Was not sure if he is still in the House of Lords, there has been several attempts to oust him in the last couple of years, as well as Jeffrey Archer, on the Tory side, or whether the title would stay after being expelled.
In any case, I did “Americanize” the salutation, him being a former Canadian. Correction noted and apology extended.
It’s just one of my things - whether they have any real value or not, I know a few people with titles, and I have wound up a fair expert on the honours system.
Lord Black is still allowed to sit in the House of Lords, but was expelled from his party so would have to sit on the cross benches unless they or another party took him in.
At the moment, there’s no way to remove a Life Peer from the Lords (there isn’t even a mechanism by which they can voluntarily resign their peerage, which does exist for hereditary peers) and while there are moves to introduce one, it probably won’t be retroactive.
In the past, Peers have been executed for murder or even treason - and they still didn’t lose their title. The only exception were four Lords (three Princes and Dukes of the British Royal Family who were also German royals, and a Viscount) all of whom fought for the Germans in World War I, and who were stripped of the British titles in 1919.