PRECEDENCE. 



The King 

 Prince of Wales 

 King's sons 

 King's brothers 

 King's uncles 

 King's grandsons 



King's brothers I by statute 34 



sis'rs grandsons} >Henry V1I1. 



CWhen there 

 Vicegerent < is any such 



officer 



Archbishop of Canterbury, 

 Lord Primate of all Eng- 

 land J 

 Lord High Chancellor, or Lord Keeper, 

 by statute 5 Elizabeth. 



Archbishop of York, Primate of Eng- 

 land, by statute 31 Henry VIII. 

 Lord High Treasurer ~\ being of the de- 

 Lord President of the I gree of Barons 

 Privy Council [by statute 31 



Lord Privy Seal J Henry VIII. 



By the statute 31 Henry VIII. the 

 Lord Great Chamberlain of England had 

 place next Lord Privy Seal ; but in the 

 year 1714, the Marquis of Lindsey, then 

 Hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain of 

 England, being created Duke of Ancas- 

 ter, &c. gave up the precedency as Lord 

 Great Chamberlain from him and his 

 heirs, except only when he or they shall 

 be in the actual execution of the said of- 

 fice of Great Chamberlain of England, at- 

 tending the person of the King or Queen 

 for the time being, or introducing a Peer 

 or Peers into the House of Lords, which 

 was confirmed by statute 1 George I. 

 Lord High Constable "^ above all of 

 Earl Marshal j their degrees, 



Lord High Admiral | viz. if Dukes, 

 Lord Stewart of his Ma- I above Dukes; 

 jesty's Household T if Earls, above 

 Lord Chamberlain of Earls, &c. by 

 his Majesty's House- I statute 31 Hen- 

 hold J ry VIII. 

 Dukes according to their patents of ~i 



creation 

 Marquisses according to their pa- 



tents 



Dukes eldest sons 

 Earls according to their patents 

 Marquisses eldest sons 

 Dukes younger sons 

 Viscounts according to their patents 

 Earls eldest sons 

 Marquisses younger sons 

 Bishop of London 

 Bishop of Durham 

 Bishop of Winchester 



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, All other Bishops, according to^ 

 their seniority 01 consecration ; but 

 if any Bishop be principal Secretary 

 of State, he shall be placed above 

 all other Bishops, not having any 

 of the great offices before mention- 

 ed. 



Barons according to their patents. 



But if any Baron be principal Se- 

 cretary of State, he shall be placed 

 above all Barons, unless they have 

 any of the before-mentioned great 

 offices. J 



By the 23d article of the Union, which 

 was confirmed by statute of 5 Queen 

 Anne, c. 8, all Peers of Scotland shall be 

 Peers of Great Britain, and have rank 

 next after the Peers of the like degree 

 in England at the time of the Union, 

 which 'commenced May 1, 1707, and be- 

 fore all Peers of Great Britain, of the like 

 degree, created after the Union. 

 Speaker of the Hon. House of Commons. 

 Viscounts eldest sons. 

 Earls younger sons. 

 Barons eldest sons. 

 Knights of the most noble order of the 



Garter. 



Privy Counsellors. 

 Chancellor of the Exchequer. 

 Chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster. 



The Peers of Ireland take place in 

 England, at all public ceremonies, (except 

 coronations) next the youngest English 

 peer of the same degree. Vide 1, 25, p. 

 61, in Officio Armorum Council Books, 

 4 Car. I. 28 June, 1629. 



Lord Chief Justice of the K'mg's Bench. 

 Master of the Rolls. 



Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, 

 Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. 

 Judges and Barons of the degree"^ 



of the Coif of the said Courts, 



according to seniority. 

 Bannerets made under the King's 



own royal standard, displayed 



in army royal in open war, by 



the King himself in person, for 



the term of their lives only, and 



no longer. 



Viscounts younger sons. 

 Barons younger sons. 

 Baronets of England, Scotland, and 



Ireland. 

 Bannerets not made by the King 



himself in person. 

 Knights of the most honourable Order oi' 



the Bath. 

 Flag and field officers. 



The priority of signing any treaty, or 

 public instrument, by public Ministers., 



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