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[Hong-Hsien, Ke]

Dear Teachers:

I have a question about names.

I know if the son named after his father, his name should be sb. Jr., like Henry Jr. And Jr. read as junier. What I want to know is how to read III, IV, and more. Should they be read as third and fourth?

thanks
all the bests
H.H. Ke

[pugachevV]

Henry Jones III is read as Henry Jones the Third.
I don't think this convention exists outside the USA.

[m_prime]

The convention does exist in Europe but is only really applied to members of the aristocracy.

In Britain, we rarely use junior or senior as a suffix to a name, unless in the most formal circumstances (i.e. courts of law, official documents, etc).