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 28 PRECEDENCE according to their 55. 56. 57. 33. Dukes of the United Kingdom and Dukes of Ireland, created since the Union, according to their patents. 34. Eldest sons of Dukes of the Blood Royal. 35. [Foreign Ministers and Envoys.] 36. Marquesses of England. 37. ^Marquesses of Scotland. 38. Marquesses of Great Britain. 39. Marquesses of Ireland. 40. ]Iarquesses of the United Kingdom and Marquesses of Ireland, created since the Union, according to their patents 41. Eldest sons of Dukes fathers' precedence. 42. Earls of England. 43. Earls of Scotland. 44. Earls of Great Britain. 45. Earls of Ireland. 46. Earls of the United Kingdom, and Earls of Ireland, created since the Union, accord- ing to their patents. 47. Younger sons of Dukes of the Blood Royal. 48. Eldest sons of Marquesses, according to their fathers' precedence. 49. Younger sons of Dukes. 50. Viscounts of England. 5 1. Viscounts of Scotland. 52. Viscounts of Great Britain. 53. Viscounts of Ireland. 54. Viscounts of the United Kingdom and Vis- counts of Ireland, created since the Union, according to their patents. Eldest sons of Earls. Younger sons of Marquesses. Bishops of London, Durham, and Win- chester. 58. All other English Bishops, according to seniority of consecration. 59. Irish Bishops. 60. Secretary of State, and Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant, if a Baron. 6L Barons of England. ' 62. Barons of Scotland. 63. Barons of Great Britain. 64. Barons of Ireland. 65. Barons of the United Kingdom and Barons of Ireland, created since the Union, accord- ing to their patents, and Lords of Appeal in Ordinary. Speaker of the House of Commons. Commissioners of the Great Seal of Eng- land. 68. Treasurer of the Sovereign's Household. 69. Comptroller of the Sovereign's Household. 70. blaster of the Horse to the Sovereign. 7L Vice-Chamberlain of the Sovereign's House- hold. 72. Secretary of State, and Chief Secretary to the Lord- Lieutenant if under the degree of a Baron. 73. Eldest sons of Viscounts. 74. Younger sons of Earls. 75. Eldest sons of Barons. Knights of the Garter. Knights of the Thistle. Knights of St. Patrick. Privy-Counsellors. [The General Oflicer Commanding the Forces in Ireland and the Attorney-General of Ireland (unless of higher personal rank) have this prece- dence, being always Privy Counsellors, and ranking, as such, according to the dates of their being sworn in.] Chancellor and Under Treasurer of the Exchequer. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Lord Chief Justice. The Master of the Rolls. The Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. The Lords Justices of Appeal. The Vice-Chancellor. The Judges of the High Court of Justice, King's Bench Division. The Judicial Commissioner of the Irish 66. 67. 77. 78. 79. 80. 8L 82. 83. 84. 85. Land Commission, being a Judge of the High Court of Justice. 89. The Land Judges of the Chancery Division, High Court of Justice. 87-89 — Take rank among themselves accord- ing to seniority of appointment. 90. Knights Banneret made imder the Royal Banner in open War. 9L Younger sons of Viscounts. 92. Younger sons of Barons. 93. Sons of Lords of Appeal in Ordinary. ■ 94. Baronets, according to the dates of their i patents. 95. Knights Grand Cross of the Bath. 96. Knights Grand Commanders of the Star of India. 97. Knights Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George. 98. Knights Grand Commanders of the Indian Empire. 99. Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Vic- torian Order. 100. Knights Commanders of the Bath. lOL Knights Commanders of the Star of India. 102. Knights Commanders of St. Michael and St. George. 103. Knights Commanders of the Indian Empire. 104. Knights Commanders of the Royal Victorian. Order. 105. Knights Bachelors. 106. Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order. 107. The Attorney-General. 108. The Solicitor-General, 109. The Serjeants at Law. 110. Judges of County Courts. 111. Companions of the Bath. 112. Companions of the Star of India. 113. Companions of St. Michael and St. George. 114. Companions of the Indian Empire. 115. ^Members of the Fourth Class Royal Vic- torian Order. 116. Companions of the Distinguished Service Order. 116a. Companions of the Imperial Service Order, 117. Eldest Sons of the Younger Sons of Peers. 118. Eldest Sons of Baronets. 119. Eldest Sons of Knights of the Garter, of, the Thistle, and of St. Patrick. 120. Eldest sons of Knights Bannerets. 121. Eldest sons of Knights. 122. Members of the Fifth Class Roj'al Victoi-ian Order. 123. Younger sons of Baronets. 124. Younger sons of Knights. 125. The Under Secretary to the Lord-Lieu- tenant. 126. The Provost of Trinity College. 127. Esquires. 128. Gentlemen. Persons filling any of the above offices [and] having higher personal rank, will have that pi'ecedence [which is attached to the latter]. In the year 1849, on the occasion of Queeni Victoria's visit to Ireland, a place was assigned to the Roman Catholic Primate and to the Romani Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, next after andi below the Archbishops of the then Established" Church, and in 1902 precedence was granted to the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland along with Arch- bishops according to date of election. By the enactments of the Irish Church Act,' section 13, it is provided that every Irish Arch- bishop, etc., then living should, during his life, enjoy the same title and precedence as previously. A further order, issued in 1885, declares that all the prelates of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland are to rank inter se, according to dates of consecration or translation, with prelates of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Ireland, who are to have the precedence which belonged to prelates of the Established Church of Ireland before the passing of the Irish Church Act, 1869* The orders and the degrees of Orders of Knight*