Order of precedence in Northern Ireland
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The order of precedence
Order of precedence
An order of precedence is a sequential hierarchy of nominal importance of items. Most often it is used in the context of people by many organizations and governments...

 in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

:

Gentlemen

  1. The Sovereign (The Queen
    Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
    Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...

    )
  2. The Duke of Edinburgh
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the husband of Elizabeth II. He is the United Kingdom's longest-serving consort and the oldest serving spouse of a reigning British monarch....

  3. Sons of the Sovereign
    1. The Prince of Wales
      Charles, Prince of Wales
      Prince Charles, Prince of Wales is the heir apparent and eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Since 1958 his major title has been His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. In Scotland he is additionally known as The Duke of Rothesay...

    2. The Duke of York
      Prince Andrew, Duke of York
      Prince Andrew, Duke of York KG GCVO , is the second son, and third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...

    3. The Earl of Wessex
      Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
      Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex KG GCVO is the third son and fourth child of Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh...

  4. Grandsons of the Sovereign
    1. The Duke of Cambridge
    2. Prince Henry of Wales
    3. Viscount Severn
      James, Viscount Severn
      James, Viscount Severn is the second child and only son of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, and Sophie, Countess of Wessex, and the youngest grandchild of Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh...

    4. Peter Phillips
      Peter Phillips
      Peter Phillips is the son of Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom.Peter Phillips or Philips may also refer to:* Peter Philips Peter Phillips (born 1977) is the son of Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom.Peter Phillips or Philips may also refer to:* Peter Philips Peter Phillips (born...

  5. Brothers of the Sovereign (of which there are none)
  6. Uncles of the Sovereign (none living)
  7. Nephews of the Sovereign (Viscount Linley
    David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley
    -Ancestry:-External links:* * * *...

    )
  8. Grandsons of former Sovereigns being Dukes
    1. The Duke of Gloucester
      Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
      Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester is a member of the British Royal Family. Prince Richard is the youngest grandchild of King George V and Queen Mary. He has been Duke of Gloucester since his father's death in 1974. He is currently 20th in the line of succession...

    2. The Duke of Kent
      Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
      The Duke of Kent graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst on 29 July 1955 as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Scots Greys, the beginning of a military career that would last over 20 years. He was promoted to captain on 29 July 1961. The Duke of Kent saw service in Hong Kong from 1962–63...

  9. Grandsons of former Sovereigns not being Dukes
    1. Prince Michael of Kent
      Prince Michael of Kent
      Prince Michael of Kent is a grandson of King George V and Queen Mary, making him a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. He is also the first cousin once removed of Prince Phillip. Prince Michael occasionally carries out royal duties representing the Queen at some functions in Commonwealth realms outside...

  10. The Church of Ireland
    Church of Ireland
    The Church of Ireland is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. The church operates in all parts of Ireland and is the second largest religious body on the island after the Roman Catholic Church...

     and Roman Catholic archbishop
    Archbishop
    An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...

    s of Ireland
    Ireland
    Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

    , and the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland
    Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland
    The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland is the most senior office-bearer within the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, which is Northern Ireland's largest Protestant denomination....

    , according to the seniority of their consecration or election:
    1. Archbishop of Armagh (Roman Catholic) (Cardinal Sean Brady
      Sean Brady
      Seán Brady or similar names may refer to:* Seán Brady , Irish cardinal* Seán Brady , Fianna Fáil politician, member of Dáil Éireann* Sean Brady , Canadian diplomat...

      )
    2. Archbishop of Armagh
      Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland)
      The Anglican Archbishop of Armagh is the ecclesiastical head of the Church of Ireland, the metropolitan of the Province of Armagh and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Armagh....

       (Church of Ireland) (Alan Harper
      Alan Harper (archbishop)
      Alan Edwin Thomas Harper, OBE is the Church of Ireland's Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland. He assumed office on 2 February 2007 and was ceremonially enthroned on 16 March 2007. He is the first English-born Irish primate since the Disestablishment of the Church of Ireland in 1869...

      )
    3. Archbishop of Dublin
      Archbishop of Dublin (Roman Catholic)
      The Archbishop of Dublin is the title of the senior cleric who presides over the Archdiocese of Dublin. The Church of Ireland has a similar role, heading the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough. In both cases, the Archbishop is also Primate of Ireland...

       (Roman Catholic) (Diarmuid Martin
      Diarmuid Martin
      Diarmuid Martin is the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland. He was born in Dublin.-Early life and education:...

      )
    4. Archbishop of Dublin
      Archbishop of Dublin (Church of Ireland)
      The Archbishop of Dublin is the title of the senior cleric who presides over the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough in the Church of Ireland...

       (Church of Ireland) (John Neill
      John Neill
      John Robert Winder Neill was the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin until the end of January 2011.The fourth generation of his family to become a clergyman, John Neill was educated in Dublin at the Avoca School and at Sandford Park. He attended the University of Dublin , Jesus College and...

      )
    5. Moderator of the General Assembly
      Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland
      The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland is the most senior office-bearer within the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, which is Northern Ireland's largest Protestant denomination....

       of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland
      Presbyterian Church in Ireland
      The Presbyterian Church in Ireland , is the largest Presbyterian denomination in Ireland, and the largest Protestant denomination in Northern Ireland...

       (Norman Hamilton
      Norman Hamilton
      Norman Hamilton, OBE is the current Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. He has also been minister of the Ballysillan Presbyterian Church in Belfast for twenty-two years....

      )
  11. The Lord High Steward
    Lord High Steward
    The position of Lord High Steward of England is the first of the Great Officers of State. The office has generally remained vacant since 1421, except at coronations and during the trials of peers in the House of Lords, when the Lord High Steward presides. In general, but not invariably, the Lord...

     (office only in existence for coronations)
  12. The Lord High Chancellor
    Lord Chancellor
    The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor, is a senior and important functionary in the government of the United Kingdom. He is the second highest ranking of the Great Officers of State, ranking only after the Lord High Steward. The Lord Chancellor is appointed by the Sovereign...

     (Kenneth Clarke MP
    Kenneth Clarke
    Kenneth Harry "Ken" Clarke, QC, MP is a British Conservative politician, currently Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. He was first elected to Parliament in 1970; and appointed a minister in Edward Heath's government, in 1972, and is one of...

    )
  13. The Prime Minister
    Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
    The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...

     (David Cameron MP
    David Cameron
    David William Donald Cameron is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and Leader of the Conservative Party. Cameron represents Witney as its Member of Parliament ....

    )
  14. Commonwealth Prime Ministers, while visiting the UK, in order of appointment
  15. The Lord High Treasurer
    Lord High Treasurer
    The post of Lord High Treasurer or Lord Treasurer was an English government position and has been a British government position since the Act of Union of 1707. A holder of the post would be the third highest ranked Great Officer of State, below the Lord High Chancellor and above the Lord President...

     (currently in commission)
  16. Lord President of the Council
    Lord President of the Council
    The Lord President of the Council is the fourth of the Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord High Treasurer and above the Lord Privy Seal. The Lord President usually attends each meeting of the Privy Council, presenting business for the monarch's approval...

     (Nick Clegg MP
    Nick Clegg
    Nicholas William Peter "Nick" Clegg is a British Liberal Democrat politician who is currently the Deputy Prime Minister, Lord President of the Council and Minister for Constitutional and Political Reform in the coalition government of which David Cameron is the Prime Minister...

    )
  17. Speaker of the House of Commons
    Speaker of the British House of Commons
    The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...

     (John Bercow
    John Bercow
    John Simon Bercow is a British politician who has been the Speaker of the House of Commons in the United Kingdom since June 2009. Prior to his election to Speaker he was a member of the Conservative party....

     MP)
  18. The President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers)
  19. The Lord Privy Seal
    Lord Privy Seal
    The Lord Privy Seal is the fifth of the Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord President of the Council and above the Lord Great Chamberlain. The office is one of the traditional sinecure offices of state...

     (Sir George Young, Bt
    Sir George Young, 6th Baronet
    Sir George Samuel Knatchbull Young, 6th Baronet is a British politician. He is currently the Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal, and has served as a Conservative Party Member of Parliament since 1974, having represented North West Hampshire since 1997, and Ealing Acton before...

     MP)
  20. Ambassadors of foreign countries and High Commissioners of Commonwealth countries according to date of arrival
  21. The Lord High Constable
    Lord High Constable
    There are two current and one former royal offices in the United Kingdom of Lord High Constable:* The Lord High Constable of England, the seventh of the Great Officers of State, ranking beneath the Lord Great Chamberlain and above the Earl Marshal...

     (office only in existence coronations)
  22. The Earl Marshal
    Earl Marshal
    Earl Marshal is a hereditary royal officeholder and chivalric title under the sovereign of the United Kingdom used in England...

     (The Duke of Norfolk
    Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk
    Edward William Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk, is the son of Miles Stapleton-Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk and his wife Anne Mary Teresa Constable-Maxwell. The principal seat of the Duke of Norfolk is Arundel Castle....

    )
  23. The Lord High Admiral
    Admiralty
    The Admiralty was formerly the authority in the Kingdom of England, and later in the United Kingdom, responsible for the command of the Royal Navy...

     (office now held by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh)
  24. The Lord Steward of the Household (The Earl of Dalhousie)
  25. Dukes
  26. Earl of Ulster
    Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster
    Alexander Patrick Gregers Richard Windsor, Earl of Ulster is the only son of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. As the eldest son and heir of the Duke of Gloucester, he is accorded the title Earl of Ulster...

    , eldest son of The Duke of Gloucester
  27. Earl of St Andrews
    George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews
    George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews is the son of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and his wife, Katharine, Duchess of Kent...

    , eldest son of The Duke of Kent
  28. Ministers, envoys, and other very important visitors from foreign countries
  29. The Lord Great Chamberlain
    Lord Great Chamberlain
    The Lord Great Chamberlain of England is the sixth of the Great Officers of State, ranking beneath the Lord Privy Seal and above the Lord High Constable...

     (the Marquess of Cholmondeley
    David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley
    David George Philip Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley, KCVO, DL , was styled from birth Viscount Malpas until 1968, and subsequently Earl of Rocksavage until 1990...

    )
  30. Marquesses
  31. 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 and Kinrara
      Charles Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March and Kinrara
      Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March and Kinrara is the heir apparent of the 10th Duke of Richmond, 10th Duke of Lennox and 5th Duke of Gordon...

      , eldest son of the Duke of Richmond and Gordon
    4. Earl of Euston, eldest son of the Duke of Grafton
    5. Marquess of Worcester
      Henry Somerset, Marquess of Worcester
      Henry John FitzRoy Somerset, Marquess of Worcester , also known as Bunter Worcester, is a farmer and chartered surveyor and the son and heir of David Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort and Lady Caroline Jane Thynne...

      , eldest son of the Duke of Beaufort
    6. Earl of Burford
      Charles Beauclerk, Earl of Burford
      Charles Francis Topham de Vere Beauclerk, Earl of Burford is the eldest son and heir apparent of the Duke of St Albans. He is descended from Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, the natural son of Charles II and Nell Gwyn....

      , eldest son of the Duke of St Albans
    7. Marquess of Tavistock, eldest son of the Duke of Bedford
    8. Marquess of Hartington, eldest son of the Duke of Devonshire
    9. Marquess of Blandford
      Jamie Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford
      Charles James Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford , commonly known as Jamie Blandford, is an English aristocrat and the heir apparent to the Dukedom of Marlborough ....

      , eldest son of the Duke of Marlborough
    10. Marquess of Granby, eldest son of the Duke of Rutland
    11. Marquess of Douglas and Clydedale, eldest son of the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon
    12. Earl of Dalkeith
      Walter Scott, Earl of Dalkeith
      Walter John Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, Earl of Dalkeith is the second child and elder son of Richard Montagu Douglas Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch & 12th Duke of Queensberry, and Lady Elizabeth Kerr, a daughter of Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian and Antonella Reuss Newland...

      , eldest son of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry
      Duke of Buccleuch
      The title Duke of Buccleuch , formerly also spelt Duke of Buccleugh, was created in the Peerage of Scotland on 20 April 1663 for the Duke of Monmouth, who was the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II of Scotland, England, and Ireland and who had married Anne Scott, 4th Countess of Buccleuch.Anne...

    13. Marquess of Lorne, eldest son of the Duke of Argyll
    14. Marquess of Tullibardine, eldest son of the Duke of Atholl
    15. Marquess of Graham, eldest son of the Duke of Montrose
    16. Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford, eldest son of the Duke of Roxburghe
    17. Viscount Mandeville, eldest son of the Duke of Manchester
    18. Earl Percy, eldest son of the Duke of Northumberland
    19. Marquess of Douro, eldest son of the Duke of Wellington
    20. Marquess of Stafford, eldest son of the Duke of Sutherland
    21. Marquess of Hamilton, eldest son of the Duke of Abercorn
    22. Earl Grosvenor, eldest son of the Duke of Westminster
    23. Earl of Southesk, eldest son of the Duke of Fife
    24. Earl of Ulster, eldest son of the Duke of Gloucester
    25. Earl of St Andrews, eldest son of the Duke of Kent
    26. The Prince of Wales, eldest son of the Duke of Edinburgh
  32. The Lord Chamberlain of the Household (The Earl Peel
    William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel
    William James Robert Peel, 3rd Earl Peel GCVO, PC, DL , styled Viscount Clanfield until 1969, is a cross-bench member of the House of Lords and Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household.-Background and education:...

    )
  33. The Master of the Horse
    Master of the Horse
    The Master of the Horse was a position of varying importance in several European nations.-Magister Equitum :...

     (The Lord Vestey
    Samuel Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey
    Samuel George Armstrong Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey, Bt, KCVO, GCStJ, DL is a British businessman who has been Chairman of the Vestey Group Ltd. since 1995. He was Chairman of the Meat Training Council from 1991 to 1995....

    )
  34. Earls
  35. Younger sons of dukes of Blood Royal (Lord Nicholas Windsor
    Lord Nicholas Windsor
    The Lord Nicholas Windsor is the youngest child of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, a great-grandson of King George V of the United Kingdom, and a first cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II....

    )
  36. Eldest sons of marquesses
    1. Earl of Wiltshire
      Christopher Paulet, Earl of Wiltshire
      Christopher Paulet, Earl of Wiltshire is the elder son and heir of England's premier Marquess, Nigel Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester. He runs a chemical company and is a guitarist with the music group Wizard. In October 1992, he married Christine Mary Town, and the couple have two...

      , eldest son of the Marquess of Winchester
    2. Earl of Aboyne
      Alastair Gordon, Earl of Aboyne
      Alastair Granville Gordon, Earl of Aboyne is the only son and heir of Granville Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly. He runs the family distillery in the grounds of Aboyne Castle, producing the single malt whisky liqueur, Cock o' the North....

      , eldest son of the Marquess of Huntly
    3. Viscount Drumlanrig, eldest son of the Marquess of Queensberry
    4. Earl of Shelburne, eldest son of the Marquess of Lansdowne
    5. Viscount Raynham, eldest son of the Marquess Townshend
    6. Viscount Cranborne, eldest son of the Marquess of Salisbury
    7. Viscount Weymouth, eldest son of the Marquess of Bath
    8. Earl of Yarmouth, eldest son of the Marquess of Hertford
    9. Earl of Dumfries, eldest son of the Marquess of Bute
    10. Earl of Tyrone, eldest son of the Marquess of Waterford
    11. Earl of Hillsborough, eldest son of the Marquess of Downshire
    12. Earl of Belfast, eldest son of the Marquess of Donegall
    13. Earl of Bective, eldest son of the Marquess of Headfort
    14. Viscount Loftus, eldest son of the Marquess of Ely
    15. Lord Burghley, eldest son of the Marquess of Exeter
    16. Earl Compton, eldest son of the Marquess of Northampton
    17. Earl of Brecknock, eldest son of the Marquess Camden
    18. Earl of Uxbridge, eldest son of the Marquess of Anglesey
    19. Viscount Castlereagh, eldest son of the Marquess of Londonderry
    20. Earl of Mount Charles, eldest son of the Marquess Conyngham
    21. Earl of Cardigan, eldest son of the Marquess of Ailesbury
    22. Earl of Mulgrave, eldest son of the Marquess of Normanby
    23. Earl Ronaldshay, eldest son of the Marquess of Zetland
    24. Earl of Hopetoun, eldest son of the Marquess of Linlithgow
    25. Earl of Haddo, eldest son of the Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
    26. Earl of Medina, eldest son of the Marquess of Milford Haven
    27. Viscount Erleigh, eldest son of the Marquess of Reading
  37. 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
      James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas
      James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, PC, QC , briefly The 11th Earl of Selkirk and styled Lord James Douglas-Hamilton until 1997, is a Scottish Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West then Member of the Scottish Parliament for the...

       (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
  38. Viscounts
  39. Eldest sons of earls
    1. Viscount Ingestre, eldest son of the Earl of Shrewsbury
    2. Lord Stanley of Bickerstaffe, eldest son of the Earl of Derby
    3. Lord Herbert of Cardiff, eldest son of the Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery
    4. Charles Courtenay, eldest son of the Earl of Devon
    5. Viscount Andover, eldest son of the Earl of Suffolk
    6. Viscount Feilding, eldest son of the Earl of Denbigh
    7. Lord Norreys, eldest son of the Earl of Lindsey
    8. Viscount Maidstone, eldest son of the Earl of Winchelsea
    9. Viscount Hinchingbrooke, eldest son of the Earl of Sandwich
    10. Viscount Woodstock, eldest son of the Earl of Portland
    11. Viscount Bury, eldest son of the Earl of Albermarle
    12. Viscount Deerhurst, eldest son of the Earl of Coventry
    13. Lord Balniel, eldest son of the Earl of Crawford
    14. Lord Hay, eldest son of the Earl of Erroll
    15. Lord Strathnaver, eldest son of the Earl of Sutherland
    16. Lord Aberdour, eldest son of the Earl of Morton
    17. Lord Cardross, eldest son of the Earl of Buchan
    18. Lord Montgomerie, eldest son of the Earl of Eglinton
    19. Lord Berriedale, eldest son of the Earl of Caithness
    20. Lord Doune, eldest son of the Earl of Morway
    21. Lord Glamis, eldest son of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
    22. Lord Binning, eldest son of the Earl of Haddington
    23. Viscount of Maitland, eldest son of the Earl of Lauderdale
    24. Viscount of Garnock, eldest son of the Earl of Lindsay
    25. Viscount of Dupplin, eldest son of the Earl of Kinnoull
    26. Lord Bruce of Kinloss, eldest son of the Earl of Elgin
    27. Lord Neidpath, eldest son of the Earl of Wemyss
    28. Lord Ramsay of Dalhousie, eldest son of the Earl of Dalhousie
    29. Lord Ogilvy of Airlie, eldest son of the Earl of Airlie
    30. Lord Balgonie, eldest son of the Earl of Leven
    31. Lord Huntingtower, eldest son of the Countess of Dysart
    32. Lord Daer, eldest son of the Baron Selkirk of Douglas (disclaimed Earldom of Selkirk)
    33. Lord Rosehill, eldest son of the Earl of Northesk
    34. Lord Scrymgeour, eldest son of the Earl of Dundee
    35. Lord Johnstone, eldest son of the Earl of Annandale and Hartfell
    36. Lord Cochrane, eldest son of the Earl of Dundonald
    37. Viscount of Kirkwall, eldest son of the Earl of Orkney
    38. Viscount of Reidhaven, eldest son of the Earl of Seafield
    39. Lord Dalmeny, eldest son of the Earl of Rosebery
    40. Viscount of Kelburn, eldest son of the Earl of Glasgow
    41. Lord Guernsey, eldest son of the Earl of Aylesford
    42. Viscount Chewton, eldest son of the Earl Waldegrave
    43. Viscount Petersham, eldest son of the Earl of Harrington
    44. Viscount Lymington, eldest son of the Earl of Portsmouth
    45. Lord Brooke, eldest son of the Earl of Warwick
    46. Viscount Folkestone, eldest son of the Earl of Radnor
    47. Viscount Althorp, eldest son of the Earl Spencer
    48. Lord Apsley, eldest son of the Earl Bathurst
    49. Lord Hyde, eldest son of the Earl of Clarendon
    50. Viscount of Stormont, eldest son of the Earl of Mansfield
    51. Lord Porchester, eldest son of the Earl of Carnarvon
    52. Viscount Chelsea, eldest son of the Earl Cadogan
    53. Viscount FitzHarris, eldest son of the Earl of Malmesbury
    54. Viscount Dungarvan, eldest son of the Earl of Cork
    55. Lord Ardee, eldest son of the Earl of Meath
    56. Viscount Moore, eldest son of the Earl of Drogheda
    57. Viscount Forbes, eldest son of the Earl of Granard
    58. Lord Clifton of Rathmore, eldest son of the Earl of Darnley
    59. Viscount Ikerrin, eldest son of the Earl of Carrick
    60. Viscount Boyle, eldest son of the Earl of Shannon
    61. Viscount Stopford, eldest son of the Earl of Courtown
    62. Viscount Pollington, eldest son of the Earl of Mexborough
    63. Viscount Jocelyn, eldest son of the Earl of Roden
    64. Viscount Lisburne, eldest son of the Earl of Lisburne
    65. Lord Gilford, eldest son of the Earl of Clanwilliam
    66. Viscount Dunluce, eldest son of the Earl of Antrim
    67. Lord Silchester, eldest son of the Earl of Longford
    68. Viscount Carlow, eldest son of the Earl of Portarlington
    69. Lord Naas, eldest son of the Earl of Mayo
    70. Viscount Crichton, eldest son of the Earl of Erne
    71. Lord Bingham, eldest son of the Earl of Lucan
    72. Viscount Corry, eldest son of the Earl Belmore
    73. Viscount Suirdale, eldest son of the Earl of Donoughmore
    74. Viscount Alexander, eldest son of the Earl of Caledon
    75. Lord Loughborough, eldest son of the Earl of Rosslyn
    76. Viscount Cranley, eldest son of the Earl of Onslow
    77. Viscount Grey de Wilton, eldest son of the Earl of Wilton
    78. Viscount Glentworth, eldest son of the Earl of Limerick
    79. Viscount Clive, eldest son of the Earl of Powis
    80. Viscount Merton, eldest son of the Earl Nelson
    81. Lord Oxmantown, eldest son of the Earl of Rosse
    82. Viscount Somerton, eldest son of the Earl of Normanton
    83. Viscount Lowther, eldest son of the Earl of Lonsdale
    84. Viscount Sandon, eldest son of the Earl of Harrowby
    85. Viscount Melgund, eldest son of the Earl of Minto
    86. Viscount Grimston, eldest son of the Earl of Verulam
    87. Lord Eliot
      Jago Eliot, Lord Eliot
      Jago Nicholas Aldo Eliot, Lord Eliot was the son of Peregrine Eliot, 10th Earl of St Germans, and Jacquetta Eliot, Countess of St Germans...

      , eldest son of the Earl of St Germans
    88. Viscount Boringdon, eldest son of the Earl of Morley
    89. Viscount Newport, eldest son of the Earl of Bradford
    90. Viscount Encombe, eldest son of the Earl of Elden
    91. Viscount Curzon, eldest son of the Earl Howe
    92. Viscount Durwich, eldest son of the Earl of Stradbroke
    93. Lord Langton, eldest son of the Earl Temple of Stowe
    94. Viscount Newry, eldest son of the Earl of Kilmorey
    95. Viscount Northland, eldest son of the Earl of Ranfurly
    96. Viscount Anson, eldest son of the Earl of Lichfield
    97. Viscount Granville, eldest son of the Earl Granville
    98. Lord Howard of Effingham, eldest son of the Earl of Effingham
    99. Lord Ducie, eldest son of the Earl of Ducie
    100. Lord Worsley, eldest son of the Earl of Yarborough
    101. Viscount Coke, eldest son of the Earl of Leicester
    102. Viscount Campden, eldest son of the Earl of Gainsborough
    103. Viscount Enfield, eldest son of the Earl of Strafford
    104. Viscount Dangan
      Graham Wellesley, Viscount Dangan
      Garret "Graham" Wellesley, Viscount Dangan is the only son of Garret Wellesley, 7th Earl Cowley.Lord Dangan was the founder and Chief Executive of IFX and Finspreads In 2003 the board of directors of IFX forced him to resign as Chief Executive, and he sold his IFX holdings...

      , eldest son of the Earl Cowley
    105. Viscount Ednam, eldest son of the Earl of Dudley
    106. Viscount Tarbat, eldest son of the Earl of Cromartie
    107. Viscount Carlton, eldest son of the Earl of Wharncliffe
    108. Viscount Garmoyle, eldest son of the Earl Cairns
    109. Viscount Wolmer, eldest son of the Earl of Selborne
    110. Lord Medway, eldest son of the Earl of Cranbrook
    111. Viscount Errington, eldest son of the Earl of Cromer
    112. Viscount Hawkesbury, eldest son of the Earl of Liverpool
    113. Viscount Borodale, eldest son of the Earl Beatty
    114. Viscount Dawick, eldest son of the Earl Haig
    115. Viscount Asquith, eldest son of the Earl of Oxford
    116. Viscount Jellicoe, eldest son of the Earl Jellicoe
    117. Viscount Clanfield, eldest son of the Earl Peel
    118. Lord Irwin, eldest son of the Earl of Halifax
    119. Viscount Ruthven of Canberra, eldest son of the Earl of Gowrie
    120. Viscount Gwynedd, eldest son of the Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor
    121. Lord Romsey, eldest son of the Countess Mountbatten of Burma
    122. Viscount Linley
      David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley
      -Ancestry:-External links:* * * *...

      , eldest son of the Earl of Snowdon
    123. Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden, eldest son of the Earl of Stockton
  40. The Lord Frederick Windsor
    Lord Frederick Windsor
    The Lord Frederick Windsor , popularly known as Lord Freddie, is a British financial analyst, and the only son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent...

  41. Younger sons of marquesses
  42. The Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic Bishops, according to seniority of consecration
  43. Secretaries of State, if of the degree of a baron (none)
  44. Barons and Lords of Parliament
  45. The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
    Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
    The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland is the head of the judiciary in Northern Ireland, presiding over the Courts of Northern Ireland. The present Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland is Sir Declan Morgan...

     (Sir C. Declan Morgan
    Declan Morgan
    Sir Charles Declan Morgan, QC is the current Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.-Early life:Morgan was born in 1952 and educated at St Columb's College in Derry, Peterhouse, Cambridge, and Queen's University, Belfast. He was called to the Bar in 1976 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1993....

    )
  46. Treasurer of the Household
    Treasurer of the Household
    The position of Treasurer of the Household is theoretically held by a household official of the British monarch, under control of the Lord Steward's Department, but is, in fact, a political office held by one of the government's Deputy Chief Whips in the House of Commons...

     (John Randall
    John Randall
    John Randall is the name of:*John Randall , mayor of Annapolis, Maryland and colonel in the American Revolution*Sir John Randall , British physicist, developer of the cavity magnetron...

     MP)
  47. Comptroller of the Household
    Comptroller of the Household
    The Comptroller of the Household is an ancient position in the English royal household, currently the second-ranking member of the Lord Steward's department, and often a cabinet member. He was an ex officio member of the Board of Green Cloth, until that body was abolished in the reform of the local...

     (Alistair Carmichael
    Alistair Carmichael
    Alexander Morrison "Alistair" Carmichael is a Liberal Democrat politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for the Scottish seat of Orkney and Shetland since the 2001 general election.-Early life:...

     MP)
  48. Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
    Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
    The Vice-Chamberlain of the Household is usually a junior government whip in the British House of Commons and is an officer of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. He or she is the Deputy to the Lord Chamberlain of the Household. The Vice-Chamberlain's main role is to compile...

     (Mark Francois
    Mark Francois
    Mark Gino Francois is a British Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Rayleigh and Wickford.-Early life:...

     MP)
  49. Secretaries of State under the degree of baron
      • William Hague
        William Hague
        William Jefferson Hague is the British Foreign Secretary and First Secretary of State. He served as Leader of the Conservative Party from June 1997 to September 2001...

         MP (Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)
      • Kenneth Clarke
        Kenneth Clarke
        Kenneth Harry "Ken" Clarke, QC, MP is a British Conservative politician, currently Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. He was first elected to Parliament in 1970; and appointed a minister in Edward Heath's government, in 1972, and is one of...

         MP (Secretary of State for Justice; ranks higher as Lord Chancellor)
      • Dr Liam Fox
        Liam Fox
        Liam Fox MP is a British Conservative politician, Member of Parliament for North Somerset, and former Secretary of State for Defence....

         MP (Secretary of State for Defence)
      • Dr Vince Cable MP (Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills)
      • Iain Duncan Smith
        Iain Duncan Smith
        George Iain Duncan Smith is a British Conservative politician. He is currently the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and was previously leader of the Conservative Party from September 2001 to October 2003...

         MP (Secretary of State for Work and Pensions)
      • Chris Huhne
        Chris Huhne
        Christopher Murray Paul-Huhne, generally known as Chris Huhne is a British politician and cabinet minister, who is the current Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for the Eastleigh constituency in Hampshire...

         MP (Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change)
      • Andrew Lansley
        Andrew Lansley
        Andrew David Lansley, CBE, MP is the UK Secretary of State for Health, who has been the Conservative Member of Parliament for South Cambridgeshire since the 1997 general election, and was Shadow Secretary of State for Health from June 2004 until becoming Secretary of State for Health in May 2010...

         MP (Secretary of State for Health)
      • Michael Gove
        Michael Gove
        Michael Andrew Gove, MP is a British politician, who currently serves as the Secretary of State for Education and as the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for the Surrey Heath constituency. He is also a published author and former journalist.Born in Edinburgh, Gove was raised in Aberdeen...

         MP (Secretary of State for Education)
      • Eric Pickles
        Eric Pickles
        Eric Jack Pickles is a British Conservative Party politician. Pickles was appointed Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government of the coalition government headed by Prime Minister David Cameron on 12 May 2010....

         MP (Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government)
      • Philip Hammond
        Philip Hammond
        Philip Hammond MP is a British Conservative Party politician. He is the current Defence Secretary in the Coalition government led by David Cameron, having succeeded Liam Fox on 14 October 2011...

         MP (Secretary of State for Transport)
      • Owen Paterson
        Owen Paterson
        Owen William Paterson is a British Conservative Party politician and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. He is the Member of Parliament for North Shropshire.-Early life and career:Paterson was born in Whitchurch, Shropshire...

         MP (Secretary of State for Northern Ireland)
      • Michael Moore
        Michael Moore (UK politician)
        Michael Kevin Moore is a British Liberal Democrat politician, currently the Secretary of State for Scotland in the UK coalition government, and the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk....

         MP (Secretary of State for Scotland)
      • Jeremy Hunt MP (Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media, and Sport)
      • The Secretaries of State for the Home Department; for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; and for Wales are women
  50. Eldest sons of viscounts
  51. Younger sons of earls
  52. Eldest sons of barons
  53. Knights of the Garter
  54. Knights of the Thistle
  55. Knights of St. Patrick (none, order dormant)
  56. Privy Counsellors
    Privy Council of the United Kingdom
    Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, usually known simply as the Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the Sovereign in the United Kingdom...

  57. Lords Justices of Appeal of Northern Ireland
  58. Judges of the High Court of Northern Ireland
  59. Younger sons of viscounts
  60. Younger sons of barons
  61. Baronets
  62. Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
  63. Knights Grand Commanders of the Order of the Star of India (none, order dormant)
  64. Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
  65. Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (none, order dormant)
  66. Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
  67. Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
  68. Knights Commanders of the Order of the Bath
  69. Knights Commanders of the Order of the Star of India (none, order dormant)
  70. Knights Commanders of the Order of St Michael and St George
  71. Knights Commanders of the Order of the Indian Empire (none, order dormant)
  72. Knights Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
  73. Knights Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
  74. Knights Bachelor
  75. County Court Judges in Northern Ireland and Recorders of Boroughs
  76. Companions of the Order of the Bath
  77. Companions of the Order of the Star of India (none, order dormant)
  78. Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
  79. Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire (none, order dormant)
  80. Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
  81. Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
  82. Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
  83. Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order
  84. Officers of the Order of the British Empire
  85. Companions of the Imperial Service Order
  86. Eldest sons of younger sons of peers
  87. Eldest sons of baronets
  88. Eldest sons of Knights of the Garter
  89. Eldest sons of Knights of the Thistle
  90. Eldest sons of Knights of St Patrick
  91. Eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
  92. Eldest sons of Knights Grand Commander of the Star of India
  93. Eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
  94. Eldest sons of Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
  95. Eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
  96. Eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
  97. Eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
  98. Eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
  99. Eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
  100. Eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
  101. Eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
  102. Eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  103. Members of the Royal Victorian Order
  104. Members of the Order of the British Empire
  105. Younger sons of baronets
  106. Younger sons of Knights of the Garter
  107. Younger sons of Knights of the Thistle
  108. Younger sons of Knights of St Patrick
  109. Younger sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
  110. Younger sons of Knights Grand Commander of the Star of India
  111. Younger sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
  112. Younger sons of Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
  113. Younger sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
  114. Younger sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
  115. Younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
  116. Younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
  117. Younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
  118. Younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
  119. Younger sons of Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
  120. Younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  121. The Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service (Bruce Robinson)
  122. The Permanent Secretary to the Department of Finance and Personnel (Stephen Peover)
  123. The Permanent Secretary to the Department of Education (Paul Sweeney)
  124. The Permanent Secretary to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (Malcolm McKibbin)
  125. The Permanent Secretary to the Department of the Environment (Leo O'Reilly)
  126. The Permanent Secretary to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (David Sterling)
  127. The Permanent Secretary to the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (Andrew McCormick)
  128. The Permanent Secretary to the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (Rosalie Flanagan)
  129. The Permanent Secretary to the Department for Employment and Learning (Alan Shannon)
  130. The Permanent Secretary to the Department of Regional Development (Paul Priestly)
  131. The Permanent Secretary to the Department of Social Development (William Haire)
  132. The Clerk of the Northern Ireland Assembly (Arthur Moir)
  133. The Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland (Kieran Donnelly)
  134. The Examiner of Statutory Rules (Gordon Nabney)
  135. The Crown Solicitor for Northern Ireland (O G Paulin)
  136. Queen's Counsel of Northern Ireland
  137. The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (Matt Baggott
    Matt Baggott
    Matthew David Baggott CBE QPM is Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, succeeding Sir Hugh Orde in September 2009....

    )

Ladies

  1. The Queen
    Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
    Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...

  2. Queens dowager
    Queen Dowager
    A queen dowager or dowager queen is a title or status generally held by the widow of a deceased king. In the case of the widow of a deceased emperor, the title of empress dowager is used...

     (none living; ordered according to husband's death, earliest first)
  3. Daughters-in-law of the Sovereign
    1. The Duchess of Cornwall
    2. The Countess of Wessex
  4. Daughters of the Sovereign
    1. The Princess Royal
      Anne, Princess Royal
      Princess Anne, Princess Royal , is the only daughter of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...

  5. Granddaughters-in-law of the Sovereign
    1. The Duchess of Cambridge
    2. Autumn Phillips
      Autumn Phillips
      Autumn Patricia Phillips is the wife of Peter Phillips, who is the son of Anne, Princess Royal and Captain Mark Phillips, and the oldest grandchild of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh....

  6. Granddaughters of the Sovereign
    1. Princess Beatrice of York
      Princess Beatrice of York
      Princess Beatrice of York is the elder daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York...

    2. Princess Eugenie of York
      Princess Eugenie of York
      Princess Eugenie of York Eugenie Victoria Helena; born 23 March 1990) is the younger daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York...

    3. Lady Louise Windsor
      Lady Louise Windsor
      The Lady Louise Windsor is the elder child of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, and Sophie, Countess of Wessex. She is the youngest granddaughter and second-youngest grandchild of Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh...

    4. Zara Phillips
      Zara Phillips
      Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips, MBE is the second child and only daughter of Princess Anne and her first husband Captain Mark Phillips and is 13th in the line of succession to the throne...

      , MBE
      Order of the British Empire
      The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...

  7. Sisters-in-law of the Sovereign (of which there are none)
  8. Sisters of the Sovereign (none living)
  9. Aunts (by marriage) of the Sovereign (none living)
  10. Aunts (by blood) of the Sovereign (none living)
  11. Nieces (by marriage) of the Sovereign (Viscountess Linley
    Serena Armstrong-Jones, Viscountess Linley
    Serena Alleyne Armstrong-Jones, Viscountess Linley is an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and a member, by marriage, of the extended British Royal Family. She was born in Limerick, Ireland.-Background:...

    )
  12. Nieces (by blood) of the Sovereign (Lady Sarah Chatto
    Lady Sarah Chatto
    The Lady Sarah Frances Elizabeth Chatto, née Armstrong-Jones , is the only daughter of the 1st Earl of Snowdon and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, the second daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. She is 17th in line of succession to the thrones of each of the Commonwealth Realms;...

    )
  13. Granddaughters-in-law of former Sovereigns (whose husbands are Dukes)
    1. The Duchess of Gloucester
    2. The Duchess of Kent
  14. Granddaughters-in-law of former Sovereigns (whose husbands are not Dukes)
    1. Princess Michael of Kent
      Princess Michael of Kent
      Princess Michael of Kent is an Austrian-Hungarian member of the British Royal Family. She is married to Prince Michael of Kent, who is a grandson of King George V....

    2. The Countess of Harewood
      Patricia Lascelles, Countess of Harewood
      Patricia "Bambi" Lascelles, Countess of Harewood is an Australian violinist and fashion model.-Life and career:Patricia Elizabeth Tuckwell was born in Melbourne, the daughter of Charles Tuckwell and his wife, Elizabeth and an older sister of Barry Tuckwell...

  15. Granddaughters of former Sovereigns
    1. Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy
      Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy
      Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy is the youngest granddaughter of King George V of the United Kingdom and Mary of Teck. She is the widow of Sir Angus Ogilvy...

  16. Commonwealth Prime Ministers, while visiting the UK, in order of appointment
  17. Ambassadors of foreign countries and High Commissioners of Commonwealth countries according to date of arrival
  18. Duchesses
  19. Countess of Ulster, wife of Earl of Ulster
  20. Countess of St Andrews, wife of Earl of St Andrews
  21. The Lady Davina Windsor, eldest daughter of the Duke of Gloucester
  22. The Lady Rose Gilman, younger daughter of the Duke of Gloucester
  23. The Lady Helen Taylor, eldest daughter of the Duke of Kent
  24. Marchionesses
  25. Wives of duke's eldest sons
  26. Daughters of dukes not married to peers
  27. Countesses
  28. Wives of marquesses' eldest sons
  29. The Lady Gabriella Windsor
    Lady Gabriella Windsor
    The Lady Gabriella Marina Alexandra Ophelia Windsor , known both professionally and personally as Ella Windsor, is an English freelance feature writer, and the only daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent .Her paternal great grandparents were King George V of the United Kingdom and Mary of...

  30. Marquesses' daughters not married to peers
  31. Wives of dukes' younger sons
  32. Viscountesses
  33. Wives of eldest sons of earls or of countesses in their own right
  34. Earls' daughters not married to peers
  35. Sophie Winkleman
    Sophie Winkleman
    Sophie Lara Winkleman is an English actress who has worked extensively in television, film and stage. On 14 February 2009, she became engaged to Lord Frederick Windsor, the son of Prince Michael and Princess Michael of Kent. They married in Hampton Court on 12 September 2009...

    , wife of Lord Frederick Windsor
    Lord Frederick Windsor
    The Lord Frederick Windsor , popularly known as Lord Freddie, is a British financial analyst, and the only son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent...

  36. Wives of marquesses' younger sons
  37. Secretaries of State, if of the degree of a baron (none)
  38. Baronesses, wives Lords of Parliament, and female holders of Lordships of Parliament
  39. Secretaries of State below the degree of baron
      • Theresa May
        Theresa May
        Theresa Mary May is a British Conservative politician who is Home Secretary in the Conservative – Liberal Democrat Coalition government. She was elected to Parliament in 1997 as the Member of Parliament for Maidenhead, and served as the Chairman of the Conservative Party, 2003–04...

         MP (Secretary of State for the Home Department)
      • Caroline Spelman
        Caroline Spelman
        Caroline Alice Spelman is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who has served as the Member of Parliament for Meriden in the West Midlands since 1997...

         MP (Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affiars)
      • Cheryl Gillan
        Cheryl Gillan
        Cheryl Elise Kendall Gillan is a British Conservative Party politician. She is currently the Secretary of State for Wales, and the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Chesham and Amersham in Buckinghamshire....

         MP (Secretary of State for Wales)
  40. Wives of viscounts' eldest sons
  41. Viscounts' daughters not married to peers
  42. Wives of younger sons of earls or of countesses in their own right
  43. Wives of eldest sons of barons or baronesses
  44. Daughters of barons or baronesses
  45. Ladies of the Garter
    1. The Princess Royal
    2. Princess Alexandra, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy
    3. The Baroness Thatcher
      Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...

    4. The Lady Soames
      Mary Soames, Baroness Soames
      Mary Soames, Baroness Soames, is the youngest of Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine's five children and, as of 2011, the sole surviving child...

  46. Ladies of the Thistle
    1. The Princess Royal
    2. Lady Marion Fraser
      Marion Fraser
      Lady Marion Fraser, is a Scottish music educator.-Personal life:She was born as Marion Anne Forbes to Robert Forbes and Elizabeth Taylor Watt, and educated at Hutchesons' Girls' Grammar School , the University of Glasgow , and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama...

  47. Wives of Knights of the Garter
    1. The Queen
    2. The Duchess of Cornwall
    3. The Duchess of Gloucester
    4. The Duchess of Kent
    5. The Duchess of Grafton
    6. The Lady Richardson of Duntisbourne
    7. The Lady Carrington
    8. The Duchess of Wellington
    9. The Lady Bramall
    10. The Viscountess Ridley
    11. The Lady Sainsbury of Preston Candover
    12. The Lady Ashburton
    13. The Lady Kingsdown
    14. Lady Hillary
    15. Lady Mary Colman
    16. The Duchess of Abercorn
    17. The Lady Inge
    18. Lady Acland
    19. The Duchess of Westminster
    20. The Lady Butler of Brockwell
    21. The Lady Morris of Aberavon
    22. Lady Major
    23. The Lady Bingham of Cornhill
  48. Wives of Knights of the Thistle
    1. The Queen
    2. The Duchess of Cornwall
    3. The Countess of Wemyss
    4. The Duchess of Buccleuch
    5. The Countess of Elgin
    6. The Lady Thomson of Monifieth
    7. The Countess of Airlie
    8. The Lady Margaret Tennant
    9. The Viscountess of Arbuthnott
    10. The Countess of Crawford
    11. The Lady Macfarlane of Bearsden
    12. The Lady Mackay of Clashfern
    13. The Lady Wilson of Tillyorn
    14. The Lady Steel of Aikwood
    15. The Lady Robertson of Port Ellen
  49. Privy Counsellors
  50. Lords Justices of Appeal
  51. High Court Judges
  52. Wives of viscounts' younger sons
  53. Wives of younger sons of barons or baronesses
  54. Wives of baronets
  55. Dames Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
  56. Dames Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
  57. Dames Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
  58. Dames Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
  59. Wives of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
  60. Wives of Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India
  61. Wives of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
  62. Wives of Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
  63. Wives of Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
  64. Wives of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
  65. Dames Commander of the Order of the Bath
  66. Dames Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
  67. Dames Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
  68. Dames Commandes of the Order of the British Empire
  69. County Court Judges in Northern Ireland and Recorders of Boroughs
  70. Wives of Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
  71. Wives of Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
  72. Wives of Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
  73. Wives of Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
  74. Wives of Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
  75. Wives of Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  76. Wives of Knights Bachelor
  77. Companions of the Order of the Bath
  78. Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
  79. Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
  80. Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
  81. Wives of Companions of the Order of the Bath
  82. Wives of Companions of the Order of the Star of India
  83. Wives of Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
  84. Wives of Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire
  85. Wives of Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
  86. Wives of Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
  87. Wives of Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
  88. Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order
  89. Officers of the Order of the British Empire
  90. Wives of Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order
  91. Wives of Officers of the Order of the British Empire
  92. Companions of the Imperial Service Order
  93. Wives of Companions of the Imperial Service Order
  94. Wives of the eldest sons of sons of peers or peeresses
  95. Daughters of sons of peers or peeresses
  96. Wives of the eldest sons of baronets
  97. Daughters of baronets
  98. Wives of eldest sons of Knights of the Garter
  99. Wives of eldest sons of Knights of the Thistle
  100. Wives of eldest sons of Knights of St Patrick
  101. Wives of eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
  102. Wives of eldest sons of Knights Grand Commander of the Star of India
  103. Wives of eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
  104. Wives of eldest sons of Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
  105. Wives of eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
  106. Wives of eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
  107. Wives of eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
  108. Wives of eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
  109. Wives of eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
  110. Wives of eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
  111. Wives of eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
  112. Wives of eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  113. Daughters of Knights of the Garter
  114. Daughters of Knights of the Thistle
  115. Daughters of Knights of St Patrick
  116. Daughters of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
  117. Daughters of Knights Grand Commander of the Star of India
  118. Daughters of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
  119. Daughters of Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
  120. Daughters of Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
  121. Daughters of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
  122. Daughters of Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
  123. Daughters of Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
  124. Daughters of Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
  125. Daughters of Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
  126. Daughters of Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
  127. Daughters of Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  128. Members of the Royal Victorian Order
  129. Members of the Order of the British Empire
  130. Wives of Members of the Royal Victorian Order
  131. Wives of Members of the Order of the British Empire
  132. Wives of younger sons of baronets
  133. Wives of younger sons of Knights of the Garter
  134. Wives of younger sons of Knights of the Thistle
  135. Wives of younger sons of Knights of St Patrick
  136. Wives of younger sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
  137. Wives of younger sons of Knights Grand Commander of the Star of India
  138. Wives of younger sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
  139. Wives of younger sons of Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
  140. Wives of younger sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
  141. Wives of younger sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
  142. Wives of younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
  143. Wives of younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
  144. Wives of younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
  145. Wives of younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
  146. Wives of younger sons of Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
  147. Wives of younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  148. The Permanent Secretary to the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (Rosalie Flanagan)

Local precedence

  1. The Lord Lieutenant of the County:
    • Lord Lieutenant for County Antrim (Mrs Joan Christie)
    • Lord Lieutenant for County Armagh (The Earl of Caledon)
    • Lord Lieutenant for the County Borough of Belfast (Dame Mary Peters, DBE)
    • Lord Lieutenant for County Down (David Lindsay, Esq.)
    • Lord Lieutenant for County Fermanagh (The Earl of Erne)
    • Lord Lieutenant for the County Borough of Londonderry (Dr. Donal Keegan)
    • Lord Lieutenant for County Londonderry (Denis Desmond, Esq.)
    • Lord Lieutenant for County Tyrone ( Robert William Lowry Scott Esq. OBE JP )
  2. The Lord Mayor:
    • The Lord Mayor of Belfast (appointed annually)
  3. The (Elected) Mayor
  4. The Deputy Mayor
  5. Councillors
  6. Justices of the Peace
  7. The Town Clerk
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