PRECEDENCE 667 lege of Arms, may perhaps assist towards the solution of some of the problems which occasionally arise in ordinary society. 1. Ecclesiastical Precedence. (I) Archbishop of Canterbury ; (2) archbishop of York ; (3) archbishop of Armagh ; (4) archbishop of Dublin ; (5) bishop ol London ; (6) bishop of Durham ; (7) bishop of Winchester ; (8) other bishops of England ; (9) bishop of Meath ; (10) other bishops of Ireland ; (11) suffragan bishops of England ; (12) bishop of Sodor and Man ; (13) bishops of Scotland ; (14) colonial bishops ; (15) deans of cathedrals ; (10) archdeacons ; (17) canons ; (18) rural deans ; (19) rectors ; (20) vicars ; (21) curates. 2. Legal Precedence. (1) Lord chancellor of Great Britain ; (2) lord chancellor of Ireland ; (3) lords of appeal in ordinary in the House of Lords ; (4) members of the judicial committee of the privy council ; (5) lord chief justice of England ; (6) loril justice-general and president of the Court of Session of Scotland ; (7) lord chief justice of Ireland ; (8) master of the rolls in England ; (9) lord justice-clerk and president of the second division of the Court of Session of Scotland ; (10) master of the rolls in Ireland ; (11) lords justices of appeal in England ; (12) lords chief justice of the Common Pleas, chief baron of the Exchequer, and justices of appeal in Ireland ; (13) vice-chancellor in England ; (14) vice-chancellor in Ireland ; (15) judges of the High Court of Justice in England ; (16) senators of the College of J ustice in Scotland ; (17) judges of the High Court of Justice in Ireland ; (18) attorney-general for England ; (19) lord advocate of Scotland; (20) attorney-general for Ireland; (21) solicitor-general for England ; (22) solicitor-general for Scotland ; (23) solicitor-general for Ireland ; (24) queen s counsel ; (2.5) serjeants-at-law ; (20) masters in lunacy ; orae . 3. Military Precedence. (I) Field - marshals ; (2) generals; (3) lieutenant- generals ; (4) major-generals, inspectors-general of hospitals after three years service or with an army in the field, and commissaries-general ; (5) brigadier- generals, deputy paymasters-general, and inspectors-general of hospitals of under three years service and not with an army in the field ; (6) colonels, deputy judge advocate, and deputy inspectors-general of hospitals after five years service ; (7) lieutenant-colonels, deputy commissaries-general after five years service, deputy inspectors-general of hospitals, and surgeon-majors ; (8) majors, deputy commissaries-general under five years service, assistant com missaries-general, inspectors of army accounts, staff or regimental surgeons, chaplains attached to brigades, deputy judge advocates if not at the head of their department, storekeepers of the ordnance, and barrack masters of the first and second classes ; (9) captains, deputy assistant commissaries-general, assistant deputy paymasters-general, regimental paymasters, principal examiner of military accounts, staff or regimental assistant surgeons after ten years service, veterinary surgeons after twenty years service, chaplains attached to regiments, deputy storekeepers of the ordnance, and barrack masters of the third and fourth classes;! (10) lieutenants, acting deputy assistant com missaries-general, examiners of military accounts, assistant surgeons, apothe caries of less than fifteen years service, deputy medical purveyors, and veterinary surgeons after ten years service ; (11) second lieutenants, com missariat clerks, clerks in the paymaster -general s and military accounts (4) rear-admirals and inspectors-general of hospitals and fleets ; (5) commodores ; (ti) captains of over three years seniority, deputy inspectors-general of hospitals and fleets, secretaries to admirals of the fleet, paymaster-in-chief, chief inspec tors of machinery, and inspectors of machinery of eight years standing ; (7) captains of under three years seniority ; (8) start" captains, secretaries to com manders-in-chief of five years standing, and inspectors of machinery of under eight years standing ; (9) commanders ; (10) staff commanders, fleet surgeons, secretaries to commanders-in-chief of under five years standing, paymasters of fifteen years , chief engineers of ten, and naval instructors of fifteen years standing ; (11) lieutenants of eight years seniority ; (12) navigating lieutenants of eight years seniority, staff surgeons, secretaries to junior flag officers, pay masters of eight, naval instructors of eight, and chief engineers of under ten years standing ; (13) lieutenants of under eight years seniority ; (14) navigating lieutenants of under eight years seniority, surgeons, secretaries to commodores of the second class, paymasters and naval instructors of under eight and assistant paymasters and engineers of over eight years standing ; (15) sub-lieu tenants ; (10) navigating sub-lieutenants, assistant paymasters and engineers of under eight years standing, chief carpenters, and assistant engineers ; (17) chief gunners and chief boatswains ; (18) gunners, boatswains, and carpenters ; (19) midshipmen and clerks ; (20) naval cadets and assistant clerks. 5. Relative Military and Naval Precedence. (1) Field-marshals with admirals of the fleet ; (2) generals with admirals ; (3) lieutenant-generals with vice- admirals ; (4) major-generals with rear-admirals; (5) brigadier -generals with commodores ; (0) colonels with captains of over three years seniority ; (7) lieu tenant-colonels with captains of under three years seniority and staff captains, and before commanders and staff commanders ; (8) majors with lieutenants and navigating lieutenants of eight years seniority ; (9) captains with lieutenants and navigating lieutenants of under eight years seniority ; (10) lieutenants with sub-lieutenants and navigating sub-lieutenants ; (11) second lieutenants with midshipmen. 6. Diplomatic and Consular Precedence. (1) Ambassadors immediately after the royal family and the sons and brothers of sovereigns, .and before arch bishops, great officers of state, and dukes ; (2) envoys and ministers accredited to the sovereign after dukes and before marquesses ; (3) charges d affaires who are accredited, not to the sovereign, but to the minister of foreign affairs, have no recognized general precedence ; (4) military or naval attaches of higher rank than colonel in the army or captain in the navy, next to the head of the mission (5) agents-general and consuls-general with but after major-generals and rear- admirals ; (0) consuls-general with but after brigadier-generals and commo dores ; (7) secretaries of embassy ; (8) secretaries of legation ; (9) military or naval attaches of or under the rank of colonel in the army or captain in the navy, next to the secretary of embassy or legation ; (10) consuls with but aftei colonels in the army and captains in the navy ; (11) second secretaries of em bassy ; (12) second secretaries of legation ; (13) vice-consuls with but after majors in the army and lieutenants in the navy of eight years seniority ; (14) third secretaries of embassy ; (15) third secretaries of legation ; (10) consular agents with but after captains in the army and lieutenants in the navy of undei eight years seniority ; (17) attaches. 7. Colonial Precedence generally. (I) The governor or lieutenant-governor or officer administering the government ; (2) general in command of the troops and admiral in command of the naval forces ; (3) the bishop ; (4) the chie justice ; (5) colonel or lieutenant-colonel in command of the troops and the officer of equivalent rank in command of the naval forces ; (0) members of th~ 1 Town or fort majors, if officers under the rank of captain, rank as the junior captains in the garrison, and apothecaries after fifteen years service rank immediately before lieutenants.
- xecutive council ; (7) president of the legislative council ; (8) members of
he legislative council ; (9) speaker of the house of assembly ; (10) puisne udges"; (11) members of the house of assembly ; (12) colonial secretary not >eing in the executive council ; (13) commissioners or Government agents of irovinces or districts ; (14) attorney-general ; (15) solicitor-general ; (10) major >r other senior officer in command of the troops and the officer of equivalent auk in command of the naval forces ; (17) the archdeacon ; (18) treasurer, pay- naster-general, or collectorof internal revenue ; (19) auditor-general or inspector >f geneVal accounts ; (20) commissioner of crown lands ; (21) collector of customs ; (22) comptroller of customs ; (23) surveyor-general ; (24) clerk of the executive council ; (25) clerk of the legislative council ; (20) clerk of the house I assembly. 8. Precedence in the Dominion of Canada. (1) The governor-general or officer -ministering the government; (2) general commanding the troops and admiral commanding the naval forces ; (3) lieutenant-governor of Ontario ; 4) lieutenant-governor of Quebec ; (5) lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia ; (6) ieutenant- governor of New Brunswick; (7) archbishops and bishops; (8) aembers of the cabinet ; (9) speaker of the Senate ; (10) chief judges of the jourts of law and equity ; (11) members of the privy council ; (12) generals ind admirals not in chief command ; (13) colonel in command of the troops and aval officer of equivalent rank in command of the naval forces ; (14) members .f the Senate; (15) speaker of the House of Commons ; (10) puisne judges; 17) members of the House of Commons ; (18) members of provincial executive .ative assemblies within their province. 9. Precedence in the Indian Empire. (I) Governor -general and viceroy of India ; (2) governors of Madras and Bombay ; (3) president of the council of the 7) chief justice of Bengal; (8) bishop of Calcutta, metropolitan of India; (9) ordinary members of the council of the governor-general ; (10) commanders-in- chief in Madras and Bombay ; (11) eommander-in-chief of the naval forces un less senior in relative rank to the above ; (12) chief justices of Madras, Bombay, and the North-West Provinces ; (13) bishops of .Madras and Bombay ; (14) ordi nary members of council in Madras and Bombay ; (15) chief commissioners and resident at Hyderabad, and agents to the governor-general in Rajputana, Cen tral India, arid Baroda ; (10) puisne judges of the High Courts of Calcutta, Madras Bombay, and the North-West Provinces ; (17) military officers above major-generals ; (18) additional members of the councils of the governor-general ; (19) secretaries to the Government of India ; (20) commissioner in Bind ; (21) judges of the Chief Court in the Punjab ; (22) additional members of the councils of the governors of Madras and Bombay ; (23) chief secretaries to the Govern ments of Madras and Bombay ; (24) members of the legislative council of the 1 I I tl(l < H ll I ( -!^i 1 M I ill, VjUlCULlcl , V* / " l * *-" <* ^" O^ 11 ^ ** > *-* *-,-> j (29) members of the boards of revenue, Bengal, Madras, and the North-West Provinces, and commissioners of revenue and customs, Bombay ; (30) financial commissioner, Punjab; (31) judicial commissioners and recorder of Rangoon; (32) comptroller-general of accounts in India ; (33) commissioners of divisions within their own divisions, and residents, political agents, and superintendents, on pay of Rs.2000 per mensem or more (not being collectors or deputy com missioners of British districts), within their own charges ; (34) civil and military secretaries to Governments of Madras and Bombay, and civil secretaries to Governments of Bengal, North-West Provinces, and Punjab; (35) surveyor- police, Calcutta ; (41) private secretary to the viceroy ; (42) residents, political tary commissioner of the Government of India ; (40) superintendent of the Geolo- ical Survey ; (47) inspector - general of forests in India ; (48) standing council to the Government of India; (49) military accountant-general; (50) survey, Madras, survey and settlement commissioners, Bombay, and com- lissioner of settlements, Punjab; (54) remembrancers of legal affairs and overnment advocates in the North -AVest Provinces, the ^Punjab, and in: ra lectors an<T magistrates of districts, deputy superintendent of Port Blair, and the chief officer of each presidency municipality, within their respective charges ; (57) officers of the first class graded list of civil offices not reserved for members of the Covenanted Civil Service. Third class : (58) civilians of eighteen years standing and lieutenant - colonels ; (59) political agents and superintendents military secretary to the Government, runjao, anu civu : administrations ; (01) private secretaries to governors ; (02) directors of public instruction under local administrations ; (03) administrators-general, Calcutta, guara: secreta: nteed railways, Luck now, and chief and superintending engineers whe_n varies to local administrations or to agents to the governor-general ; (6,) .strations ; (OS) senior chaplains ; reserved for members of the Covenanted Civil Service. 2 2 "All ladies to take place according to the rank herein assigned to their respective husbands, with the exception of wives of Peers and of ladies having precedence in England independently of their husbands and who are not in rank below the daughters of Barons, such ladies to take place according t ir several ranks with reference to such precedence in England immediately er the wives of members of council at the presidencies in India (hoyal
Warrant, IStli October 1870).