How important are multi-barrelled names in today's social order? MM might want to check how many hypenated surnames are attending this bash.
The paper's seem to be full of double-barrelled names , especially in the 'Births' columns, where the benefit-supported mite who has just arrived, has parents who haven't saw fit to legitimise the birth cos it ain't cool innit. So, double-barrels are out as they are getting so.....common (excluding, of course, the distinguished members of this forum who's background is beyond question as well as those who's title starts with 'Sir'). Whereas there are far fewer triple and quadruple-barrelled names around and which still signify a certain level of aristocracy. A certain, well known explorer has a triple-barrelled moniker and he's a baronet to boot!
A good starting point to assess the local pecking order perhaps?