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TABLE OF PRECEDENCY AMONG MEN.


The Sovereign.
The Prince of Wales.
Younger Sons of the Sovereign.
Grandsons of the Sovereign.
Brothers of the Sovereign.
Uncles of the Sovereign.
The Sovereign's Brothers' or Sisters' Sons.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Primate of All England.
The Lord High Chancellor, or Lord Keeper.
The Archbishop of York, Primate of England.
The present Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of Ireland.
The present Archbishop of Dublin.
The Lord High Treasurer. ([1])[2]
|The Lord President of the Privy Council.[2]
|The Lord Privy Seal.[2]
|The Lord Great Chamberlain.[2]
|The Lord High Constable. ([1])[3]
The Earl Marshal.[3]
The Lord High Admiral. ([1])[3]
The Lord Steward of Her Majesty's Household,[3]
The Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's household.[3]
Dukes, according to their Patents of Creation, England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, United Kingdom, and of Ireland since the Union.
Eldest Sons of Dukes of the Blood Royal.
Marquises, according to their Patents of Creation, England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland United Kingdom, and of Ireland, since the Union. Dukes’ eldest Sons.
Earls, according to their Patents as aforesaid.
Younger Sons of Dukes of Blood Royal.
Marquises' eldest Sons.
Dukes' younger Sons.
Viscounts, according to their Patents as aforesaid.
Earls' eldest Sons.
Marquises’'younger Sons.
Bishops of London, Durham, and Winchester.
All other English Bishops, according to their Seniority of Consecration.
The present Bishop of Meath.
All other Irish Bishops, consecrated before the passing of the Irish Dis-establishment Act 1869, according to their seniority of consecration.
Secretaries of State, if of the degree of a Baron.
Barons, according to their Patents as aforesaid.
Speaker of the House of Commons.
Commissioners of the Great Seal.
Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household.
Comptroller of Her Majesty's Household.
Master of the Horse.
Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household.
Secretaries of State under the degree of Barons.
Viscounts' eldest Sons.
Earls' younger Sons.

Barons' eldest Sons.
[CONTINUED.

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 These great Officers do not at present exist.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 If Barons, Stat. 31 Hen VIII.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Above all Peers of their own degree.