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The Order Of Precedence in England And Wales as of 29 October 2004 :

Names in italics indicate higher precedence elsewhere in the table: e.g. many Knights Of The Garter have higher precedence as peers.

=Gentlemen=

MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY

#The Sovereign ( Her Majesty The Queen )
# HRH The Duke Of Edinburgh
# HRH The Prince Of Wales
# HRH The Duke Of York
# HRH The Earl Of Wessex
# HRH Prince William Of Wales
# HRH Prince Harry Of Wales
# HRH The Duke Of Gloucester , grandson of King George V
# HRH The Duke Of Kent , grandson of King George V
# HRH Prince Michael Of Kent , brother of the Duke of Kent

HIGH OFFICERS OF STATE, ET AL.

#The Archbishop Of Canterbury ( The Most Revd And Rt Hon. Rowan Williams )
#The Lord High Steward (office only in existence for coronations)
#The Lord High Chancellor ( The Rt Hon. The Lord Falconer Of Thoroton )
#The Archbishop Of York ( The Most Revd And Rt Hon. John Sentamu )
#The Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom and (normally) First Lord Of The Treasury ( The Rt Hon. Tony Blair )
# Commonwealth Prime Ministers , while visiting the UK, in order of appointment
#The Lord High Treasurer (currently in commission)
#The Lord President Of The Council (See Order of Precedence for Ladies)
#The Speaker Of The House Of Commons ( The Rt Hon. Michael Martin )
#The Lord Privy Seal ( The Rt Hon. Geoff Hoon )
# Ambassadors And High Commissioners in order of arrival
#The Lord Great Chamberlain ( The Most Hon. The Marquess Of Cholmondeley )
#The Lord High Constable (office only in existence for coronations)
#The Earl Marshal ( His Grace The Duke Of Norfolk )
#The Lord High Admiral (office now held by the Sovereign)
#The Lord Steward of the Household ( His Grace The Duke Of Abercorn )
#The Lord Chamberlain of the Household ( The Rt Hon. The Lord Luce )
#The Master Of The Horse ( The Rt Hon. The Lord Vestey )

NOBILITY, ET AL

# Dukes
#Certain Members of the Royal Family
## Earl Of Ulster , eldest son of HRH The Duke of Gloucester
## Earl Of St Andrews , eldest son of HRH The Duke of Kent
#Ministers, Envoys, and other very important visitors from foreign countries
# Marquesses
#Eldest sons of Dukes
## Earl Of Arundel And Surrey , eldest son of the Duke Of Norfolk
## Lord Seymour , eldest son of the Duke Of Somerset
## Earl Of March And Kinrara , eldest son of the Duke Of Richmond And Gordon
## Earl Of Euston , eldest son of the Duke Of Grafton
## Marquess Of Worcester , eldest son of the Duke Of Beaufort
## Earl Of Burford , eldest son of the Duke Of St Albans
## Marquess Of Tavistock , eldest son of the Duke Of Bedford
## Marquess Of Hartington , eldest son of the Duke Of Devonshire
## Marquess Of Blandford , eldest son of the Duke Of Marlborough
## Marquess Of Granby , eldest son of the Duke Of Rutland
## Marquess Of Douglas And Clydedale , eldest son of the Duke Of Hamilton And Brandon
## Earl Of Dalkeith , eldest son of the Duke Of Buccleuch And Queensberry
## Marquess Of Lorne , eldest son of the Duke Of Argyll
## Marquess Of Tullibardine , eldest son of the Duke Of Atholl
## Marquess Of Graham , eldest son of the Duke Of Montrose
## Marquess Of Bowmont And Cessford , eldest son of the Duke Of Roxburghe
## Viscount Mandeville , eldest son of the Duke Of Manchester
## Earl Percy , eldest son of the Duke Of Northumberland
## Marquess Of Douro , eldest son of the Duke Of Wellington
## Marquess Of Stafford , eldest son of the Duke Of Sutherland
## Marquess Of Hamilton , eldest son of the Duke Of Abercorn
## Earl Grosvenor , eldest son of the Duke Of Westminster
## Earl Of Southesk , eldest son of the Duke Of Fife
##'' Earl Of Ulster , eldest son of the Duke Of Gloucester ''
##'' Earl Of St Andrews , eldest son of the Duke Of Kent ''
##'' HRH The Prince Of Wales , eldest son of the Duke Of Edinburgh ''
# Earls
#Younger sons of Dukes of Blood Royal ( The Lord Nicholas Windsor )
#Eldest sons of Marquesses
## Earl Of Wiltshire , eldest son of the Marquess Of Winchester
## Earl Of Aboyne , eldest son of the Marquess Of Huntly
## Viscount Drumlanrig , eldest son of the Marquess Of Queensberry
## Earl Of Shelburne , eldest son of the Marquess Of Lansdowne
## Viscount Raynham , eldest son of the Marquess Townshend
## Viscount Cranborne , eldest son of the Marquess Of Salisbury
## Viscount Weymouth , eldest son of the Marquess Of Bath
## Earl Of Yarmouth , eldest son of the Marquess Of Hertford
## Earl Of Dumfries , eldest son of the Marquess Of Bute
## Earl Of Tyrone , eldest son of the Marquess Of Waterford
## Earl Of Hillsborough , eldest son of the Marquess Of Downshire
## Earl Of Belfast , eldest son of the Marquess Of Donegall
## Earl Of Bective , eldest son of the Marquess Of Headfort
## Viscount Loftus , eldest son of the Marquess Of Ely
## Lord Burghley , eldest son of the Marquess Of Exeter
## Earl Compton , eldest son of the Marquess Of Northampton
## Earl Of Brecknock , eldest son of the Marquess Camden
## Earl Of Uxbridge , eldest son of the Marquess Of Anglesey
## Viscount Castlereagh , eldest son of the Marquess Of Londonderry
## Earl Of Mount Charles , eldest son of the Marquess Conyngham
## Earl Of Cardigan , eldest son of the Marquess Of Ailesbury
## Earl Of Mulgrave , eldest son of the Marquess Of Normanby
## Earl Ronaldshay , eldest son of the Marquess Of Zetland
## Earl Of Hopetoun , eldest son of the Marquess Of Linlithgow
## Earl Of Haddo , eldest son of the Marquess Of Aberdeen And Temair
## Earl Of Medina , eldest son of the Marquess Of Milford Haven
## Viscount Erleigh , eldest son of the Marquess Of Reading
#Younger sons of Dukes
## The Lord Thomas Fitzalan-Howard
## The Lord Philip Fitzalan-Howard
## The Lord Gerald Fitzalan-Howard
## The Lord Michael Fitzalan-Howard
## The Lord Mark Fitzalan-Howard
## The Lord Charles Seymour
## The Lord Francis Seymour
## The Lord Nicholas Gordon-Lennox
## The Lord Charles FitzRoy
## The Lord Edward FitzRoy
## The Lord Edward Somerset
## The Lord John Somerset
## The Lord Peter Beauclerk
## The Lord James Beauclerk
## The Lord John Beauclerk
## The Lord Robin Russell
## The Lord James Russell
## The Lord Rudolf Russell
## The Lord Francis Russell
## The Lord Hugh Russell
## The Lord Edward Spencer-Churchill
## The Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill
## The Lord Hugo Manners
## The Lord Edward Manners
## The Lord Roger Manners
## The Lord John Douglas-Hamilton
## The Lord Selkirk Of Douglas (as a son of a Duke Of Hamilton , he ranks higher than he does through his own life peerage)
## The Lord Patrick Douglas-Hamilton
## The Lord David Douglas-Hamilton
## The Lord John Montagu-Douglas-Scott
## The Lord Damian Montagu-Douglas-Scott
## The Lord Colin Campbell
## The Lord Craig Murray
## The Lord Ronald Graham
## The Lord Donald Graham
## The Lord Edward Innes-Ker
## The Lord George Innes-Ker
## The Lord Robert Innes-Ker
## The Lord Kimble Montagu
## The Lord Max Percy
## The Lord James Percy
## The Lord John FitzGerald
## The Lord Adrian FitzGerald
## The Lord Richard Wellesley
## The Lord John Wellesley
## The Lord James Wellesley
## The Lord Henry Egerton
## The Lord Nicholas Hamilton
## The Lord Anthony Hamilton
# Viscounts
#Eldest sons of Earls
## Viscount Ingestre , eldest son of the Earl of Shrewsbury
## Lord Stanley Of Bickerstaffe , eldest son of the Earl of Derby
## Lord Herbert Of Cardiff , eldest son of the Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery
## The Honourable Charles Courtenay , eldest son of the Earl of Devon
## Viscount Andover , eldest son of the Earl of Suffolk
## Viscount Feilding , eldest son of the Earl of Denbigh
## Lord Norreys , eldest son of the Earl of Lindsey
## Viscount Maidstone , eldest son of the Earl of Winchelsea
## Viscount Hinchingbrooke , eldest son of the Earl of Sandwich
## Viscount Woodstock , eldest son of the Earl of Portland
## Viscount Bury , eldest son of the Earl of Albermarle
## Viscount Deerhurst , eldest son of the Earl of Coventry
## Lord Balniel , eldest son of the Earl of Crawford
## Lord Hay , eldest son of the Earl of Erroll
## Lord Strathnaver , eldest son of the Earl of Sutherland
## Lord Aberdour , eldest son of the Earl of Morton
## Lord Cardross , eldest son of the Earl of Buchan
## Lord Montgomerie , eldest son of the Earl of Eglinton
## Lord Berriedale , eldest son of the Earl of Caithness
## Lord Doune , eldest son of the Earl of Morway
## Lord Glamis , eldest son of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
## Lord Binning , eldest son of the Earl of Haddington
## Viscount Of Maitland , eldest son of the Earl of Lauderdale
## Viscount Of Garnock , eldest son of the Earl of Lindsay
## Viscount Of Dupplin , eldest son of the Earl of Kinnoull
## Lord Bruce Of Kinloss , eldest son of the Earl of Elgin
## Lord Neidpath , eldest son of the Earl of Wemyss
## Lord Ramsay Of Dalhousie , eldest son of the Earl of Dalhousie
## Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie , eldest son of the Earl of Airlie
## Lord Balgonie , eldest son of the Earl of Leven
## Lord Huntingtower , eldest son of the Countess of Dysart
## Lord Daer , eldest son of the Baron Selkirk of Douglas (disclaimed Earldom of Selkirk)
## Lord Rosehill , eldest son of the Earl of Northesk
## Lord Scrymgeour , eldest son of the Earl of Dundee
## Lord Johnstone , eldest son of the Earl of Annandale and Hartfell
## Lord Cochrane , eldest son of the Earl of Dundonald
## Viscount Of Kirkwall , eldest son of the Earl of Orkney
## Viscount Of Reidhaven , eldest son of the Earl of Seafield
## Lord Dalmeny , eldest son of the Earl of Rosebery
## Viscount Of Kelburn , eldest son of the Earl of Glasgow
## Lord Guernsey , eldest son of the Earl of Aylesford
## Viscount Chewton , eldest son of the Earl Waldegrave
## Viscount Petersham , eldest son of the Earl of Harrington
## Viscount Lymington , eldest son of the Earl of Portsmouth
## Lord Brooke , eldest son of the Earl of Warwick
## Viscount Folkestone , eldest son of the Earl of Radnor
## Viscount Althorp , eldest son of the Earl Spencer
## Lord Apsley , eldest son of the Earl Bathurst
## Lord Hyde , eldest son of the Earl of Clarendon
## Viscount Of Stormont , eldest son of the Earl of Mansfield
## Lord Porchester , eldest son of the Earl of Carnarvon
## Viscount Chelsea , eldest son of the Earl Cadogan
## Viscount FitzHarris , eldest son of the Earl of Malmesbury
## Viscount Dungarvan , eldest son of the Earl of Cork
## Lord Ardee , eldest son of the Earl of Meath
## Viscount Moore , eldest son of the Earl of Drogheda
## Viscount Forbes , eldest son of the Earl of Granard
## Lord Clifton Of Rathmore , eldest son of the Earl of Darnley
## Viscount Ikerrin , eldest son of the Earl of Carrick
## Viscount Boyle , eldest son of the Earl of Shannon
## Viscount Stopford , eldest son of the Earl of Courtown
## Viscount Pollington , eldest son of the Earl of Mexborough
## Viscount Jocelyn , eldest son of the Earl of Roden
## Viscount Lisburne , eldest son of the Earl of Lisburne
## Lord Gilford , eldest son of the Earl of Clanwilliam
## Viscount Dunluce , eldest son of the Earl of Antrim
## Lord Silchester , eldest son of the Earl of Longford
## Viscount Carlow , eldest son of the Earl of Portarlington
## Lord Naas , eldest son of the Earl of Mayo
## Viscount Crichton , eldest son of the Earl of Erne
## Lord Bingham , eldest son of the Earl of Lucan
## Viscount Corry , eldest son of the Earl Belmore
## Viscount Suirdale , eldest son of the Earl of Donoughmore
## Viscount Alexander , eldest son of the Earl of Caledon
## Lord Loughborough , eldest son of the Earl of Rosslyn
## Viscount Cranley , eldest son of the Earl of Onslow
## Viscount Grey De Wilton , eldest son of the Earl of Wilton
## Viscount Glentworth , eldest son of the Earl of Limerick
## Viscount Clive , eldest son of the Earl of Powis
## Viscount Merton , eldest son of the Earl Nelson
## Lord Oxmantown , eldest son of the Earl of Rosse
## Viscount Somerton , eldest son of the Earl of Normanton
## Viscount Lowther , eldest son of the Earl of Lonsdale
## Viscount Sandon , eldest son of the Earl of Harrowby
## Viscount Melgund , eldest son of the Earl of Minto
## Viscount Grimston , eldest son of the Earl of Verulam
## Lord Eliot , eldest son of the Earl of St Germans
## Viscount Boringdon , eldest son of the Earl of Morley
## Viscount Newport , eldest son of the Earl of Bradford
## Viscount Encombe , eldest son of the Earl of Elden
## Viscount Curzon , eldest son of the Earl Howe
## Viscount Durwich , eldest son of the Earl of Stradbroke
## Lord Langton , eldest son of the Earl Temple of Stowe
## Viscount Newry , eldest son of the Earl of Kilmorey
## Viscount Northland , eldest son of the Earl of Ranfurly
## Viscount Anson , eldest son of the Earl of Lichfield
## Viscount Granville , eldest son of the Earl Granville
## Lord Howard Of Effingham , eldest son of the Earl of Effingham
## Lord Ducie , eldest son of the Earl of Ducie
## Lord Worsley , eldest son of the Earl of Yarborough
## Viscount Coke , eldest son of the Earl of Leicester
## Viscount Campden , eldest son of the Earl of Gainsborough
## Viscount Enfield , eldest son of the Earl of Strafford