Order of precedence in England and Wales

Royal family of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms
The Queen The Prince of Wales The Duchess of Cornwall The Duke of Cambridge The Duchess of Cambridge Prince George of Cambridge Princess Charlotte of Cambridge Prince Louis of Cambridge The Duke of Sussex The Duchess of Sussex The Princess Royal The Duke of York Princess Beatrice Princess Eugenie The Earl of Wessex The Countess of Wessex The Duke of Gloucester The Duchess of Gloucester The Duke of Kent The Duchess of Kent Princess Alexandra Prince Michael of Kent Princess Michael of Kent
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The following is the order of precedence in England and Wales as of December 2021. Separate orders exist for gentlemen and ladies.

Names in italics indicate that these people rank elsewhere—either higher in that table of precedence or in the table for the other sex. Titles in italics indicate the same thing for their holders, or that they are vacant.

Peers and their families make up a large part of these tables. It is possible for a peer to hold more than one title of nobility, and these may belong to different ranks and peerages. A peer derives his precedence from his highest-ranking title; peeresses derive their precedence in the same way, whether they hold their highest-ranking title in their own right or by marriage. The ranks in the tables refer to peers rather than titles: if exceptions are named for a rank, these do not include peers of a higher rank (or any peers at all, in the case of baronets). No exceptions are named for most categories, owing to their large size.

Men[]

Royalty, archbishops, et al.[]

Royal family[]

Precedence is accorded to spouses, children and grandchildren of the reigning sovereign, as well as children and grandchildren of former sovereigns.^{[nb 1]}

Title	Holder	Ref
The Sovereign (regardless of gender)	HM The Queen
Eldest son of the Sovereign	HRH The Prince of Wales	[2]
Younger sons of the Sovereign	HRH The Duke of York	[2]
	HRH The Earl of Wessex
Grandsons of the Sovereign	HRH The Duke of Cambridge	[3]
	HRH The Duke of Sussex
	Viscount Severn[4]
	Peter Phillips
Brothers of the Sovereign	None at present	[5][2]
Uncles of the Sovereign	None at present	[2]
Nephews of the Sovereign	The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Snowdon	[2]
Grandsons of former Sovereigns who are Dukes	HRH The Duke of Gloucester	[5]
	HRH The Duke of Kent
Grandsons of former Sovereigns who are not Dukes	HRH Prince Michael of Kent

Archbishops, High Officers of State, et al.[]

Title	Holder			Ref
The Vicegerent in Spirituals	None; vacant since 1540			[1][6]
The Archbishop of Canterbury		The Most Rev. and Rt. Hon. Justin Welby		[1]
The Lord High Steward	Not currently in use			[nb 2]
The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain		The Rt. Hon. Dominic Raab, MP		[6]
The Archbishop of York		The Most Rev. and Rt. Hon. Stephen Cottrell		[1]
The Prime Minister		The Rt. Hon. Boris Johnson, MP		[nb 3]
The Lord High Treasurer	None; vacant since 1714			[nb 4][6]
The Lord President of the Council		The Rt. Hon. Jacob Rees-Mogg, MP		[6]
The Speaker of the House of Commons		The Rt. Hon. Sir Lindsay Hoyle, MP		[9]
The Lord Speaker of the House of Lords		The Rt. Hon. The Lord McFall of Alcluith		[nb 5]
The President of the Supreme Court		The Rt. Hon. The Lord Reed of Allermuir		[12]
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales		The Rt. Hon. The Lord Burnett of Maldon		[13]
The Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal		Office held by a woman		[6]
The Ambassadors and High Commissioners to the United Kingdom in order of arrival				[nb 6][14]
The Lord Great Chamberlain	The Most Hon. The Marquess of Cholmondeley			[6]
The Lord High Constable	Not currently in use			[nb 7][6]
The Earl Marshal	His Grace The Duke of Norfolk			[6]
The Lord High Admiral	Status debated			[nb 8][6]
The Lord Steward of the Household	The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Dalhousie			[6]
The Lord Chamberlain of the Household		The Rt. Hon. The Lord Parker of Minsmere		[6]
The Master of the Horse	The Rt. Hon. The Lord de Mauley			[nb 9]

Nobility, bishops, et al.[]

Dukes, et al.[]

	Note	Ref
Royal Dukes not grandsons of former Sovereigns	None at present	[5]
England	Ordered according to date of creation	[nb 10]
Scotland	Ordered according to date of creation
Great Britain	Ordered according to date of creation
Ireland	The 9th Duke of Leinster	[nb 11]
United Kingdom	Ordered according to date of creation
Eldest sons of Royal Dukes who are not already ranked higher	Earl of Ulster (son of the Duke of Gloucester)	[nb 1]
	Earl of St Andrews (son of the Duke of Kent)
	Prince George of Cambridge (son of the Duke of Cambridge)
	Archie Mountbatten-Windsor (son of the Duke of Sussex)
Ministers, envoys, and other very important visitors from foreign countries

Marquesses, et al.[]

	Note	Ref
England	The 18th Marquess of Winchester
Scotland	Ordered according to date of creation
Great Britain	Ordered according to date of creation
Ireland	Ordered according to date of creation
United Kingdom	Ordered according to date of creation	[nb 12]
		[16]
Eldest sons of Dukes according to the precedence of the peerage holders

Earls, et al.[]

	Note	Ref
England	Ordered according to date of creation
Scotland	Ordered according to the Decreet of Ranking of 1606 according to date of creation	[nb 13]
		[nb 14]
Great Britain	Ordered according to date of creation
Ireland	Ordered according to date of creation
United Kingdom	Ordered according to date of creation	[nb 15]
		[nb 16]
		[17]
Younger sons of Royal Dukes who are not already ranked higher	Lord Nicholas Windsor (second son of the Duke of Kent)	[nb 1]
	Prince Louis of Cambridge (second son of the Duke of Cambridge)
Eldest sons of Marquesses according to the precedence of the peerage holders
Younger sons of Dukes according to the precedence of the peerage holders

Viscounts, et al.[]

	Note	Ref
England	The 19th Viscount Hereford
Scotland	Ordered according to date of creation
Great Britain	Ordered according to date of creation
Ireland	Ordered according to date of creation
United Kingdom	Ordered according to date of creation	[18]
Eldest sons of Earls according to the precedence of the peerage holders		[nb 17]
Lord Frederick Windsor (only son of Prince Michael of Kent)		[5]
Younger sons of Marquesses ordered according to the precedence of the peerage holders

Bishops[]

	Title	Holder			Ref
Diocesan Bishops with seats in the House of Lords - ex officio	The Bishop of London		The Rt. Rev. and Rt. Hon. Dame Sarah Mullally	Office held by a woman	[19]
	The Bishop of Durham	The Rt. Rev. Paul Butler
	The Bishop of Winchester	The Rt. Rev. Tim Dakin
Other Diocesan Bishops with seats in the House of Lords ordered according to seniority of confirmation of election					[nb 18]
Other Diocesan Bishops ordered according to seniority of confirmation of election
Suffragan bishops ordered according to seniority of consecration
Retired Church of England diocesan archbishops and bishops ordered according to original date of confirmation of election

Barons/Lords of Parliament[]

	Order of precedence	Notes
Secretaries of State Being of the degree of a Baron	None at present
England	Ordered according to date of creation
Scotland	Ordered according to date of creation
Great Britain	Ordered according to date of creation
Ireland	Ordered according to date of creation
United Kingdom	Ordered according to date of creation	[nb 19]
		[nb 20]
		[nb 21]
		[nb 22]
		[nb 23]
		[20]

Gentry, et al.[]

Master of the Rolls and Supreme Court Justices[]

Title	Holder			Ref
The Master of the Rolls		The Rt. Hon. Sir Geoffrey Vos		[13]
The Deputy President of the Supreme Court		The Rt. Hon. Lord Hodge		[12]
Justices of the Supreme Court		The Rt. Hon. Lord Lloyd-Jones		[12][nb 24]
		The Rt. Hon. Lord Briggs of Westbourne
		The Rt. Hon. Lord Kitchin
		The Rt. Hon. Lord Sales
		The Rt. Hon. Lord Hamblen
		The Rt. Hon. Lord Leggatt
		The Rt. Hon. Lord Burrows
		The Rt. Hon. Lord Stephens of Creevyloughgare

Royal Household officials[]

Title	Holder	Ref
The Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal	None; last appointed in 1850	[5]
The Treasurer of the Household	Stuart Andrew, MP
The Comptroller of the Household	Marcus Jones, MP
The Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	James Morris, MP

Cabinet, et al.[]

	Department	Holder
Secretaries of State Under the degree of a Baron
	for Justice		The Rt. Hon. Dominic Raab, MP[23]
	for Defence		The Rt. Hon. Ben Wallace, MP
	for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities		The Rt. Hon. Michael Gove, MP
	for Health and Social Care		The Rt. Hon. Sajid Javid, MP
	for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy		The Rt. Hon. Kwasi Kwarteng, MP
	for Education		The Rt. Hon. Nadhim Zahawi, MP
	for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs		The Rt. Hon. George Eustice, MP
	for Transport		The Rt. Hon. Grant Shapps, MP
	for Northern Ireland		The Rt. Hon. Brandon Lewis, MP
	for Scotland		The Rt. Hon. Alister Jack, MP
	for Wales		The Rt. Hon. Simon Hart, MP
Eldest sons of Viscounts according to the precedence of the peerage holders
Younger sons of Earls according to the precedence of the peerage holders
Eldest sons of Barons according to the precedence of the peerage holders

The Prime Minister determines the order of precedence for Secretaries of State as part of the ministerial ranking (also known as the order of precedence in Cabinet).

Knights of the Garter and Knights of the Thistle[]

Order	Post-nominal letters	Holder	Ref
Knights of the Garter	KG	[24]
			Sir John Major
			Sir Thomas Dunne
			Sir David Brewer
Knights of the Thistle	KT
			Sir Ian Wood
Knights of St Patrick	KP	None; order dormant	[nb 25]

Privy Counsellors, et al.[]

Privy Counsellors	Holder	Ref
Privy Counsellors (PC)	Ordered according to date of oath-taking	[nb 26]
The Chancellor of the Order of the Garter	His Grace The Duke of Abercorn	[25]
The Chancellor of the Exchequer	The Rt. Hon. Rishi Sunak, MP	[26]
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Rt. Hon. Stephen Barclay, MP	[26]

Senior judges, et al.[]

	Holder			Ref
The Senior Judges	The President of the Queen's Bench Division	Office held by a woman	[nb 27][28]
	The President of the Family Division	The Rt. Hon. Sir Andrew McFarlane		[26]
	The Chancellor of the High Court	The Rt. Hon. Sir Julian Flaux		[26]
The Lords Justices of Appeal	Ordered according to seniority of appointment			[29]
The Judges of the High Court	Ordered according to seniority of appointment			[30]
Younger sons of Viscounts according to the precedence of the peerage holders
Younger sons of Barons according to the precedence of the peerage holders
All sons of Life Peers according to the precedence of the peerage holders				[nb 28]

Baronets[]

		Post-nominal letters	Ref
Baronets		Bt	[nb 29]

Knights[]

Level	Order	Post-nominal letters	Ref
Knights Grand Cross	Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath	GCB
	Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India	GCSI	[nb 30]
	Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George	GCMG
	Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire	GCIE	[nb 30]
	Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order	GCVO
	Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire	GBE
Knights Commander	Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath	KCB
	Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India	KCSI	[nb 31]
	Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George	KCMG
	Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire	KCIE	[nb 32]
	Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order	KCVO
	Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire	KBE
Knights Bachelor		Kt	[nb 33]

Lower level judges, et al.[]

Title	Holder	Ref
The Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster	The Rt. Hon. Sir Richard Snowden, QC	[33]
The Recorder of London	Mark Lucraft
The Recorders of Liverpool and Manchester		[34]
The Recorder of Liverpool	His Honour Andrew Menary, QC	[35]
The Recorder of Manchester	His Honour Nicholas Dean, QC	[36]
The Common Serjeant of London	His Honour Richard Marks, QC	[37]
The Circuit Judges

Other lower ranks, including esquires and gentlemen[]

Companions, commanders, lieutenants and officers of various orders[]

Order	Post-nominal letters	Ref
Companions of the Order of the Bath	CB
Companions of the Order of the Star of India	CSI	[nb 34]
Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George	CMG
Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire	CIE	[nb 35]
Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order	CVO
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire	CBE
Companions of the Distinguished Service Order	DSO
Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order	LVO
Officers of the Order of the British Empire	OBE
Companions of the Imperial Service Order	ISO

Eldest sons of various grades[]

	Note	Ref
Eldest sons of younger sons of hereditary peers in their own right	Ordered according to the precedence of the peerage holders
Eldest sons of baronets	Ordered according to the precedence of the baronets
Eldest sons of knights	Ordered according to the precedence of the knights

Members of various orders[]

Order	Post-nominal letters	Ref
Members of the Royal Victorian Order	MVO
Members of the Order of the British Empire	MBE

Younger sons of various grades[]

	Note	Ref
Younger sons of baronets	Ordered according to the precedence of the baronets
Younger sons of knights	Ordered according to the precedence of the knights

Women[]

Royalty[]

The order of precedence accorded to women of the royal family differs depending on whether or not they are accompanied by a husband who is of higher precedence by birthright. Thus two tables are given below: the first outlines the order of precedence for women of the royal family when unaccompanied by a more senior ranking spouse. The second shows the order of precedence when female members of the royal family are joined by their spouses of the blood Royal. This is done because when unaccompanied, blood relations of the sovereign are always accorded higher precedence than those who are married in. For example, when not accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, ranks after Princess Alexandra, The Honorable Lady Ogilvy; when with him, she ranks above all women other than the reigning sovereign and any queens dowager. The same goes for spouses of the Queen's grandsons and their positioning with the Queen's granddaughters. For example, as a Princess of the blood Royal, Princess Beatrice of York outranks Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge if Catherine is unaccompanied by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge.^[38]

Order of precedence for female members of the royal family when not accompanying their husbands[]

Title	Holder	Ref
The Queen	HM The Queen
The Queens Dowager	None surviving; most recently widowed first
Daughters of the Sovereign	HRH The Princess Royal
Granddaughters of former Sovereigns	HRH Princess Alexandra, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy
	Lady Sarah Chatto
Princess of Wales	HRH The Duchess of Cornwall	[39]
Granddaughters of the Monarch accorded princely rank	HRH Princess Beatrice, Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
	HRH Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank
Wives of grandsons of the Sovereign accorded princely rank	HRH The Duchess of Cambridge
	HRH The Duchess of Sussex
Daughters-in-law of the Sovereign	HRH The Countess of Wessex
Granddaughters of the Sovereign without princely rank	Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor	[40]
	Zara Tindall
Granddaughters-in-law of the Sovereign	None surviving
Aunts (by marriage) of the Sovereign	None surviving	[41]
Nieces (by marriage) of the Sovereign	The Rt. Hon. The Countess of Snowdon	[41]
Granddaughters-in-law of former Sovereigns whose husbands are dukes	HRH The Duchess of Gloucester
	HRH The Duchess of Kent
Granddaughters-in-law of former Sovereigns whose husbands are not dukes	HRH Princess Michael of Kent

Order of precedence for female members of the royal family when accompanying their husbands[]

Title or Relationship	Holder	Ref
The Queen	HM The Queen
The Queens Dowager	None surviving; most recently widowed first
Daughters-in-law of the Sovereign	HRH The Duchess of Cornwall[39]	[42]
	HRH The Countess of Wessex
Daughters of the Sovereign	HRH The Princess Royal
Granddaughters-in-law of the Sovereign	HRH The Duchess of Cambridge	[43]
	HRH The Duchess of Sussex
	None surviving
Granddaughters of the Sovereign	HRH Princess Beatrice, Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi	[3]
	HRH Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank
	Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor[40]
	Zara Tindall
Sisters-in-law of the Sovereign	None surviving	[42]
Sisters of the Sovereign	None surviving
Aunts (by marriage) of the Sovereign	None surviving	[42]
Aunts (by blood) of the Sovereign	None surviving
Nieces (by marriage) of the Sovereign	The Rt. Hon. The Countess of Snowdon	[42]
Nieces (by blood) of the Sovereign	Lady Sarah Chatto
Granddaughters-in-law of former Sovereigns whose husbands are Dukes	HRH The Duchess of Gloucester	[42]
	HRH The Duchess of Kent
Granddaughters-in-law of former Sovereigns whose husbands are not Dukes	HRH Princess Michael of Kent	[42]
Granddaughters of former Sovereigns	HRH Princess Alexandra, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy

High Officers of State, et al.[]

Title	Holder	Ref
The Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	The Rt. Hon. The Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
The Ambassadors and High Commissioners to the United Kingdom in order of arrival

Nobility and bishops[]

Duchesses, et al.[]

	Note	Ref
England	Ordered according to date of creation
Scotland	Ordered according to date of creation
Great Britain	Ordered according to date of creation
Ireland	The Duchess of Leinster
United Kingdom	Ordered according to date of creation
Wives of eldest sons of Royal Dukes	Countess of Ulster (wife of Earl of Ulster) Countess of St Andrews (wife of Earl of St Andrews)
Daughters of Royal Dukes	Lady Davina Lewis (elder daughter of the Duke of Gloucester)	[nb 1]
	Lady Rose Gilman (younger daughter of the Duke of Gloucester)
	Lady Helen Taylor (only daughter of the Duke of Kent)
	Princess Charlotte of Cambridge (only daughter of the Duke of Cambridge)
	Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor (only daughter of the Duke of Sussex)
Ministers, envoys, and other very important visitors from foreign countries

Marchionesses, et al.[]

	Note	Ref
England	The Marchionesses of Winchester
Scotland	Ordered according to date of creation
Great Britain	Ordered according to date of creation
Ireland	Ordered according to date of creation
United Kingdom	Ordered according to date of creation
Wives of the eldest sons of Dukes according to the precedence of the peerage holders
Daughters of Dukes not married to peers

Countesses, et al.[]

	Note	Ref
England	Ordered according to date of creation
Scotland	Ordered according to the Decreet of Ranking of 1606 according to date of creation
Great Britain	Ordered according to date of creation
Ireland	Ordered according to date of creation
United Kingdom	Ordered according to date of creation
Wives of younger sons of Royal Dukes who are not already ranked higher	Lady Nicholas Windsor
Wives of eldest sons of Marquesses according to the precedence of the peerage holders
Daughters of Marquesses not married to peers
Wives of younger sons of Dukes according to the precedence of the peerage holders

Viscountesses, et al.[]

	Note	Ref
England	The Viscountess Hereford
Scotland	Ordered according to date of creation
Great Britain	Ordered according to date of creation
Ireland	Ordered according to date of creation
United Kingdom	Ordered according to date of creation
Wives of eldest sons of Earls according to the precedence of the peerage holders
Daughters of Earls not married to peers		[44]
Wives of younger sons of Marquesses ordered according to the precedence of the peerage holders

Female bishops[]

	Title	Holder	Ref
Female Diocesan Bishops with seats in the House of Lords - ex officio	The Bishop of London	The Rt. Rev. and Rt. Hon. Dame Sarah Mullally	[19]
Other Female Diocesan Bishops with seats in the House of Lords ordered according to seniority of confirmation of election			[nb 18]
Other Female Diocesan Bishops ordered according to seniority of confirmation of election
Female Suffragan bishops ordered according to seniority of consecration
Retired Female Church of England diocesan archbishops and bishops ordered according to original date of confirmation of election

Baronesses[]

	Note	Ref
Secretaries of State Being of the degree of a Baroness	None at present
England	Ordered according to date of creation
Scotland	Ordered according to date of creation
Great Britain	Ordered according to date of creation
Ireland	Ordered according to date of creation
United Kingdom	Ordered according to date of creation	[nb 19]
		[nb 36]

Gentry, et al.[]

Supreme Court Justices[]

Title	Holder	Ref
Justices of the Supreme Court	The Rt. Hon. Lady Arden of Heswall ranks higher as Baroness Mance	[12]
	The Rt. Hon. Lady Rose of Colmworth

Cabinet, et al.[]

	Holder		Ref
Secretaries of State Under the degree of a Baroness	for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (and First Secretary of State)	The Rt. Hon. Liz Truss, MP
	for the Home Department	The Rt. Hon. Priti Patel, MP
	for International Trade	The Rt. Hon. Anne-Marie Trevelyan, MP
	for Work and Pensions	The Rt. Hon. Thérèse Coffey MP
	for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	The Rt. Hon. Nadine Dorries MP
Wives of Viscounts' eldest sons
Daughters of Viscounts not married to peers
Wives of younger sons of Earls
Wives of eldest sons of Barons
Daughters of Barons not married to peers

The Prime Minister determines the order of precedence for Secretaries of State as part of the ministerial ranking (also known as the order of precedence in Cabinet).

Ladies and dames, et al.[]

Ladies of the Garter and Ladies of the Thistle[]

Order	Post-nominal letters	Holder	Ref
Ladies of the Garter	LG	Lady Mary Fagan	[24]
		Lady Mary Peters
Ladies of the Thistle	LT	None at present	[24]

Wives of Knights of the Garter[]

Wife	Husband who is/was member	Ref
Lady (Valerie) Stephen	Sir Ninian Stephen	[45]	[24]
Lady (June) Hilary	Sir Edmund Hillary	[46]
Lady (Mary) Colman	Sir Timothy Colman
Lady (Rosamund) Gladstone	Sir William Gladstone	[47]
Lady (Jennifer) Acland	Sir Antony Acland
Lady (Norma) Major	Sir John Major	[nb 37]
Lady (Henrietta) Dunne	Sir Thomas Dunne
Lady (Tessa) Brewer	Sir David Brewer

Wives of Knights of the Thistle[]

Wife	Husband who is/was member	Ref
Lady (Poppy) Anderson	Sir Eric Anderson		[24]
Lady (Gillian) Morrison	Sir Garth Morrison	[48]
Lady (Helen) Wood	Sir Ian Wood

Privy Counsellors, et al.[]

Privy Counsellors	Holder	Ref
Privy Counsellors (PC)	Ordered according to date of oath-taking	[nb 26]

Senior judges, et al.[]

	Holder		Ref
The President of the Queen's Bench Division	The Rt. Hon. Dame Victoria Sharp
The Lady Justices of Appeal	Ordered according to seniority of appointment
The Judges of the High Court	Ordered according to seniority of appointment		[49]
Wives of younger sons of Viscounts according to the precedence of the peerage holders
Wives of younger sons of Barons according to the precedence of the peerage holders
Baronetesses in their own right	None at present		[nb 38]
Wives of Baronets

Dames[]

Level	Order	Post-nominal letters	Ref
Dames Grand Cross	of the Order of the Bath	GCB
	of the Order of St Michael and St George	GCMG
	of the Royal Victorian Order	GCVO
	of the Order of the British Empire	GBE
Wives	of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
	of Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India
	of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
	of Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
	of Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
	of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
Dames Commander	of the Order of the Bath	DCB
	of the Order of St Michael and St George	KCMG
	of the Royal Victorian Order	DCVO
	of the Order of the British Empire	DBE	[50]
Wives of Knights Commander	of the Order of the Bath
	of the Order of the Star of India
	of the Order of St Michael and St George
	of the Order of the Indian Empire
	of the Royal Victorian Order
	of the Order of the British Empire
Wives of Knights Bachelor

Lower level judges[]

Title	Holder	Ref
The Circuit Judges

Members of orders, et al.[]

• Companions of orders
  • Companions of the Order of the Bath
  • Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
  • Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
  • Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
• Wives of Companions of the following Orders:
  • Order of the Bath
  • Order of the Star of India
  • Order of St Michael and St George
  • Order of the Indian Empire
  • Royal Victorian Order
  • Order of the British Empire
• Wives of Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
• Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order
• Officers of the Order of the British Empire
• Wives of Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order
• Wives of Officers of the Order of the British Empire
• Companions of the Imperial Service Order
• Wives of Companions of the Imperial Service Order

Wives and daughters of peers, baronets, and knights, et al.[]

• Wives of the eldest sons of sons of peers or peeresses
• Daughters of sons of peers or peeresses
• Wives of the eldest sons of baronets
• Daughters of baronets
• Wives of eldest sons of knights:
  • Knights of the Garter
  • Knights of the Thistle
  • Knights of St Patrick
  • Knights Grand Cross or Grand Commander
  • Knights Commander
• Daughters of knights:
  • Daughters of Knights of the Garter
  • Daughters of Knights of the Thistle
  • Daughters of Knights Grand Cross or Grand Commander
  • Daughters of Knights Commander
• Members of the Royal Victorian Order
• Members of the Order of the British Empire
• Wives of members of the Royal Victorian Order
• Wives of members of the Order of the British Empire

Wives of younger sons[]

• Wives of younger sons of baronets
• Wives of younger sons of knights:
  • Knights of the Garter
  • Knights of the Thistle
  • Knights of St Patrick
  • Knights Grand Cross or Knights Grand Commander
  • Knights Commander

Local precedence[]

• The Lord Lieutenant of the County
• The High Sheriff of the County
• The Lord Mayor
• The (elected) mayor
• The chairman of the county or district council
• The deputy mayor
• Aldermen
• Councillors
• Justices of the Peace
• The clerk of the County Council
• The town clerk
• The chief constable
• The county engineer or borough engineer

Notes[]

References[]