Order of precedence in England and Wales
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The Order of precedence in England and Wales as of 12 April 2006:
Names in italics indicate higher precedence elsewhere in the table: e.g. many Knights of the Garter have higher precedence as peers.
Contents
- 1 Gentlemen
- 1.1 Members of the Royal Family
- 1.2 High Officers of State, et al.
- 1.3 Nobility, et al
- 1.4 Knights, Privy Counsellors, Judges, Baronets et al.
- 1.5 Eldest Sons of Various Grades
- 1.6 Members of Orders
- 1.7 Younger Sons of Various Grades
- 1.8 Lesser Titles
- 2 Ladies
- 2.1 Members of the Royal Family
- 2.2 High Officers of State, et al
- 2.3 Nobility, et al
- 2.4 Ladies and Dames, et al
- 2.5 Members of Orders, et al
- 2.6 Wives and Daughters of Peers, Baronets, and Knights, et al
- 2.7 Wives of Younger Sons
- 3 Local Precedence
- 4 External Links
Gentlemen
Members of the Royal Family
- The Sovereign (HM Queen Elizabeth II)
- HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
- HRH The Prince of Wales
- HRH The Duke of York
- HRH The Earl of Wessex
- HRH Prince William of Wales
- HRH Prince Harry of Wales
- HRH The Duke of Gloucester, grandson of King George V
- HRH The Duke of Kent, grandson of King George V
- HRH Prince Michael of Kent, brother of the Duke of Kent
High Officers of State, et al.
- The Archbishop of Canterbury (The Most Revd and Rt Hon. Rowan Williams)
- The Lord High Steward (office only in existence for coronations)
- The Lord High Chancellor (The Rt Hon. The Lord Falconer of Thoroton)
- The Archbishop of York (The Most Revd and Rt Hon. John Sentamu)
- The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, First Lord of the Treasury, Chair of the Cabinet and Minister for the Home Civil Service (The Rt Hon. Tony Blair)
- Commonwealth Prime Ministers, while visiting the UK, in order of appointment
- The Lord High Treasurer (currently in commission)
- The Lord President of the Council (See Order of Precedence for Ladies)
- The Speaker of the House of Commons (The Rt Hon. Michael Martin)
- The Lord Privy Seal (The Rt Hon. Jack Straw)
- Ambassadors and High Commissioners in order of arrival
- The Lord Great Chamberlain (The Most Hon. The Marquess of Cholmondeley)
- The Lord High Constable (office only in existence for coronations)
- The Earl Marshal (His Grace The Duke of Norfolk)
- The Lord High Admiral (office now held by the Sovereign)
- The Lord Steward of the Household (His Grace The Duke of Abercorn)
- The Lord Chamberlain of the Household (The Rt Hon. The Lord Luce)
- The Master of the Horse (The Rt Hon. The Lord Vestey)
Nobility, et al
- Dukes
- Certain Members of the Royal Family
- #Earl of Ulster, eldest son of HRH The Duke of Gloucester
- #Earl of St Andrews, eldest son of HRH The Duke of Kent
- Ministers, Envoys, and other very important visitors from foreign countries
- Marquesses
- Eldest sons of Dukes
- #Earl of Arundel and Surrey, eldest son of the Duke of Norfolk
- #Lord Seymour, eldest son of the Duke of Somerset
- #Earl of March and Kinrara, eldest son of the Duke of Richmond and Gordon
- #Earl of Euston, eldest son of the Duke of Grafton
- #Marquess of Worcester, eldest son of the Duke of Beaufort
- #Earl of Burford, eldest son of the Duke of St Albans
- #Marquess of Tavistock, eldest son of the Duke of Bedford
- #Marquess of Hartington, eldest son of the Duke of Devonshire
- #Marquess of Blandford, eldest son of the Duke of Marlborough
- #Marquess of Granby, eldest son of the Duke of Rutland
- #Marquess of Douglas and Clydedale, eldest son of the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon
- #Earl of Dalkeith, eldest son of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry
- #Marquess of Lorne, eldest son of the Duke of Argyll
- #Marquess of Tullibardine, eldest son of the Duke of Atholl
- #Marquess of Graham, eldest son of the Duke of Montrose
- #Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford, eldest son of the Duke of Roxburghe
- #Viscount Mandeville, eldest son of the Duke of Manchester
- #Earl Percy, eldest son of the Duke of Northumberland
- #Marquess of Douro, eldest son of the Duke of Wellington
- #Marquess of Stafford, eldest son of the Duke of Sutherland
- #Marquess of Hamilton, eldest son of the Duke of Abercorn
- #Earl Grosvenor, eldest son of the Duke of Westminster
- #Earl of Southesk, eldest son of the Duke of Fife
- #Earl of Ulster, eldest son of the Duke of Gloucester
- #Earl of St Andrews, eldest son of the Duke of Kent
- #HRH The Prince of Wales, eldest son of the Duke of Edinburgh
- Earls
- Younger sons of Dukes of Blood Royal (The Lord Nicholas Windsor)
- Eldest sons of Marquesses
- #Earl of Wiltshire, eldest son of the Marquess of Winchester
- #Earl of Aboyne, eldest son of the Marquess of Huntly
- #Viscount Drumlanrig, eldest son of the Marquess of Queensberry
- #Earl of Shelburne, eldest son of the Marquess of Lansdowne
- #Viscount Raynham, eldest son of the Marquess Townshend
- #Viscount Cranborne, eldest son of the Marquess of Salisbury
- #Viscount Weymouth, eldest son of the Marquess of Bath
- #Earl of Yarmouth, eldest son of the Marquess of Hertford
- #Earl of Dumfries, eldest son of the Marquess of Bute
- #Earl of Tyrone, eldest son of the Marquess of Waterford
- #Earl of Hillsborough, eldest son of the Marquess of Downshire
- #Earl of Belfast, eldest son of the Marquess of Donegall
- #Earl of Bective, eldest son of the Marquess of Headfort
- #Viscount Loftus, eldest son of the Marquess of Ely
- #Lord Burghley, eldest son of the Marquess of Exeter
- #Earl Compton, eldest son of the Marquess of Northampton
- #Earl of Brecknock, eldest son of the Marquess Camden
- #Earl of Uxbridge, eldest son of the Marquess of Anglesey
- #Viscount Castlereagh, eldest son of the Marquess of Londonderry
- #Earl of Mount Charles, eldest son of the Marquess Conyngham
- #Earl of Cardigan, eldest son of the Marquess of Ailesbury
- #Earl of Mulgrave, eldest son of the Marquess of Normanby
- #Earl of Ronaldshay, eldest son of the Marquess of Zetland
- #Earl of Hopetoun, eldest son of the Marquess of Linlithgow
- #Earl of Haddo, eldest son of the Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
- #Earl of Medina, eldest son of the Marquess of Milford Haven
- #Viscount Erleigh, eldest son of the Marquess of Reading
- Younger sons of Dukes
- #The Lord Thomas Fitzalan-Howard
- #The Lord Philip Fitzalan-Howard
- #The Lord Gerald Fitzalan-Howard
- #The Lord Michael Fitzalan-Howard
- #The Lord Mark Fitzalan-Howard
- #The Lord Charles Seymour
- #The Lord Francis Seymour
- #The Lord Nicholas Gordon-Lennox
- #The Lord Charles FitzRoy
- #The Lord Edward FitzRoy
- #The Lord Edward Somerset
- #The Lord John Somerset
- #The Lord Peter Beauclerk
- #The Lord James Beauclerk
- #The Lord John Beauclerk
- #The Lord Robin Russell
- #The Lord James Russell
- #The Lord Rudolf Russell
- #The Lord Francis Russell
- #The Lord Hugh Russell
- #The Lord Edward Spencer-Churchill
- #The Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill
- #The Lord Hugo Manners
- #The Lord Edward Manners
- #The Lord Roger Manners
- #The Lord John Douglas-Hamilton
- #The Lord Selkirk of Douglas (as a son of a Duke of Hamilton, he ranks higher than he does through his own life peerage)
- #The Lord Patrick Douglas-Hamilton
- #The Lord David Douglas-Hamilton
- #The Lord John Montagu-Douglas-Scott
- #The Lord Damian Montagu-Douglas-Scott
- #The Lord Colin Campbell
- #The Lord Craig Murray
- #The Lord Ronald Graham
- #The Lord Donald Graham
- #The Lord Edward Innes-Ker
- #The Lord George Innes-Ker
- #The Lord Robert Innes-Ker
- #The Lord Kimble Montagu
- #The Lord Max Percy
- #The Lord James Percy
- #The Lord John FitzGerald
- #The Lord Adrian FitzGerald
- #The Lord Richard Wellesley
- #The Lord John Wellesley
- #The Lord James Wellesley
- #The Lord Henry Egerton
- #The Lord Nicholas Hamilton
- #The Lord Anthony Hamilton
- Viscounts
- Eldest sons of Earls
- #Viscount Ingestre, eldest son of the Earl of Shrewsbury
- #Lord Stanley of Bickerstaffe, eldest son of the Earl of Derby
- #Lord Herbert of Cardiff, eldest son of the Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery
- #The Honourable Charles Courtenay, eldest son of the Earl of Devon
- #Viscount Andover, eldest son of the Earl of Suffolk
- #Viscount Feilding, eldest son of the Earl of Denbigh
- #Lord Norreys, eldest son of the Earl of Lindsey
- #Viscount Maidstone, eldest son of the Earl of Winchelsea
- #Viscount Villiers, eldest son of the Earl of Jersey
- #Viscount Hinchingbrooke, eldest son of the Earl of Sandwich
- #Viscount Woodstock, eldest son of the Earl of Portland
- #Viscount Bury, eldest son of the Earl of Albermarle
- #Viscount Deerhurst, eldest son of the Earl of Coventry
- #Lord Balniel, eldest son of the Earl of Crawford
- #Lord Hay, eldest son of the Earl of Erroll
- #Lord Strathnaver, eldest son of the Earl of Sutherland
- #Lord Aberdour, eldest son of the Earl of Morton
- #Lord Cardross, eldest son of the Earl of Buchan
- #Lord Montgomerie, eldest son of the Earl of Eglinton
- #Lord Berriedale, eldest son of the Earl of Caithness
- #Lord Doune, eldest son of the Earl of Morway
- #Lord Glamis, eldest son of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
- #Lord Binning, eldest son of the Earl of Haddington
- #Viscount of Maitland, eldest son of the Earl of Lauderdale
- #Viscount of Garnock, eldest son of the Earl of Lindsay
- #Viscount of Dupplin, eldest son of the Earl of Kinnoull
- #Lord Bruce of Kinloss, eldest son of the Earl of Elgin
- #Lord Neidpath, eldest son of the Earl of Wemyss
- #Lord Ramsay of Dalhousie, eldest son of the Earl of Dalhousie
- #Lord Ogilvy of Airlie, eldest son of the Earl of Airlie
- #Lord Balgonie, eldest son of the Earl of Leven
- #Lord Huntingtower, eldest son of the Countess of Dysart
- #Lord Daer, eldest son of the Baron Selkirk of Douglas (disclaimed Earldom of Selkirk)
- #Lord Rosehill, eldest son of the Earl of Northesk
- #Lord Scrymgeour, eldest son of the Earl of Dundee
- #Lord Johnstone, eldest son of the Earl of Annandale and Hartfell
- #Lord Cochrane, eldest son of the Earl of Dundonald
- #Viscount of Kirkwall, eldest son of the Earl of Orkney
- #Viscount of Reidhaven, eldest son of the Earl of Seafield
- #Lord Dalmeny, eldest son of the Earl of Rosebery
- #Viscount of Kelburn, eldest son of the Earl of Glasgow
- #Lord Guernsey, eldest son of the Earl of Aylesford
- #Viscount Chewton, eldest son of the Earl Waldegrave
- #Viscount Petersham, eldest son of the Earl of Harrington
- #Viscount Lymington, eldest son of the Earl of Portsmouth
- #Lord Brooke, eldest son of the Earl of Warwick
- #Viscount Folkestone, eldest son of the Earl of Radnor
- #Viscount Althorp, eldest son of the Earl Spencer
- #Lord Apsley, eldest son of the Earl Bathurst
- #Lord Hyde, eldest son of the Earl of Clarendon
- #Viscount of Stormont, eldest son of the Earl of Mansfield
- #Lord Porchester, eldest son of the Earl of Carnarvon
- #Viscount Chelsea, eldest son of the Earl Cadogan
- #Viscount FitzHarris, eldest son of the Earl of Malmesbury
- #Viscount Dungarvan, eldest son of the Earl of Cork
- #Lord Ardee, eldest son of the Earl of Meath
- #Viscount Moore, eldest son of the Earl of Drogheda
- #Viscount Forbes, eldest son of the Earl of Granard
- #Lord Clifton of Rathmore, eldest son of the Earl of Darnley
- #Viscount Ikerrin, eldest son of the Earl of Carrick
- #Viscount Boyle, eldest son of the Earl of Shannon
- #Viscount Stopford, eldest son of the Earl of Courtown
- #Viscount Pollington, eldest son of the Earl of Mexborough
- #Viscount Jocelyn, eldest son of the Earl of Roden
- #Viscount Lisburne, eldest son of the Earl of Lisburne
- #Lord Gilford, eldest son of the Earl of Clanwilliam
- #Viscount Dunluce, eldest son of the Earl of Antrim
- #Lord Silchester, eldest son of the Earl of Longford
- #Viscount Carlow, eldest son of the Earl of Portarlington
- #Lord Naas, eldest son of the Earl of Mayo
- #Viscount Crichton, eldest son of the Earl of Erne
- #Lord Bingham, eldest son of the Earl of Lucan
- #Viscount Corry, eldest son of the Earl Belmore
- #Viscount Suirdale, eldest son of the Earl of Donoughmore
- #Viscount Alexander, eldest son of the Earl of Caledon
- #Lord Loughborough, eldest son of the Earl of Rosslyn
- #Viscount Cranley, eldest son of the Earl of Onslow
- #Viscount Grey de Wilton, eldest son of the Earl of Wilton
- #Viscount Glentworth, eldest son of the Earl of Limerick
- #Viscount Clive, eldest son of the Earl of Powis
- #Viscount Merton, eldest son of the Earl Nelson
- #Lord Oxmantown, eldest son of the Earl of Rosse
- #Viscount Somerton, eldest son of the Earl of Normanton
- #Viscount Lowther, eldest son of the Earl of Lonsdale
- #Viscount Sandon, eldest son of the Earl of Harrowby
- #Viscount Melgund, eldest son of the Earl of Minto
- #Viscount Grimston, eldest son of the Earl of Verulam
- #Lord Eliot, eldest son of the Earl of St Germans
- #Viscount Boringdon, eldest son of the Earl of Morley
- #Viscount Newport, eldest son of the Earl of Bradford
- #Viscount Encombe, eldest son of the Earl of Elden
- #Viscount Curzon, eldest son of the Earl Howe
- #Viscount Durwich, eldest son of the Earl of Stradbroke
- #Lord Langton, eldest son of the Earl Temple of Stowe
- #Viscount Newry, eldest son of the Earl of Kilmorey
- #Viscount Northland, eldest son of the Earl of Ranfurly
- #Viscount Anson, eldest son of the Earl of Lichfield
- #Viscount Granville, eldest son of the Earl Granville
- #Lord Howard of Effingham, eldest son of the Earl of Effingham
- #Lord Ducie, eldest son of the Earl of Ducie
- #Lord Worsley, eldest son of the Earl of Yarborough
- #Viscount Coke, eldest son of the Earl of Leicester
- #Viscount Campden, eldest son of the Earl of Gainsborough
- #Viscount Enfield, eldest son of the Earl of Strafford
- #Viscount Dangan, eldest son of the Earl Cowley
- #Viscount Ednam, eldest son of the Earl of Dudley
- #Viscount Tarbat, eldest son of the Earl of Cromartie
- #Viscount Carlton, eldest son of the Earl of Wharncliffe
- #Viscount Garmoyle, eldest son of the Earl Cairns
- #Viscount Wolmer, eldest son of the Earl of Selborne
- #Lord Medway, eldest son of the Earl of Cranbrook
- #Viscount Errington, eldest son of the Earl of Cromer
- #Viscount Hawkesbury, eldest son of the Earl of Liverpool
- #Viscount Borodale, eldest son of the Earl Beatty
- #Viscount Dawick, eldest son of the Earl Haig
- #Viscount Asquith, eldest son of the Earl of Oxford
- #Viscount Jellicoe, eldest son of the Earl Jellicoe
- #Viscount Clanfield, eldest son of the Earl Peel
- #Lord Irwin, eldest son of the Earl of Halifax
- #Viscount Ruthven of Canberra, eldest son of the Earl of Gowrie
- #Viscount Gwynedd, eldest son of the Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor
- #Lord Brabourne, eldest son of the Countess Mountbatten of Burma
- #Viscount Linley, eldest son of the Earl of Snowdon
- #Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden, eldest son of the Earl of Stockton
- The Lord Frederick Windsor, a member of the extended Royal Family.
- Younger sons of Marquesses
- The Lords Spiritual
- #The Bishop of London (The Rt Rev and Rt Hon Richard Chartres)
- #The Bishop of Durham (The Rt Rev Tom Wright)
- #The Bishop of Winchester (The Rt Rev Michael Scott-Joynt)
- #Other Church of England Diocesan Bishops, according to seniority of consecration
- #Suffragan Bishops, according to seniority of consecration
- #Retired Church of England Diocesan Bishops, according to seniority of consecration
- Secretaries of State, if of the degree of a Baron
- Barons and Lords of Parliament
- The Royal Household
- #Commissioners of the Great Seal (office obsolete)
- #Treasurer of the Household (Bob Ainsworth, also Chief Deputy Whip)
- #Comptroller of the Household (Thomas McAvoy)
- #Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (John Heppell)
- Secretaries of State under the degree of Baron:
- #The Rt Hon. Jack Straw
- #The Rt Hon. John Hutton
- #The Rt Hon. Alistair Darling
- #The Rt Hon. John Reid
- #The Rt Hon. Paul Murphy
- #The Rt Hon. Geoff Hoon
- #The Rt Hon. Andrew Smith
- #The Rt Hon. Charles Clarke
- Eldest sons of Viscounts
- # List Omitted.
- Younger sons of Earls
- # List Omitted.
- Eldest sons of Barons
- # List Omitted.
Knights, Privy Counsellors, Judges, Baronets et al.
- Knights of the Garter:
- #The Lord Richardson of Duntisbourne
- #The Lord Carrington of Bulcot Lodge
- #HRH the Duke of Kent
- #The Duke of Wellington
- #The Lord Bramall
- #The Viscount Ridley
- #The Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover
- #The Lord Ashburton
- #The Lord Kingsdown
- #Sir Ninian Stephen
- #Sir Edmund Hillary''
- #Sir Timothy James Alan Colman''
- #HRH the Duke of Gloucester
- #The Duke of Abercorn
- #Sir Erskine William Gladstone of Fasque and Balfour, Bt.''
- #The Lord Inge
- #Sir Anthony Arthur Acland''
- #The Duke of Westminster
- #The Lord Butler of Brockwell
- #The Lord Morris of Aberavon
- #The Lord Bingham of Cornhill
- #The Rt. Hon. Sir John Major''
- Knights of the Thistle:
- #HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
- #The Earl of Wemyss and March
- #Sir Donald Hamish Cameron''
- #The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensbury
- #The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine
- #The Lord Thomson of Monifieth
- #The Earl of Airlie
- #Sir Iain Mark Tennant
- #The Viscount of Arbuthnott
- #The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres
- #The Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden
- #The Lord Mackay of Clashfern
- #The Lord Wilson of Tillyorn
- #The Lord Robertson
- Knights of St Patrick (order obsolete)
- Privy Counsellors
- Certain Officials and Senior Judges
- #Chancellor of the Order of the Garter (The Lord Bishop of Oxford)
- #Chancellor of the Exchequer (The Rt Hon. Gordon Brown)
- #Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (The Rt Hon. Alan Milburn)
- #Lord Chief Justice of England (The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers)
- #Master of the Rolls (The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Clarke)
- #''Lord President of the Family Division of the High Court (The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Potter)
- #''Lords Justices of Appeal
- #''Judges of the High Court
- Younger sons of Viscounts
- Younger sons of Barons
- Baronets
- Knights Grand Cross or Grand Commander
- #Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
- #Knights Grand Commanders of the Order of the Star of India (order obsolete)
- #Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
- #Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (order obsolete)
- #Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
- #Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
- Knights Commander
- #Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- #Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
- #Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- #Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
- #Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
- #Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Knights Bachelor
- Certain Officials
- #Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster (Mr Justice Lloyd)
- #Recorder of London (Michael Hyam)
- #Recorder of Manchester and of Liverpool (in order of appointment):
- ##Recorder of Manchester (Judge Maddison)
- ##Recorder of Liverpool (Judge Globe)
- #Common Serjeant (Judge Beaumont)
- Judges junior to those of the High Court
- #Circuit Judges
- #Master of the Court of Protection (Denzil Lush)
- Members of Orders
- #Companions of the Order of the Bath
- #Companions of the Order of the Star of India
- #Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- #Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire
- #Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
- #Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- #Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- #Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order
- #Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- #Companions of the Imperial Service Order
Eldest Sons of Various Grades
- Eldest sons of younger sons of hereditary peers or hereditary peeresses
- Eldest sons of Baronets
- Eldest sons of Knights
- #Eldest sons of Knights of the Garter
- #Eldest sons of Knights of the Thistle
- #Eldest sons of Knights of St Patrick
- #Eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross or Knights Grand Commander
- ##Eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
- ##Eldest sons of Knights Grand Commander of the Star of India
- ##Eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
- ##Eldest sons of Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
- ##Eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
- ##Eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
- #Eldest sons of Knights Commander
- ##Eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- ##Eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
- ##Eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- ##Eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
- ##Eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
- ##Eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- #Eldest sons of Knights Bachelor
Members of Orders
- Members of the Royal Victorian Order
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
Younger Sons of Various Grades
- Younger sons of Baronets
- Younger sons of Knights
- #Younger sons of Knights of the Garter
- #Younger sons of Knights of the Thistle
- #Younger sons of Knights of St Patrick
- #Younger sons of Knights Grand Cross or Knights Grand Commander
- ##Younger sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
- ##Younger sons of Knights Grand Commander of the Star of India
- ##Younger sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
- ##Younger sons of Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
- ##Younger sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
- ##Younger sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
- #Younger sons of Knights Commander
- ##Younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- ##Younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
- ##Younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- ##Younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
- ##Younger sons of Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
- ##Younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- #Younger sons of Knights Bachelor
Lesser Titles
- King's Scholars
- Queen's Scholars
- Esquires
- Gentlemen
Ladies
Members of the Royal Family
- The Sovereign (HM Queen Elizabeth II)
- HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
- HRH The Countess of Wessex
- HRH The Princess Royal
- HRH Princess Beatrice of York
- HRH Princess Eugenie of York
- Lady Louise Windsor
- HRH The Duchess of Gloucester
- HRH The Duchess of Kent
- HRH Princess Michael of Kent
- HRH Princess Alexandra, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy
High Officers of State, et al
- The Lord President of the Council (The Baroness Amos)
- Commonwealth Prime Ministers, while visiting the UK, in order of appointment
- Ambassadors and High Commissioners in order of arrival
Nobility, et al
- Duchesses
- Certain members of the Royal Family
- #Countess of Ulster, wife of the Earl of Ulster
- #Countess of St Andrews, wife of the Earl of St Andrews
- #The Lady Davina Lewis, eldest daughter of the Duke of Gloucester
- #The Lady Rose Windsor, younger daughter of the Duke of Gloucester
- #The Lady Helen Taylor, eldest daughter of the Duke of Kent
- Marchionesses
- Wives of Dukes' eldest sons
- Daughters of Dukes not married to peers
- Countesses
- Wives of Marquesses' eldest sons
- Lady Gabriella Windsor, member of the extended Royal Family.
- Marquesses' daughters not married to peers
- Wives of Dukes' younger sons
- Viscountesses
- Wives of eldest sons of Earls or of Countesses in their own right
- Earls' daughters not married to peers
- Wives of Marquesses' younger sons
- Secretaries of State, if of the degree of a Baron:
- #The Baroness Amos
- Baronesses and wives or female holders of Lordships of Parliament
- Secretaries of State:
- #The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett
- #The Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt
- #The Rt Hon Tessa Jowell
- Wives of Viscounts' eldest sons
- Viscounts' daughters not married to peers
- Wives of younger sons of Earls or of Countesses in their own right
- Wives of eldest sons of Barons or Baronesses
- Daughters of Barons or Baronesses not married to peers
- Wives of Viscounts' younger sons
- Wives of younger sons of Barons or Baronesses
Ladies and Dames, et al
- Ladies of the Garter:
- #HRH The Princess Royal
- #HRH Princess Alexandra, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy
- #The Baroness Thatcher
- #The Lady Soames
- Ladies of the Thistle:
- #HRH The Princess Royal
- #Lady Marion Fraser
- Wives of Knights of the Garter
- #HM Queen Elizabeth II
- #HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
- #HRH The Duchess of Gloucester
- #HRH The Duchess of Kent
- #The Duchess of Grafton
- #The Lady Richardson of Duntisbourne
- #The Lady Carrington
- #The Duchess of Wellington
- #The Lady Bramall
- #The Viscountess Ridley
- #The Lady Sainsbury of Preston Candover
- #The Lady Ashburton
- #The Lady Kingsdown
- #Lady Hillary
- #Lady Mary Colman
- #The Duchess of Abercorn
- #The Lady Inge
- #Lady Acland
- #The Duchess of Westminster
- #The Lady Butler of Brockwell
- #The Lady Morris of Aberavon
- #Lady Major
- #The Lady Bingham of Cornhill
- Wives of Knights of the Thistle
- #HM Queen Elizabeth II
- #HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
- #The Countess of Wemyss
- #The Duchess of Buccleuch
- #The Countess of Elgin
- #The Lady Thomson of Monifieth
- #The Countess of Airlie
- #The Lady Margaret Tennant
- #The Viscountess of Arbuthnott
- #The Countess of Crawford
- #The Lady Macfarlane of Bearsden
- #The Lady Mackay of Clashfern
- #The Lady Wilson of Tillyorn
- #The Lady Steel of Aikwood
- #The Lady Robertson of Port Ellen
- Privy Counsellors
- Certain Judges
- #Lords Justices of Appeal
- #Judges of the High Court
- Wives of Baronets
- Dames Grand Cross
- #Dames Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
- #Dames Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
- #Dames Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
- #Dames Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
- Wives of Knights Grand Cross and Grand Commander
- #Wives of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
- #Wives of Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India
- #Wives of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
- #Wives of Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
- #Wives of Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
- #Wives of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
- Dames Commander
- #Dames Commander of the Order of the Bath
- #Dames Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- #Dames Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
- #Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Circuit Judges
- Wives of Knights Commander
- #Wives of Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- #Wives of Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
- #Wives of Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- #Wives of Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
- #Wives of Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
- #Wives of Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Wives of Knights Bachelor
Members of Orders, et al
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- Wives of Members of Orders
- #Wives of Companions of the Order of the Bath
- #Wives of Companions of the Order of the Star of India
- #Wives of Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- #Wives of Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire
- #Wives of Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
- #Wives of Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- #Wives of Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Wives of Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order
- Wives of Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Companions of the Imperial Service Order
- Wives of Companions of the Imperial Service Order
Wives and Daughters of Peers, Baronets, and Knights, et al
- Wives of the eldest sons of sons of peers or peeresses
- Daughters of sons of peers or peeresses
- Wives of the eldest sons of Baronets
- Daughters of Baronets
- Wives of eldest sons of Knights
- #Wives of eldest sons of Knights of the Garter
- #Wives of eldest sons of Knights of the Thistle
- #Wives of eldest sons of Knights of St Patrick
- #Wives of eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross or Grand Commander
- ##Wives of eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
- ##Wives of eldest sons of Knights Grand Commander of the Star of India
- ##Wives of eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
- ##Wives of eldest sons of Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
- ##Wives of eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
- ##Wives of eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
- #Wives of eldest sons of Knights Commander
- ##Wives of eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- ##Wives of eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
- ##Wives of eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- ##Wives of eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
- ##Wives of eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
- ##Wives of eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Daughters of Knights
- #Daughters of Knights of the Garter
- #Daughters of Knights of the Thistle
- #Daughters of Knights of St Patrick
- #Daughters of Knights Grand Cross or Grand Commander
- ##Daughters of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
- ##Daughters of Knights Grand Commander of the Star of India
- ##Daughters of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
- ##Daughters of Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
- ##Daughters of Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
- ##Daughters of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
- #Daughters of Knights Commander
- ##Daughters of Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- ##Daughters of Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
- ##Daughters of Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- ##Daughters of Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
- ##Daughters of Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
- ##Daughters of Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Members of the Royal Victorian Order
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Wives of Members of the Royal Victorian Order
- Wives of Members of the Order of the British Empire
Wives of Younger Sons
- Wives of younger sons of Baronets
- Wives of younger sons of Knights
- #Wives of younger sons of Knights of the Garter
- #Wives of younger sons of Knights of the Thistle
- #Wives of younger sons of Knights of St Patrick
- #Wives of younger sons of Knights Grand Cross or Knights Grand Commander
- ##Wives of younger sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
- ##Wives of younger sons of Knights Grand Commander of the Star of India
- ##Wives of younger sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
- ##Wives of younger sons of Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
- ##Wives of younger sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
- ##Wives of younger sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
- #Wives of younger sons of Knights Commander
- ##Wives of younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- ##Wives of younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
- ##Wives of younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- ##Wives of younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
- ##Wives of younger sons of Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
- ##Wives of younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Local Precedence
- The Lord Lieutenant of the County:
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (Sam Whitbread)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (Philip Wroughton)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of the City of Bristol (Jay Tidmarsh)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (Henry Egerton Aubrey-Fletcher)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (Hugh Duberly)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire (William Bromley Davenport)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Clwyd (Trefor Jones)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall (Mary Holborow)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Cumbria (James Cropper)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire (John Bather)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Devon (Eric Dancer)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Dorset (Valerie Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Durham (Sir Paul Nicholson)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Dyfed (The Lord Morris of Aberavon)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex (Phyllidia Stewart-Roberts)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire (Elizabeth Susan Cunliffe-Lister)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Essex (The Lord Petre)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire (Henry Elwes)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Greater London (The Lord Imbert)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester (Sir John Timmins)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Gwent (Simon Boyle)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Gwynedd (Huw Morgan Daniel)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (Mary Fagan)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire (Sir Thomas Dunne)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire (Simon Alexander Bowes-Lyon)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight (Sir Christopher Bland)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Kent (Allan Willett)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (The Lord Shuttleworth)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire (Jenny Gretton)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire (Bridget Cracroft-Eley)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside (Alan Waterworth)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Mid Glamorgan (Katherine Thomas)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk (Richard Jewson)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (Juliet Townsend)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland (Sir John Riddell, Baronet)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire (The Lord Crathorne)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire (Sir Andrew Buchanan)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Powys (Shân Legge-Bourke)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (Hugo Brunner)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Rutland (Laurence Howard)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire (Algernon Heber-Percy)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (Elizabeth Gass)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan (Norman Lloyd-Edwards)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire (David Moody)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (James Hawley)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk (The Lord Tollemache)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Surrey (Sarah Goad)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear (Nigel Sherlock)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire (Sir Adam Butler)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of West Glamorgan (Robert Hastie)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of the West Midlands (Bob Taylor)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex (Hugh Wyatt)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire (John Bush)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire (Michael Brinton)
- *HM Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire (Dr Ingrid Roscoe)
- The High Sheriff of the County:
- *The High Sheriff of Bedfordshire (Richard Lewin Banks)
- *The High Sheriff of Berkshire (Malcolm Kimmins)
- *The High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire (The Hon. Richard Godber)
- *The High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire (David Riddington)
- *The High Sheriff of Cheshire (Diana McConnell)
- *The High Sheriff of the City of Bristol (Helen Thornhill)
- *The High Sheriff of Clwyd (Nicholas Bankes)
- *The High Sheriff of Cumbria (Antony Leeming)
- *The High Sheriff of Derbyshire (John Rudd)
- *The High Sheriff of Devon (Philip Tuckett)
- *The High Sheriff of Dorset (Eleanor Weld)
- *The High Sheriff of Durham (Peter Cook)
- *The High Sheriff of Dyfed (Evan Evans)
- *The High Sheriff of East Sussex (Alastair Ainslie)
- *The High Sheriff of East Riding of Yorkshire (Hugh Bethell)
- *The High Sheriff of Essex (Mark Thomasin-Foster)
- *The High Sheriff of Gloucestershire (Deborah Hutton)
- *The High Sheriff of Greater London (Michael Ingall)
- *The High Sheriff of Gwent (David Milner)
- *The High Sheriff of Gwynedd (Robin Price)
- *The High Sheriff of Hampshire (The Hon. Frances Hoare)
- *The High Sheriff of Herefordshire (Georgina Britten-Long)
- *The High Sheriff of Hertfordshire (Lady Lyell)
- *The High Sheriff of the Isle of Wight (Judith Hammer)
- *The High Sheriff of Kent (Anthony Monteuuis)
- *The High Sheriff of Leicestershire (Julien Birchall)
- *The High Sheriff of Lincolnshire (Paul Pumfrey)
- *The High Sheriff of Mid Glamorgan (John Kendall)
- *The High Sheriff of Norfolk (Sir John Bagge)
- *The High Sheriff of Northamptonshire (John Nicholson)
- *The High Sheriff of Northumberland (Jennifer Gibson)
- *The High Sheriff of North Yorkshire (Simon Bostock)
- *The High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire (William Parente)
- *The High Sheriff of Oxfordshire (Ian Laing)
- *The High Sheriff of Powys (Penelope Bourdillon)
- *The High Sheriff of Rutland (Mary Lloyd)
- *The High Sheriff of Shropshire (Julian Morgan)
- *The High Sheriff of Somerset (Brian Tanner)
- *The High Sheriff of South Glamorgan (Josephine Homfray)
- *The High Sheriff of South Yorkshire (David Moody)
- *The High Sheriff of Staffordshire (Sir Stanley Clarke)
- *The High Sheriff of Suffolk (John Thurlow)
- *The High Sheriff of Surrey (Andrew Wates)
- *The High Sheriff of Tyne and Wear (James Wright)
- *The High Sheriff of Warwickshire (Roger Wiglesworth)
- *The High Sheriff of West Glamorgan (Jane Clayton)
- *The High Sheriff of West Midlands (Michael Evans)
- *The High Sheriff of West Sussex (Mark Scrase-Dickins)
- *The High Sheriff of West Yorkshire (Tim Hare)
- *The High Sheriff of Wiltshire (David Newbigging)
- *The High Sheriff of Worcestershire (Georgina Britten-Long)
- The Lord Mayor:
- *The Lord Mayor of Birmingham (John Hood)
- *The Lord Mayor of Bradford (Allan Hillary)
- *The Lord Mayor of Canterbury (Nick Eden-Green)
- *The Lord Mayor of Cardiff (Jacqui Gasson)
- *The Lord Mayor of Chester (Barry Cowper)
- *The Lord Mayor of Coventry (Ken Taylor)
- *The Lord Mayor of Exeter (Margaret Danks)
- *The Lord Mayor of Kingston-upon-Hull (Ken Branson)
- *The Lord Mayor of Leeds (William S Hyde)
- *The Lord Mayor of Leicester (Ramnik Kavia)
- *The Lord Mayor of Liverpool (Ron Gould)
- *The Lord Mayor of London (Robert Finch)
- *The Lord Mayor of Manchester (Audrey Jones)
- *The Lord Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Margaret Carter)
- *The Lord Mayor of Norwich (Christopher Southgate)
- *The Lord Mayor of Nottingham (Brent Charlesworth)
- *The Lord Mayor of Oxford (Patrick Stannard)
- *The Lord Mayor of Plymouth (David Stark)
- *The Lord Mayor of Portsmouth (Tom Blair)
- *The Lord Mayor of Sheffield (Roger Davison)
- *The Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent (Clive Brian)
- *The Lord Mayor of Swansea (Lawrence Bailey)
- *The Lord Mayor of Westminster (Jan Prendergast)
- *The Lord Mayor of York (Janet Greenwood)
- The (Elected) Mayor
- The Chairman of the County Council:
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Bedfordshire (Richard G Baker BEM)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Buckinghamshire (Richard Pushman)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Cambridgeshire (Robin Driver)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Cheshire (Nora Dolphin)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Cornwall (Phil Tregunna)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Cumbria (Joe Nicholson)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Derbyshire (Charles Cutting)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Devon (Anthony Drake)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Dorset (John Peake)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Durham (Coun Fenwick)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of East Sussex (Roger Thomas)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Essex (Anthony Peel)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Gloucestershire (Albert Cook)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Hampshire (Margaret Snaith)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Herefordshire Council (Peter Harling)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Hertfordshire (Keith Emsall)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Isle of Wight (Heather Humby)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Kent (Brenda Trench)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Lancashire (Vali Patel)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Leicestershire (David Knaggs)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Lincolnshire (Peter Bray)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Norfolk (Neville Chapman)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Northamptonshire (Mike Boss)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Northumberland (John Morris)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of North Yorkshire (Clifford Wilson)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Nottinghamshire (Reg Strauther)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Oxfordshire (David Turner)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Rutland (Chris Parsons)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Shropshire (Adrian Coles)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Somerset (Robin Bush)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Staffordshire (Edward Boden)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Suffolk (Jeremy Clover)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Surrey (Sheila Gruselle)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Warwickshire (Mota Singh)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of West Sussex (Margaret Johnson)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Wiltshire (Gerry Willmott)
- *The Chairman of the County Council of Worcestershire (Edward Sheldon)
- The Deputy Mayor
- Aldermen
- Councillors
- Justices of the Peace
- The Clerk of the County Council
- The Town Clerk
- The Chief Constable
- The County Engineer or Borough Engineer
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