Well, it is generally considered— though not always true— that the wife of a man so honored is likely also to be worthy of the honor, and so it is accorded her. In the event it is false, and I have known that to be so in more than one circumstance, it is still accorded her in deference to her husband."~Sherlock Holmes, with respect to aristocratic titles

The Case of the Cosmological Killer: The Rendlesham Incident