option for a married woman). As there is no evidence contrary to her surname being Lane, the default position must be that we treat Holden as a middle name and Lane as her surname. Gaia Octavia Agrippa ^Talk 17:25, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

Like the bishop of Canterbury Justine Welby isn't bishop Libby Lane also of a Jewish background?

Yours, a black and white Jew. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.71.15.47 (talk) 10:57, 2 January 2018 (UTC)