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   For specific offices/ranks, check out Robert Hickey's On-Line Guide.

How to Address a Sheriff?
    I am addressing a letter and envelope to the Sheriff of the Civil Parish which is an elected position. How would I go about doing this correctly? Thank you.
          -- Andrew Marlay

Dear Mr. Marlay:
     Greeting to Louisiana.
    Sheriffs would be:
            The Honorable Andrew Marlay
            Sheriff of (Name of Civil Parish)
            (Address)
    And the salutation would be
            Dear Sheriff Marlay:
      -- Robert Hickey

How to Address an Acting Sheriff?
       How do  address a wedding invitation to an acting sheriff and his wife?
            -- Mary Brady

Dear Ms. Brady:
       If he's the acting sheriff ... and was not elected to the office, he is not the Honorable but he would be addressed with the honorific Sheriff in conversation or in a salutation.
       Typically Sheriff wouldn't be used on a social invitation's outside envelope. You might use if if you were writing to at acting sheriff at the jail with regards to his duties, but I am assuming you are inviting him to this wedding as a guest and not in an official capacity.  So all that said --
       Most formally & socially on the outside envelope it would be:
              Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wilson
              Address
       Inside envelope you use the conversational form of their names:
              Sheriff and Mrs. Wilson
       In conversation call him when you greet him or introduce him to others use:
              Sheriff Wilson or just Sheriff.
       -- Robert Hickey

How To Address a Sheriff of the City of London?
         A question from a faculty member at our institution.  He will be introducing the Sheriff of the City of London in the near future and we were wondering what was the proper form of address for this title.
        -- Edward Craig @ Dot EDU

Dear EC @ Dot EDU:
        In the City of London there are two sheriffs elected every year. [It's a completely ceremonial office ... unlike a High Sheriff of an English, Welsh, and Northern Irish county which is a functional office.]
        If the sheriff is simultaneously an alderman of the City of London ... which is frequently the case .... both would also be included in an introduction:
                Mr./Ms./Mrs. Alderman and Sheriff (Full Name), member of... and Sheriff of...
        In direct oral address he/she can be addressed as: 
                Mr./Ms./Mrs. Alderman and Sheriff (Surname)
        In extended conversation it could be shortened to: 
                Mr./Ms./Mrs. (Surname)

        If the sheriff is not an alderman
        In an introduction he/she could introduced as:
               Mr./Madame Sheriff (Full Name), Sheriff of the City of London
        In direct oral address he/she can be addressed as: 
               Mr./Madame Sheriff (Surname)
       or: 
               Mr./Madame Sheriff

        A note regarding British visitors: if they hold an honor, e.g. OBE, in an introduction one would 'say' what the initials mean -- not say the letters. In the case your distinguished guest is an OBE, you would say that he or she is an:
                Officer of the Order of the British Empire

        -- Robert Hickey

Not Finding Your Question Answered?
Below are other topics covered in my blog and at right is a list of officials, Between the two I probably have what you are looking for.
     After hunting around a bit, if you don't see your question answered send me an e-mail. I am pretty fast at sending a reply: usually the next day (unless I am traveling.)
      If I think your question is of interest to others, I will post the question & answer – with your name and any personal specifics changed.
      -- Robert Hickey

USE OF NAMES & HONORIFICS   
Mr., Miss, Jr., III, & Names        
Married Women       
Deceased Persons         
People with Two Titles
Post-Nominal Abbreviations and Initials           
Couples: Joint Forms of Address    (How to address a couple?)   

USE OF SPECIFIC OFFICIAL TITLES        
Former Officials            
Professionals and Academics        

United States Federal Officials, Currently In Office             
United States State Officials, Currently In Office              
United States Municipal Officials, Currently In Office             
       All About The Honorable with U.S. Officials         
       Former United States Officials of all types             
United States Armed Services, Active Duty             
       Addressing Retired Personnel      
       Use of Rank by Retired Personnel      
       Use of Rank by Veterans      

Tribal Officials             
Clergy and Religious Officials           
Canadian Officials         
Australian Officials          
British Officials, Royalty, and Nobility        
Diplomats and International Representatives            
Foreign National Officials and Nobility        

SPECIFIC SITUATIONS
Business Cards       
Couples        
Etiquette             
Flags and Anthem Protocol             
Introductions            
Invitations: Writing & Addressing         
Invitations: Just Armed Service Personnel        
Name Tags            
Names on Programs, Signs, & Lists            
Naming a Building or Road            
Place Cards            
Plaques, Awards, Diplomas, Certificates    
Precedence: Ordering Officials           
Thank You Notes             

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For forms of address for invitations, place cards, name badges, introductions, conversation, and all other formal uses, see Honor & Respect: the Official Guide to Names, Titles, and Forms of Address.

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