[HPforGrownups] re: Names of the Hogwarts Ghosts

[rayheuer3 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 58679

odilefalaise at yahoo.com writes:

> btw, is "Baron" a British title?  I was thinking that
> it is more German, as in "The Red Baron" that Snoopy
> and others fought in WWI.  If so, then is the Bloody
> Baron even English?

"Baron" is indeed an English title.  The "Red Baron", at least the real one, 
Manfred von Richtoffen, was a "Freiherr" a fairly low rank of German nobility. 
 The English press dubbed him a "Baron", using an equivalent British title.  
The "Red" came from his plane, which was painted blood red.  He was also 
sometimes referred to as the "Bloody Baron".

  --  Ray


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