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Order of precedence in England and Wales
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The Order of precedence in England and Wales as of 29 October 2004:

1 Gentlemen

  1. The Sovereign ( Queen Elizabeth II)
  2. HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
  3. HRH The Prince of Wales
  4. HRH The Duke of York
  5. HRH The Earl of Wessex
  6. HRH Prince William of Wales
  7. HRH Prince Harry of Wales
  8. Peter Phillips (the son of HRH The Princess RoyalHer Royal Highness The Princess Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Laurence, formerly Windsor), styled HRH The Princess Royal (born August 15 1950), is a member of the British Royal Family. She is the seventh holder of the title Princess Ro)
  9. The Sovereign's brothers, where such exist (none at present)
  10. The Sovereign's uncles, where such exist (none at present)
  11. Viscount LinleyDavid Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (born November 3, 1961), is the son of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon. He is not the Viscount Linley upon his own right; rather, it is a courtesy, the Queen's nephew
  12. The Hon Charles Armstrong-JonesThe Honourable Charles Patrick Inigo Armstrong-Jones is the son of Viscount Linley and Viscountess Linley. He was born on July 1, 1999, and is 13th in line to the British throne. His first name is in honor of his first cousin once removed, HRH The Prince, the Queen's grand-nephew
  13. Samuel ChattoSamuel David Benedict Chatto is the first son of Daniel Chatto and Lady Sarah Chatto. He was born on July 28, 1996, and is 16th in line to the throne., the Queen's grand-nephew
  14. Arthur ChattoArthur Robert Nathaniel Chatto is the second son of Daniel Chatto and Lady Sarah Chatto. He was born on February 5, 1999, and is 17th in line to the throne., the Queen's grand-nephew
  15. HRH The Duke of GloucesterHis Royal Highness Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Richard Alexander Walter George Windsor), styled HRH The Duke of Gloucester (born August 26, 1944), is a member of the British Royal Family, a grandson of King George V. He has held the title of Duke, grandson of King George V
  16. HRH The Duke of KentThis article is about the present Duke of Kent. For Queen Victoria's father, see Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent. His Royal Highness The Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (Edward George Nicholas Patrick Windsor), styled HRH The Duke of Kent (born 9 October, grandson of King George V
  17. HRH Prince Michael of KentHis Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent (Michael George Charles Franklin Windsor) ( 4 July 1942-) is a member of the British Royal Family. He is a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and first cousin once removed of her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Ed, brother of the Duke of Kent
  18. The Archbishop of Canterbury (The Most Rev and Rt Hon Rowan Williams)
  19. The Lord High Steward (office only in existence for coronations)
  20. The Lord High Chancellor ( The Lord Falconer of Thoroton)
  21. The Archbishop of York (The Most Rev and Rt Hon David Hope)
  22. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (The Rt Hon Tony Blair)
  23. Commonwealth Prime Ministers, while visiting the UK, in order of appointment
  24. The Lord High Treasurer (currently in commission)
  25. The Lord President of the Council (See Order of Precedence for Ladies)
  26. The Speaker of the House of Commons (The Rt Hon Michael Martin)
  27. The Lord Privy Seal (The Rt Hon Peter Hain)
  28. Ambassadors and High Commissioners in order of arrival
  29. The Lord Great Chamberlain (The Marquess of Cholmondeley)
  30. The Lord High Constable (office only in existence for coronations)
  31. The Earl Marshal (The Duke of Norfolk)
  32. The Lord High Admiral (office obsolete)
  33. The Lord Steward of the Household (The Duke of Abercorn)
  34. The Lord Chamberlain of the Household (The Lord Luce)
  35. The Master of the Horse (The Lord Vestey)
  36. Dukes
  37. Earl of Ulster, eldest son of HRH The Duke of Gloucester
  38. Earl of St Andrews, eldest son of HRH The Duke of Kent
  39. Ministers, Envoys, and other very important visitors from foreign countries
  40. Marquesses
  41. Eldest sons of Dukes
    1. Earl of Arundel and Surrey, eldest son of the Duke of Norfolk
    2. Lord Seymour, eldest son of the Duke of Somerset
    3. Earl of March, Darnley, and Kinrara, eldest son of the Duke of Richmond, Lennox, and Gordon
    4. Earl of Euston, eldest son of the Duke of Grafton
    5. Marquess of Worcester, eldest son of the Duke of Beaufort
    6. Earl of Burford, eldest son of the Duke of St Albans
    7. Marquess of Hartington, eldest son of the Duke of Devonshire
    8. Marquess of Blandford, eldest son of the Duke of Marlborough
    9. Marquess of Granby, eldest son of the Duke of Rutland
    10. Marquess of Douglas and Clydedale, eldest son of the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon
    11. Earl of Dalkeith, eldest son of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry
    12. Marquess of Tullibardine, eldest son of the Duke of Atholl
    13. Marquess of Graham, eldest son of the Duke of Montrose
    14. Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford, eldest son of the Duke of Roxburghe
    15. Viscount Mandeville, eldest son of the Duke of Manchester
    16. Earl Percy, eldest son of the Duke of Northumberland
    17. Marquess of Kildare, eldest son of the Duke of Leinster
    18. Marquess of Douro, eldest son of the Duke of Wellington
    19. Marquess of Stafford, eldest son of the Duke of Sutherland
    20. Marquess of Hamilton, eldest son of the Duke of Abercorn
    21. Earl Grosvenor, eldest son of the Duke of Westminster
    22. Earl of Southesk, eldest son of the Duke of Fife
  42. Earls
  43. Younger sons of Dukes of Blood Royal ( Lord Nicholas Windsor )
  44. Eldest sons of Marquesses
    1. Earl of Wiltshire, eldest son of the Marquess of Winchester
    2. Earl of Aboyne, eldest son of the Marquess of Huntly
    3. Viscount Drumlanrig, eldest son of the Marquess of Queensberry
    4. Earl of Ancram, eldest son of the Marquess of Lothian
    5. Earl of Shelburne, eldest son of the Marquess of Lansdowne
    6. Viscount Raynham, eldest son of the Marquess Townshend
    7. Viscount Cranborne, eldest son of the Marquess of Salisbury
    8. Viscount Weymouth, eldest son of the Marquess of Bath
    9. Earl of Yarmouth, eldest son of the Marquess of Hertford
    10. Earl of Dumfries, eldest son of the Marquess of Bute
    11. Earl of Tyrone, eldest son of the Marquess of Waterford
    12. Earl of Hillsborough, eldest son of the Marquess of Downshire
    13. Earl of Belfast, eldest son of the Marquess of Donegall
    14. Earl of Bective, eldest son of the Marquess of Headfort
    15. Viscount Loftus, eldest son of the Marquess of Ely
    16. Lord Burghley, eldest son of the Marquess of Exeter
    17. Earl Compton, eldest son of the Marquess of Northampton
    18. Earl of Brecknock, eldest son of the Marquess Camden
    19. Earl of Uxbridge, eldest son of the Marquess of Anglesey
    20. Viscount Castlereagh, eldest son of the Marquess of Londonderry
    21. Earl of Mount Charles, eldest son of the Marquess Conyngham
    22. Earl of Cardigan, eldest son of the Marquess of Ailesbury
    23. Earl of Mulgrave, eldest son of the Marquess of Normanby
    24. Earl of Lewes, eldest son of the Marquess of Abergavenny
    25. Earl Ronaldshay, eldest son of the Marquess of Zetland
    26. Earl of Hopetoun, eldest son of the Marquess of Linlithgow
    27. Earl of Haddo, eldest son of the Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
    28. Earl of Medina, eldest son of the Marquess of Milford Haven
    29. Viscount Erleigh, eldest son of the Marquess of Reading
  45. Younger sons of Dukes
    1. The Lord Thomas Fitzalan-Howard
    2. The Lord Philip Fitzalan-Howard
    3. The Lord Gerald Fitzalan-Howard
    4. The Lord Michael Fitzalan-Howard
    5. The Lord Mark Fitzalan-Howard
    6. The Lord Charles Seymour
    7. The Lord Francis Seymour
    8. The Lord Nicholas Gordon-Lennox
    9. The Lord Charles FitzRoy
    10. The Lord Edward FitzRoy
    11. The Lord Edward Somerset
    12. The Lord John Somerset
    13. The Lord Peter Beauclerk
    14. The Lord James Beauclerk
    15. The Lord John Beauclerk
    16. The Lord Robin Russell
    17. The Lord James Russell
    18. The Lord Rudolf Russell
    19. The Lord Francis Russell
    20. The Lord Hugh Russell
    21. The Lord Edward Spencer-Churchill
    22. The Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill
    23. The Lord Hugo Manners
    24. The Lord Edward Manners
    25. The Lord Roger Manners
    26. The Lord John Douglas-Hamilton
    27. The Lord Selkirk of Douglas (as a son of a Duke of Hamilton, he ranks higher than he does through his own life peerage)
    28. The Lord Patrick Douglas-Hamilton
    29. The Lord David Douglas-Hamilton
    30. The Lord John Montagu-Douglas-Scott
    31. The Lord Damian Montagu-Douglas-Scott
    32. The Lord Colin Campbell
    33. The Lord Craig Murray
    34. The Lord Ronald Graham
    35. The Lord Donald Graham
    36. The Lord Edward Innes-Ker
    37. The Lord George Innes-Ker
    38. The Lord Robert Innes-Ker
    39. The Lord Kimble Montagu
    40. The Lord Max Percy
    41. The Lord James Percy
    42. The Lord John FitzGerald
    43. The Lord Adrian FitzGerald
    44. The Lord Richard Wellesley
    45. The Lord John Wellesley
    46. The Lord James Wellesley
    47. The Lord Henry Egerton
    48. The Lord Nicholas Hamilton
    49. The Lord Anthony Hamilton
  46. Viscounts
  47. Eldest sons of Earls
  48. Younger sons of Marquesses
  49. The Bishop of London (The Rt Rev and Rt Hon Richard Chartres)
  50. The Bishop of Durham (The Rt Rev Tom Wright)
  51. The Bishop of Winchester (The Rt Rev Michael Scott-Joynt)
  52. Other Church of England Diocesan Bishops, according to seniority of consecration
  53. Suffragan Bishops, according to seniority of consecration
  54. Retired Church of England Diocesan Bishops, according to seniority of consecration
  55. Secretaries of State, if of the degree of a Baron
  56. Barons and Lords of Parliament
  57. Commissioners of the Great Seal (office obsolete)
  58. Treasurer of the Household (Bob Ainsworth, also Chief Deputy Whip)
  59. Comptroller of the Household (Thomas McAvoy)
  60. Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (Jim Fitzpatrick)
  61. Secretaries of State under the degree of Baron:
    1. The Rt Hon Jack Straw
    2. The Rt Hon David Blunkett
    3. The Rt Hon Alistair Darling
    4. The Rt Hon John Reid
    5. The Rt Hon Paul Murphy
    6. The Rt Hon Geoff Hoon
    7. The Rt Hon Andrew Smith
    8. The Rt Hon Charles Clarke
  62. Eldest sons of Viscounts
  63. Younger sons of Earls
  64. Eldest sons of Barons
  65. Knights of the Garter:
    1. The Lord Richardson of Duntisbourne
    2. The Lord Carrington of Bulcot Lodge
    3. HRH the Duke of Kent
    4. The Lord Callaghan of Cardiff
    5. The Duke of Wellington
    6. The Lord Bramall
    7. The Viscount Ridley
    8. The Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover
    9. The Lord Ashburton
    10. The Lord Kingsdown
    11. Sir Ninian Stephen
    12. Sir Edmund Hillary
    13. Sir Timothy James Alan Colman
    14. HRH the Duke of Gloucester
    15. The Duke of Abercorn
    16. Sir Erskine William Gladstone of Fasque and Balfour, Baronet
    17. The Lord Inge
    18. Sir Anthony Arthur Acland
    19. The Duke of Westminster
    20. The Lord Butler of Brockwell
    21. The Lord Morris of Aberavon
  66. Knights of the Thistle:
    1. HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
    2. The Earl of Wemyss and March
    3. Sir Donald Hamish Cameron
    4. The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensbury
    5. The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine
    6. The Lord Thomson of Monifieth
    7. The Earl of Airlie
    8. Sir Iain Mark Tennant
    9. The Viscount of Arbuthbott
    10. The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres
    11. The Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden
    12. The Lord Mackay of Clashfern
    13. The Lord Wilson of Tillyorn
  67. Knights of St Patrick (order obsolete)
  68. Privy Counsellors
  69. Chancellor of the Order of the Garter (The Lord Bishop of Oxford)
  70. Chancellor of the Exchequer (The Rt Hon Gordon Brown)
  71. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Douglas Alexander)
  72. Lord Chief Justice of England (The Lord Woolf)
  73. Master of the Rolls (The Lord Phillips)
  74. Lord President of the Family Division of the High Court (See Order of Precedence for Ladies)
  75. Lords Justices of Appeal
  76. Judges of the High Court
  77. Younger sons of Viscounts
  78. Younger sons of Barons
  79. Baronets
  80. Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
  81. Knights Grand Commanders of the Order of the Star of India (order obsolete)
  82. Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
  83. Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (order obsolete)
  84. Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
  85. Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
  86. Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
  87. Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
  88. Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
  89. Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
  90. Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
  91. Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  92. Knights Bachelor
  93. Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster (Mr Justice Lloyd)
  94. Recorder of London (Michael Hyam)
  95. Recorder of Manchester and of Liverpool (in order of appointment):
    1. Recorder of Manchester (Judge Maddison)
    2. Recorder of Liverpool (Judge Globe)
  96. Common Serjeant (Judge Beaumont)
  97. Circuit Judges
  98. Master of the Court of Protection (Denzil Lush)
  99. Companions of the Order of the Bath
  100. Companions of the Order of the Star of India
  101. Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
  102. Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire
  103. Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
  104. Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
  105. Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
  106. Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order
  107. Officers of the Order of the British Empire
  108. Companions of the Imperial Service Order
  109. Eldest sons of younger sons of hereditary peers or hereditary peeresses
  110. Eldest sons of Baronets
  111. Eldest sons of Knights of the Garter
  112. Eldest sons of Knights of the Thistle
  113. Eldest sons of Knights of St Patrick
  114. Eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
  115. Eldest sons of Knights Grand Commander of the Star of India
  116. Eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
  117. Eldest sons of Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
  118. Eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
  119. Eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
  120. Eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
  121. Eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
  122. Eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
  123. Eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
  124. Eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
  125. Eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  126. Eldest sons of Knights Bachelor
  127. Members of the Royal Victorian Order
  128. Members of the Order of the British Empire
  129. Younger sons of Baronets
  130. Younger sons of Knights of the Garter
  131. Younger sons of Knights of the Thistle
  132. Younger sons of Knights of St Patrick
  133. Younger sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
  134. Younger sons of Knights Grand Commander of the Star of India
  135. Younger sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
  136. Younger sons of Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
  137. Younger sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
  138. Younger sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
  139. Younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
  140. Younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
  141. Younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
  142. Younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
  143. Younger sons of Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
  144. Younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  145. Younger sons of Knights Bachelor
  146. King's Scholars
  147. Queen's Scholars
  148. Esquires


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