Lord High Treasurer being of the de Lord President of the gree of Barons Privy Council by statute 31 Lord Privy Seal Henry VIII.
By the statute 31 Henry VIII. the Lord Great Chamberlain of England had place next Lord Privy Seal ; but in the year 1714, the Marquis of Lindsey, then Hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain of England, being created Duke of Ancas ter, &c. gave up the precedency as Lord Great Chamberlain from him and his heirs, except only when he or they shall be in the actual execution of the said of fice of Great Chamberlain of England, at tending the person of the King or Queen for the time being, or introducing a Peer or Peers into the House of Lords, which was confirmed by statute 1 George I.
Lord High Constable above all of Earl Marshal their degrees, Lord High Admiral viz. if Dukes, Lord Stewart of his Ma- kabove Dukes ; jesty's Household f if Earls, above Lord Chamberlain of I Earls, &c. by his Majesty's House- statute 31 Hen hold .J ry VIII.
Dukes according to their patents creation 1-4 Marquisses according to their pa tents Dukes eldest sons 'Earls according to their patents ...
.4 Marquisses eldest sons Dukes younger sons . o Viscounts according to their patents Earls eldest sons .,.; Marquisses younger sons 5 .
Bishop of London I s-, Bishop of Durham Bishop of Winchester J - All other Bishops, according to') their seniority of consecration ; but .4 if any Bishop be principal Secretary ''; of State, he shall be placed above . all other Bishops, not having any ofg.,of the great offices before mention ed. t„.c--; Barons according to their patents.1 6 But if any Baron be principal Se cretary of State, lie shall he placed 1 zi above all Barons, unless they have :, any of the betbre-mentioned great ; pz offices. J By the 23d article of the Union, which was confirmed by statute of 5 Queen Anne, c. 8, all Peers of Scotland shall be Peers of Great D•tain, and have rank next after the Peers of the like degree in England at the time of the Union, which commenced May 1, 1707, and be fore all Peers of Great Britain, of the like degree, created after the Union.
Speaker of the Hon. House of Commons. Viscounts eldest sons.
Earls younger sons.
Barons eldest sons.
Knights of the most noble order of the Garter.
Privy Counsellors.
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster.
The Peers of Ireland take place in England, at all public ceremonies, (except coronations) next the youngest English peer of the same degree.—Vide 1, 25, p. 61, in Officio Armorum Council Books, 4 Car. I. 28 June, 1629.
Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench. Master of the Rolls.
Lord Chief Ju'stice of the Common Pleas. Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Judges and Barons of the degree) of the Coif of the said Courts, according to seniority.
Bannerets made under the King's .. own royal standard, displayed in army royal in open war, by the King himself in person, for the term of their lives only, and no longer. 74 X --; Viscounts younger sons. ;-, - '.:.
.... .„ Barons younger sons. e c., Baronets of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
Bannerets not made by the King himself in person.
Knights of the most honourable Order of the Bath.
Flag and field officers.
The priority of signing any treaty, or public instrument, by public Ministers, is always taken by rank of place, and not by title.
Knights Bachelors.
Masters in Chancery.
Doctors, Deans, &c.
Serjeants at Law.
Eldest sons of the younger sons of Peers. Baronets eldest sons, Knights of the Garter eldest sons. Vide infra for Bannerets eldest sons. }Ore younger Knights of the Bath 61- I sons.
est Knights eldest sons.
eta younger sons, Pat. 14 Jac. Ibid.
Esquires of the Sovereign', by stat. 20 body or Gentlemen or Ed. IV. and the Chamber. 9 Hen. VI. Esquit es of the Knights of the Bath. Esquires by creation, by stat. 20 Edw.IV.
and 9 Hen. VI.
Esquires by office.
Younger sons of Knights) of the Garter.
Estab. by H.
Younger sons of Eanne