Royal Family

• The Sovereign (The Queen), regardless of gender
• The Sovereign's spouse (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....
  
  )
• Sons of the Sovereign
  • 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...
    
    
  • 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...
    
    
  • 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...
    
    
• Grandsons of the Sovereign (ranked using the rules of primogeniture
  Primogeniture
  Primogeniture is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn to inherit the entire estate, to the exclusion of younger siblings . Historically, the term implied male primogeniture, to the exclusion of females...
  
  )
  • The Duke of Cambridge
  • Prince Harry of Wales
    Prince Harry of Wales
    Prince Henry of Wales , commonly known as Prince Harry, is the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, and fourth grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
    
    
  • 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...
    
    
  • 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...
    
    

Brothers of the Sovereign (none at present)

Uncles of the Sovereign (none at present)

• Nephews of the Sovereign (Viscount Linley
  David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley
  -Ancestry:-External links:* * * *...
  
  )
• Grandsons of former sovereigns who are dukes
  • 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...
    
    
  • 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...
    
    
• Grandsons of former sovereigns who are not dukes (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...
  
  )

Archbishops, High Officers of State, et al.

• The Archbishop of Canterbury
  Archbishop of Canterbury
  The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...
  
   (Rowan Williams
  Rowan Williams
  Rowan Douglas Williams FRSL, FBA, FLSW is an Anglican bishop, poet and theologian. He is the 104th and current Archbishop of Canterbury, Metropolitan of the Province of Canterbury and Primate of All England, offices he has held since early 2003.Williams was previously Bishop of Monmouth and...
  
  )

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...

 (none; ceremonial and only appointed for coronations)

• 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
  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...
  
   QC MP)
• The Archbishop of York
  Archbishop of York
  The Archbishop of York is a high-ranking cleric in the Church of England, second only to the Archbishop of Canterbury. He is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and metropolitan of the Province of York, which covers the northern portion of England as well as the Isle of Man...
  
   (John Sentamu
  John Sentamu
  John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu is the 97th Archbishop of York, Metropolitan of the province of York, and Primate of England. He is the second most senior cleric in the Church of England, after the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams.-Life and career:...
  
  )
• 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
  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 ....
  
   MP)
• Commonwealth Prime Ministers (while visiting the UK, in order of appointment)

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...

 (none; in commission since 1714)

• The 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
  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...
  
   MP)
• The Speaker of the House of Commons (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)

The Lord Speaker

Lord Speaker

The Lord Speaker is the speaker of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The office is analogous to the Speaker of the House of Commons: the Lord Speaker is elected by the members of the House of Lords and is expected to be politically impartial.Until July 2006, the role of...

(currently a woman, Baroness D'Souza)

• The President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
  Nicholas Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers
  Nicholas Addison Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers, KG PC is the President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. Before 1 October 2009 his title was Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. He was Master of the Rolls from 2000 to 2005 and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2005...
  
  )
• The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
  Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
  The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales is the head of the judiciary and President of the Courts of England and Wales. Historically, he was the second-highest judge of the Courts of England and Wales, after the Lord Chancellor, but that changed as a result of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005,...
  
   (Lord Judge)
• 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)
• Ambassadors and High Commissioners (in order of arrival)

The Lord High Constable of England

Lord High Constable of England

The Lord High Constable of England is the seventh of the Great Officers of State, ranking beneath the Lord Great Chamberlain and above the Earl Marshal. His office is now called out of abeyance only for coronations. The Lord High Constable was originally the commander of the royal armies and the...

 (none; ceremonial and only appointed for coronations)

• 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....
  
  )

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...

(The Duke of Edinburgh, who ranks higher as the Sovereign's spouse)

Dukes, et al.

• 9 Dukes of England (ordered according to date of creation; excepting the Duke of Norfolk, who ranks higher as Earl Marshal)
• 6 Dukes of Scotland (ordered according to date of creation)
• 2 Dukes of Great Britain (ordered according to date of creation)
• 1 Duke of Ireland (The Duke of Leinster
  Maurice FitzGerald, 9th Duke of Leinster
  Maurice FitzGerald, 9th Duke of Leinster , styled Earl of Offaly before 1976 and Marquess of Kildare between 1976 and 2004, is an Irish nobleman. The Duke is the highest ranking member of the Peerage of Ireland....
  
  )
• 5 Dukes of the United Kingdom and of Ireland created after 1801 (ordered according to date of creation; excepting the 5 royal dukes)
• Eldest sons of royal dukes
  • 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)
  • 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)
• Ministers, envoys, and other very important visitors from foreign countries

Marquessess, et al.

• 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...
  
  )
• 1 Marquess of England (The Marquess of Winchester
  Nigel Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester
  Nigel George Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester is a British peer and the premier Marquess of England. He succeeded a cousin in the title in 1968.Winchester currently lives in South Africa.He married Rosemary Anne Hilton, on 25 November 1967...
  
  )
• 4 Marquesses of Scotland (ordered according to date of creation)
• 6 Marquesses of Great Britain (ordered according to date of creation)
• 6 Marquesses of Ireland created before 1801 (ordered according to date of creation)
• 16 Marquesses of the United Kingdom and of Ireland created after 1801 (ordered according to date of creation; excepting the Marquess of Cholmondeley, who ranks higher as Lord Great Chamberlain)
• Eldest sons of non-royal dukes (ordered according to the precedence of the peerage holders)

Earls, et al.

• The Lord Steward of the Household
  Lord Steward
  The Lord Steward or Lord Steward of the Household, in England, is an important official of the Royal Household. He is always a peer. Until 1924, he was always a member of the Government...
  
   (The Earl of Dalhousie
  James Hubert Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie
  James Hubert Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie, DL , styled Lord Ramsay between 1950 and 1999, is a British land-owner. The Earl was appointed, in succession to the Duke of Abercorn, as Lord Steward of Her Majesty's Household in 2009....
  
  )
• The Lord Chamberlain of the Household
  Lord Chamberlain
  The Lord Chamberlain or Lord Chamberlain of the Household is one of the chief officers of the Royal Household in the United Kingdom and is to be distinguished from the Lord Great Chamberlain, one of the Great Officers of State....
  
   (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:...
  
  )
• The Master of the Horse (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....
  
  )
• 20 Earls of England (ordered according to date of creation)
• 34 Earls of Scotland (ordered according to the Decree of Ranking of 1606 and the date of creation), excepting:
  • The earldoms of Mar
    Earl of Mar
    The Mormaer or Earl of Mar is a title that has been created seven times, all in the Peerage of Scotland. The first creation of the earldom was originally the provincial ruler of the province of Mar in north-eastern Scotland...
    
    , Sutherland
    Earl of Sutherland
    Earl of Sutherland is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created circa 1230 for William de Moravia. The Earl of Sutherland is also the Chief of Clan Sutherland...
    
     and Dysart
    Earl of Dysart
    Earl of Dysart is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1643 for William Murray, who had earlier represented Fowey and East Looe in the English House of Commons. He was made Lord Huntingtower at the same time, also in the Peerage of Scotland. He was succeeded by his daughter, the...
    
    , which are currently held by women;
  • The Earl of Dalhousie, who ranks higher as Lord Steward of the Household; and
  • The earldom of Selkirk, which is presently disclaimed by a baron for life, 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...
    
    , who ranks as a younger son of the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon
• 24 Earls of Great Britain (ordered according to date of creation)
• 31 Earls of Ireland created before 1801 (ordered according to date of creation)
• 78 Earls of the United Kingdom and of Ireland created after 1801 (ordered according to date of creation), excepting:
  • The earldom of Mountbatten of Burma
    Earl Mountbatten of Burma
    The title Earl Mountbatten of Burma was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1947 for Rear Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, the last Viceroy of India....
    
    , which is currently held by a woman;
  • The Earl of Wessex, who ranks higher as a member of the Royal Family; and
  • The Earl Peel, who ranks higher as Lord Chamberlain of the Household
• 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....
  
   (younger son of the Duke of Kent)
• Eldest sons of marquesses (ordered according to the precedence of the peerage holders)
• Younger sons of non-royal dukes (ordered according to the precedence of the peerage holders)

Viscounts, et al.

• 1 Viscount of England (The Viscount Hereford
  Robin Devereux, 19th Viscount Hereford
  Sir Charles Robin De Bohun Devereux, 19th Viscount Hereford and 16th Baronet is an English peer and Premier Viscount of England....
  
  )
• 3 Viscounts of Scotland (ordered according to date of creation)
• 5 Viscounts of Great Britain (ordered according to date of creation)
• 22 Viscounts of Ireland created before 1801 (ordered according to date of creation)
• 82 Viscounts of the United Kingdom and of Ireland created after 1801 (ordered according to date of creation; excepting the viscountcy of Stansgate, which is presently disclaimed by Tony Benn
  Tony Benn
  Anthony Neil Wedgwood "Tony" Benn, PC is a British Labour Party politician and a former MP and Cabinet Minister.His successful campaign to renounce his hereditary peerage was instrumental in the creation of the Peerage Act 1963...
  
  , who ranks as a Privy Counsellor)
• Eldest sons of non-royal earls and of countesses in their own right (ordered according to the precedence of the peerage holders)
• 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...
  
   (only son of Prince Michael of Kent)
• Younger sons of marquesses (ordered according to the precedence of the peerage holders)

Bishops

• The Bishop of London
  Bishop of London
  The Bishop of London is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers 458 km² of 17 boroughs of Greater London north of the River Thames and a small part of the County of Surrey...
  
   (Richard Chartres
  Richard Chartres
  Richard John Carew Chartres KCVO FSA is the current Bishop of London, a position he has held since 1995. Before this appointment, he was Bishop of Stepney and Gresham Professor of Divinity .-Early life:...
  
  )
• The Bishop of Durham (Justin Welby
  Justin Welby
  Justin Portal Welby became the Bishop of Durham and the fourth most senior cleric in the Church of England on 29 September 2011. He was previously the Dean of Liverpool Cathedral.-Early life and education:...
  
  )
• The Bishop of Winchester
  Bishop of Winchester
  The Bishop of Winchester is the head of the Church of England diocese of Winchester, with his cathedra at Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire.The bishop is one of five Church of England bishops to be among the Lords Spiritual regardless of their length of service. His diocese is one of the oldest and...
  
   (vacant)
• 21 other Church of England diocesan bishops with seats in the House of Lords (ordered according to seniority of consecration)
• 16 other Church of England diocesan bishops (ordered according to seniority of consecration)
• Suffragan bishops (ordered according to seniority of consecration)
• Retired Church of England diocesan bishops (ordered according to seniority of consecration)

Barons

Secretaries of State being of the degree of a baron (none at present)

• 31 Barons of England (ordered according to date of creation; excepting 6 baronesses in their own right)
• 16 Scottish Lords of Parliament (ordered according to date of creation; excepting 3 Ladies of Parliament in their own right)
• 24 Barons of Great Britain (ordered according to date of creation)
• 31 Barons of Ireland created before 1801 (ordered according to date of creation)
• 334 Hereditary barons of the United Kingdom and of Ireland created after 1801, and barons for life of the United Kingdom (ordered according to date of creation; Lord Chalfont is the only baron for life who outranks hereditary barons (four) in seniority of creation), excepting:
  • The presently disclaimed four hereditary baronies of Merthyr
    Baron Merthyr
    Baron Merthyr, of Senghenydd in the County of Glamorgan, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1911 for the Welsh coal mining magnate Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a Baronet, of Nantgwyne in the County of Glamorgan, in 1896. The barony is...
    
    , Reith
    Baron Reith
    Baron Reith , of Stonehaven in the County of Kincardine, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1940 for John Reith, the first Director-General of the BBC. His only son, the second Baron, disclaimed the peerage for life in 1972....
    
    , Silkin
    Baron Silkin
    Baron Silkin, of Dulwich in the County of London, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.The barony was created in 1950 for the solicitor and Labour politician Lewis Silkin. The peerage was disclaimed by both his eldest son, the second Baron, and the latter's nephew, the third Baron...
    
     and Sanderson of Ayot
    Baron Sanderson of Ayot
    Baron Sanderson of Ayot, of Welwyn in the County of Hertford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1960 for the businessman and public servant, Basil Sanderson. He was the son of the shipping magnate Harold Arthur Sanderson, general manager of the White Star Line...
    
    ;
  • Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, who ranks higher as President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom;
  • Lord Judge, who ranks higher as Lord Chief Justice;
  • Lord Vestey, who ranks higher as Master of the Horse;
  • Lord Selkirk of Douglas, who ranks higher as a younger son of a duke;
  • Lord Carey
    George Carey
    George Leonard Carey, Baron Carey of Clifton PC, FKC is a former Archbishop of Canterbury, holding the office from 1991 to 2002. He was the first modern holder of the office not to have attended Oxford or Cambridge University...
    
    , who ranks higher as a retired Archbishop of Canterbury;
  • Lord Habgood
    John Habgood, Baron Habgood
    John Stapylton Habgood, Baron Habgood PC , was Bishop of Durham from 1973 to 1983, and Archbishop of York from 18 November 1983 to 1995....
    
    , who ranks higher as a retired Archbishop of York;
  • Lord Hope of Thornes
    David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes
    David Michael Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes KCVO PC was the Archbishop of York in the Church of England from 1995 to 2005.-Early career:...
    
    , who ranks higher as a retired Archbishop of York; and
  • Lord Harries
    Richard Harries, Baron Harries of Pentregarth
    Richard Douglas Harries, Baron Harries of Pentregarth is a retired bishop of the Church of England. He was the 41st Bishop of Oxford from 1987 to 2006. Since 2008 he has been the Gresham Professor of Divinity.-Education and army career:...
    
    , who ranks higher as a retired Bishop of Oxford

Senior legal officials and justices

• The Master of the Rolls
  Master of the Rolls
  The Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the second most senior judge in England and Wales, after the Lord Chief Justice. The Master of the Rolls is the presiding officer of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal...
  
  (Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, who ranks higher as a baron for life)
• The Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
  Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
  The Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is the second most senior judge of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, after the President of the Supreme Court...
  
  (Lord Hope of Craighead
  David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead
  James Arthur David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead, is a Scottish judge and Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, having previously been the Second Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.-Early life:...
  
  , who ranks higher as a baron for life)
• The Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
  Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
  Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom are the judges of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom other than the President and Deputy President. The Supreme Court is the highest in the United Kingdom for civil matters, and for criminal matters from England and Wales and Northern Ireland...
  
   other than the President and the Deputy President
  • Lord Saville of Newdigate
    Mark Saville, Baron Saville of Newdigate
    Mark Oliver Saville, Baron Saville of Newdigate PC, QC is a British judge and former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.-Early life:...
    
    (ranks higher as a baron for life)
  • Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe
    Robert Walker, Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe
    Robert Walker, Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe, PC, QC is an English barrister and Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom...
    
    (ranks higher as a baron for life)
  • Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood
    Simon Brown, Baron Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood
    Simon Denis Brown, Baron Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, PC, is a British lawyer and Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.-Early life:...
    
    (ranks higher as a baron for life)
  • Lord Mance
    Jonathan Mance, Baron Mance
    Jonathan Hugh Mance, Baron Mance, PC is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.-Early life:Mance was born on 6 June 1943, one of four children of Sir Henry Mance, an important figure in Lloyd's Register. Like his father, he attended Charterhouse, a boarding school in Godalming, Surrey...
    
    (ranks higher as a baron for life)
  • Lord Collins of Mapesbury (ranks higher as a baron for life)
  • Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore (ranks higher as a baron for life)
  • Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony (ranks higher as a baron for life)
  • Lord Dyson
  • Lord Wilson of Culworth
    Nicholas Wilson, Lord Wilson of Culworth
    Nicholas Allan Roy Wilson, Lord Wilson of Culworth PC is a British judge. On 26 May 2011, he became a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, having previously served as a Lord Justice of Appeal since 2005....
    
    

Royal Household officials

Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal (none; last appointed in 1836)

• The 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 (UK politician)
  Alexander John Randall, known as John Randall, is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom, and is the Member of Parliament for Uxbridge and South Ruislip.-Early life:...
  
   MP)
• The 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)
• The 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)

Cabinet, et al.

• Secretaries of State under the degree of baron
  • The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
    Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
    The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, commonly referred to as the Foreign Secretary, is a senior member of Her Majesty's Government heading the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and regarded as one of the Great Offices of State...
    
     (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)
  • The Secretary of State for Justice (Kenneth Clarke QC MP, who ranks higher as Lord Chancellor)
  • The Secretary of State for Defence
    Secretary of State for Defence
    The Secretary of State for Defence, popularly known as the Defence Secretary, is the senior Government of the United Kingdom minister in charge of the Ministry of Defence, chairing the Defence Council. It is a Cabinet position...
    
     (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)
  • The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (Dr Vince Cable MP)
  • The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
    Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
    The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is a post in the British Cabinet, responsible for the Department for Work and Pensions. It was created on 8 June 2001 by the merger of the Employment part of the Department for Education and Employment and the Department of Social Security.The Ministry...
    
     (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)
  • The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
    Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
    The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change is a British government cabinet position currently held by Chris Huhne. The government department was created on 3 October 2008 when former Prime Minister Gordon Brown reshuffled his cabinet....
    
     (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)
  • The Secretary of State for Health
    Secretary of State for Health
    Secretary of State for Health is a UK cabinet position responsible for the Department of Health.The first Boards of Health were created by Orders in Council dated 21 June, 14 November, and 21 November 1831. In 1848 a General Board of Health was created with the First Commissioner of Woods and...
    
     (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)
  • The Secretary of State for Education (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)
  • The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
    Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
    The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, is a Cabinet position heading the UK's Department for Communities and Local Government....
    
     (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)
  • The Secretary of State for International Development
    Secretary of State for International Development
    In the United Kingdom, the Secretary of State for International Development is a Cabinet minister responsible for the Department for International Development and for promoting development overseas, particularly in the third world...
    
     (Andrew Mitchell
    Andrew Mitchell
    The Right Honourable Andrew John Bower Mitchell MP is a British Conservative Party politician and the Member of Parliament for Sutton Coldfield...
    
     MP)
  • The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
    Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
    The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, informally the Northern Ireland Secretary, is the principal secretary of state in the government of the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Northern Ireland. The Secretary of State is a Minister of the Crown who is accountable to the Parliament of...
    
     (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)
  • The Secretary of State for Scotland
    Secretary of State for Scotland
    The Secretary of State for Scotland is the principal minister of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Scotland. He heads the Scotland Office , a government department based in London and Edinburgh. The post was created soon after the Union of the Crowns, but was...
    
     (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)
  • The Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (Jeremy Hunt MP)
  • The Secretaries of State for the Home Department; for Transport; for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; and for Wales are currently women
• Eldest sons of viscounts (ordered according to the precedence of the peerage holders)
• Younger sons of non-royal earls and of countessess in their own right (ordered according to the precedence of the peerage holders)
• Eldest sons of hereditary barons, Lords of Parliament, hereditary baronesses in their own right and Ladies of Parliament in their own right (ordered according to the precedence of the peerage holders)

Knights of the Garter and Knights of the Thistle

• Knights of the Garter
  Order of the Garter
  The Most Noble Order of the Garter, founded in 1348, is the highest order of chivalry, or knighthood, existing in England. The order is dedicated to the image and arms of St...
  
   (KG) (who are not already ranked higher in precedence as peers or royalty)
  • Sir Ninian Stephen
    Ninian Stephen
    Sir Ninian Martin Stephen, is a retired politician and judge, who served as the 20th Governor-General of Australia and as a Justice in the High Court of Australia.-Early life:...
    
    
  • Sir Timothy Colman
    Timothy Colman
    Sir Timothy James Alan Colman KG is a British businessman and a previous Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. He was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1996. He is married to Lady Mary Colman , niece of HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and lives in Bixley Manor near Norwich.Sir Timothy is...
    
    
  • Sir William Gladstone, Bt
  • Sir Antony Acland
  • Sir John Major
    John Major
    Sir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...
    
    
  • Sir Thomas Dunne
• Knights of the Thistle
  Order of the Thistle
  The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle is an order of chivalry associated with Scotland. The current version of the Order was founded in 1687 by King James VII of Scotland who asserted that he was reviving an earlier Order...
  
   (KT) (who are not already ranked higher in precedence as peers or royalty)
  • Sir Eric Anderson
  • Sir Garth Morrison
    Garth Morrison
    Sir William Garth Morrison, was the Chief Scout of the United Kingdom and Overseas Territories from 1988 to 1996. He also spent twelve years in the Royal Navy.- Education and Military service :...
    
    

Knights of St Patrick (none; order dormant)

Privy Counsellors, et al.

• Privy Counsellors (PC) (who are not already ranked higher in precedence as royalty, bishops, peers or members of the Cabinet; Privy Counsellors who are not already ranked higher are mostly current or former politicians, civil servants, royal household staff, clergy and judiciary)
• The Chancellor of the Order of the Garter (The Lord Carrington
  Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
  Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, is a British Conservative politician. He served as British Foreign Secretary between 1979 and 1982 and as the sixth Secretary General of NATO from 1984 to 1988. He is the last surviving member of the Cabinets of both Harold Macmillan and Sir...
  
  , who ranks higher as a hereditary baron)
• The Chancellor of the Exchequer
  Chancellor of the Exchequer
  The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all economic and financial matters. Often simply called the Chancellor, the office-holder controls HM Treasury and plays a role akin to the posts of Minister of Finance or Secretary of the...
  
  (George Osborne
  George Osborne
  George Gideon Oliver Osborne, MP is a British Conservative politician. He is the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom, a role to which he was appointed in May 2010, and has been the Member of Parliament for Tatton since 2001.Osborne is part of the old Anglo-Irish aristocracy, known in...
  
   MP, who ranks higher as a Privy Counsellor)
• The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
  Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
  The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a ministerial office in the government of the United Kingdom that includes as part of its duties, the administration of the estates and rents of the Duchy of Lancaster...
  
  (The Lord Strathclyde
  Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde
  Thomas Galloway Dunlop du Roy de Blicquy Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde, PC , is a British politician. He is currently the Leader of the House of Lords and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster as well as being the leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords...
  
  , who ranks higher as a hereditary baron)

Senior judges, et al.

• Senior judges
  • The President of the Queen's Bench Division
    President of the Queen's Bench Division
    The President of the Queen's Bench Division is the head of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. The current President is Sir John Thomas....
    
    (Sir Anthony May
    Anthony May (judge)
    Sir Anthony Tristram Kenneth May, PC is a British judge.On 1 October 2008, he succeeded Sir Igor Judge as President of the Queen's Bench Division. He was called to the Bar in 1967, became a Queen's Counsel in 1979, and a Recorder in 1985. He was appointed to the Queen's Bench Division in 1991,...
    
    , who ranks higher as a Privy Counsellor)
  • The President of the Family Division of the High Court
    President of the Family Division
    The President of the Family Division is the head of the Family Division of the High Court of Justice in England and Wales. The Family division was created in 1971, out of the former Admiralty Court and probate courts into the then Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division.As of 13 April 2010,...
    
    (Sir Nicholas Wall
    Nicholas Wall (judge)
    Sir Nicholas Peter Rathbone Wall is an English judge. He was appointed President of the Family Division and Head of Family Justice for England and Wales on 13 April 2010....
    
    , who ranks higher as a Privy Counsellor)
  • The Chancellor of the High Court
    Chancellor of the High Court
    The Chancellor of the High Court is the head of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales. Before October 2005, when certain provisions of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 took effect, the office was known as the Vice-Chancellor...
    
    (Sir Andrew Morritt
    Andrew Morritt
    Sir Robert Andrew Morritt CVO is a British judge, currently the Chancellor of the High Court.He attended Magdalene College, Cambridge....
    
    , who ranks higher as a Privy Counsellor)
  • Lords Justices of Appeal (ordered according to seniority of appointment; Lords Justices of Appeal are customarily made Privy Counsellors, and thus rank accordingly)
• Judges of the High Court (ordered according to seniority of appointment)
• Younger sons of viscounts (ordered according to the precedence of the peerage holders)
• Younger sons of hereditary barons, Lords of Parliament, hereditary baronesses in their own right and Ladies of Parliament in their own right (ordered according to the precedence of the peerage holders)
• All sons of barons and baronesses for life (ordered according to the precedence of the peerage holders)

Baronets

• Baronets (Bt) (approx. 1,100 baronets holding baronetcies not already held by higher-ranking hereditary peers), excepting:
  • Sir George Young, who ranks higher as Lord Privy Seal; and
  • Sir William Gladstone, who ranks higher as a Knight of the Garter

Knights

• Knights Grand Cross
  • Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
    Order of the Bath
    The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
    
     (GCB)

  Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India

  Order of the Star of India

  The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes:# Knight Grand Commander # Knight Commander # Companion...

  
   (none; the last GCSI, the Maharaja of Travancore

  Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma

  Chithira Thirunal Maharaja was the last ruling maharaja of the princely state of Travancore, in southern India...

  
  , died in 1991)

  • Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
    Order of St Michael and St George
    The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is an order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later George IV of the United Kingdom, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, George III....
    
     (GCMG)

  Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire

  Order of the Indian Empire

  The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1878. The Order includes members of three classes:#Knight Grand Commander #Knight Commander #Companion...

  
   (none; the last GCIE, the Maharaja of Travancore

  Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma

  Chithira Thirunal Maharaja was the last ruling maharaja of the princely state of Travancore, in southern India...

  
  , died in 1991)

  • Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
    Royal Victorian Order
    The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry recognising distinguished personal service to the order's Sovereign, the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms, any members of her family, or any of her viceroys...
    
     (GCVO)
  • Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
    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...
    
     (GBE)
• Knights Commander
  • Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
    Order of the Bath
    The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
    
     (KCB)

  Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India

  Order of the Star of India

  The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes:# Knight Grand Commander # Knight Commander # Companion...

  
   (none; the last KCSI, the Maharaja of Alwar, died in 2009)

  • Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
    Order of St Michael and St George
    The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is an order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later George IV of the United Kingdom, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, George III....
    
     (KCMG)

  Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire

  Order of the Indian Empire

  The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1878. The Order includes members of three classes:#Knight Grand Commander #Knight Commander #Companion...

  
   (none; the last KCIE, the Maharaja of Dhrangadhra-Halvad, died in 2010)

  • Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
    Royal Victorian Order
    The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry recognising distinguished personal service to the order's Sovereign, the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms, any members of her family, or any of her viceroys...
    
     (KCVO)
  • Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
    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...
    
     (KBE)
• Knights Bachelor
  Knight Bachelor
  The rank of Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honours system. It is the most basic rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised Orders of Chivalry...
  
   (Kt)

Lower level judges, et al.

• The Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster (Mr Justice David Richards, who ranks higher as a High Court judge; it is customary for a High Court judge to be named to this position)
• The Recorder of London (Judge Beaumont, QC)
• The Recorders of Manchester and of Liverpool (in order of appointment)
  • The Recorder of Liverpool (Judge Goldstone, QC)
  • The Recorder of Manchester (Judge Gilbart, QC)
• The Common Serjeant of London
  Common Serjeant of London
  The Common Serjeant of London is an ancient British legal office, first recorded in 1317, and is the second most senior permanent judge of the Central Criminal Court after the Recorder of London, acting as deputy to that office, and sitting as a judge in the trial of criminal offences.The Common...
  
   (Judge Barker, QC
  Brian Barker
  His Hon. Judge Brian John Barker, QC is a British judge and the current Common Serjeant of London, the second most senior judge at the Old Bailey....
  
  )
• Judges junior to those of the High Court
  • Circuit judges
  • The Senior Judge of the Court of Protection (Denzil Lush)

Companions, commanders, lieutenants and officers of various orders

• Companions of the Order of the Bath
  Order of the Bath
  The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
  
   (CB)

  Companions of the Order of the Star of India

  Order of the Star of India

  The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes:# Knight Grand Commander # Knight Commander # Companion...

  
   (none; the last CSI, Ronald Brockman, died in 1999)

• Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
  Order of St Michael and St George
  The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is an order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later George IV of the United Kingdom, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, George III....
  
   (CMG)

  Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire

  Order of the Indian Empire

  The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1878. The Order includes members of three classes:#Knight Grand Commander #Knight Commander #Companion...

  
   (none; the last CIE, Ronald Brockman, died in 1999)

• Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
  Royal Victorian Order
  The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry recognising distinguished personal service to the order's Sovereign, the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms, any members of her family, or any of her viceroys...
  
   (CVO)
• Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
  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...
  
   (CBE)
• Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
  Distinguished Service Order
  The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the British Commonwealth and Empire, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.Instituted on 6 September...
  
   (DSO)
• Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order
  Royal Victorian Order
  The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry recognising distinguished personal service to the order's Sovereign, the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms, any members of her family, or any of her viceroys...
  
   (LVO)
• Officers of the Order of the British Empire
  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...
  
   (OBE)
• Companions of the Imperial Service Order
  Imperial Service Order
  The Imperial Service Order was established by King Edward VII in August 1902. It was awarded on retirement to the administration and clerical staff of the Civil Service throughout the British Empire for long and meritorious service. Normally a person must have served for 25 years to become...
  
   (ISO)

Eldest sons of various grades

• Eldest sons of younger sons of hereditary peers or hereditary peeresses 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 or baronetesses in their own right)
• Eldest sons of knights (ordered according to the precedence of the knights or dames/ladies in their own right)

Members of orders

• Members of the Royal Victorian Order
  Royal Victorian Order
  The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry recognising distinguished personal service to the order's Sovereign, the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms, any members of her family, or any of her viceroys...
  
   (MVO)
• Members of the Order of the British Empire
  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...
  
   (MBE)

Younger sons of various grades

• Younger sons of baronets (ordered according to the precedence of the baronets or baronetesses in their own right)
• Younger sons of knights (ordered according to the precedence of the knights or dames/ladies in their own right)

Members of the Royal Family

• 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,...
  
  )
• Queen Dowager (None at Present) Ordered most recent Consort first
• Daughters-in-law of the Sovereign
  1. The Duchess of Cornwall
  2. The Countess of Wessex
• Daughters of the Sovereign (The Princess Royal
  Anne, Princess Royal
  Princess Anne, Princess Royal , is the only daughter of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
  
  )
• 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....
     
     
• 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...
     
     
• Great Granddaughters of the Sovereign (Savannah 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...
  
  )
• Wives of the Sovereign's brothers (None at present)
• The Sovereign's Sisters (None at Present)
• Wives of the Sovereign's Uncles (None at Present)
• The Sovereign's Aunts (None at Present)
• Wives of the Sovereign's Nephews (Viscountess Linley)
• The Sovereign's Nieces (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;...
  
  )
• Granddaughters of former sovereigns (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...
  
  )
• Wives of male-line grandsons of former sovereigns who are dukes
  1. The Duchess of Gloucester
  2. The Duchess of Kent
• Wives of male-line grandsons of former sovereigns who are not dukes (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....
  
  )

High Officers of State, et al.

• Commonwealth Prime Ministers, while visiting the UK, in order of appointment
• The Lord Speaker
  Lord Speaker
  The Lord Speaker is the speaker of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The office is analogous to the Speaker of the House of Commons: the Lord Speaker is elected by the members of the House of Lords and is expected to be politically impartial.Until July 2006, the role of...
  
   of the House of Lords
  House of Lords
  The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
  
   (The Baroness D'Souza
  Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza
  Frances Gertrude Claire D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza, CMG, PC is a British scientist and life peer in the House of Lords. She is currently Lord Speaker, having taken office on 1 September 2011.-Biography:...
  
  )
• Ambassadors and High Commissioners in order of arrival

Nobility, et al.

• Wives of non-royal Dukes (Duchesses)
• Certain members of the extended Royal Family
  1. Countess of Ulster
     Claire Windsor, Countess of Ulster
     -Notes:* -External links:* *...
     
     , wife of the Earl of Ulster
  2. Countess of St Andrews
     Sylvana Windsor, Countess of St Andrews
     Sylvana Palma Windsor, Countess of St Andrews , is the wife of George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, the eldest son and heir of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. Lady St Andrews was born in Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador, the daughter of Maximilian Karl Tomaselli, formerly of Salzburg, and Josiane...
     
     , wife of the Earl of St Andrews
  3. The Lady Davina Lewis
     Lady Davina Lewis
     The Lady Davina Lewis is the elder daughter of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester and the Duchess of Gloucester, and is in the line of succession to the British Throne....
     
     , eldest daughter of the Duke of Gloucester
  4. The Lady Rose Gilman, younger daughter of the Duke of Gloucester
  5. The Lady Helen Taylor
     Lady Helen Taylor
     The Lady Helen Taylor A first cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II, she is a great-granddaughter of King George V of the United Kingdom and is in the line of succession to the British throne....
     
     , eldest daughter of the Duke of Kent
• Marchionesses
• Wives of dukes' eldest sons
• Daughters of dukes not married to peers
• Countesses (ordered according to the year the earldom was created; whether in her own or her husband's right)
• Wives of younger sons of dukes of the Blood Royal (The Lady Nicholas Windsor
  Lady Nicholas Windsor
  Lady Nicholas Windsor is the wife of Lord Nicholas Windsor, son of the Duke and Duchess of Kent.-Family History:...
  
  )
• Wives of marquesses' eldest sons
• 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...
  
  , member of the extended Royal Family
• Marquesses' daughters not married to peers
• Wives of dukes' younger sons
• Viscountesses
• Wives of eldest sons of earls or of countesses in their own right
• Earls' daughters not married to peers
• 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
• Wives of marquesses' younger sons
• Secretaries of State, if of the degree of a baron
• Baronesses in their own right, Ladies of Parliament and wives of Barons

Gentry, et al.

• The Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
  Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
  Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom are the judges of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom other than the President and Deputy President. The Supreme Court is the highest in the United Kingdom for civil matters, and for criminal matters from England and Wales and Northern Ireland...
  
   other than the President and the Deputy President. (Baroness Hale
  Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond
  Brenda Marjorie Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, DBE, QC, PC, FBA is a British legal academic, barrister, judge and a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom....
  
   ranks higher as a baroness for life)
• The Royal Household

  Lord Commissioners of the Great Seal (none)

• Secretaries of State under the degree of baroness:
  • 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)
  • Justine Greening
    Justine Greening
    Justine Greening is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. She has been the Member of Parliament for Putney since 2005. She was appointed Economic Secretary to the Treasury in May 2010, and became Secretary of State for Transport on 14 October 2011...
    
     MP (Secretary of State for Transport)
  • 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 Affairs)
  • 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)

Other lower ranks

• Wives of viscounts' eldest sons
• Viscounts' daughters not married to peers
• Wives of younger sons of earls or of countesses in their own right
• Wives of eldest sons of barons or baronesses
• Daughters of barons or baronesses not married to peers

Ladies and Dames, et al.

• Ladies of the Garter (all already rank higher in precedence)
• Ladies of the Thistle (who are not already ranked higher)
  • 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...
    
    
• Wives of Knights of the Garter (who are not already ranked higher)
  • Lady Stephan
  • Lady Colman
  • Lady Gladstone
  • Lady Acland
  • Lady Major
    Norma Major
    Dame Norma Christina Elizabeth Major, DBE , is the wife of Sir John Major, the former British Prime Minister.-Biography:...
    
     (also titled Dame Norma Major, a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in her own right but with lower precedence)
  • Lady Dunne
• Wives of Knights of the Thistle (who are not already ranked higher)
  • Lady Anderson
  • Lady Morrison
• Privy counsellors
• Senior judges
  • Lords Justices of Appeal
  • Judges of the High Court
• Wives of viscounts' younger sons
• Wives of younger sons of barons or baronesses
• Baronetesses in their own right (none currently, as Dame Anne Maxwell MacDonald, Baronetess of Stirling-Maxwell of Pollock
  Stirling-Maxwell Baronets
  The Maxwell, later Stirling-Maxwell Baronetcy, of Pollock in the County of Renfrew, is a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. It was created on 12 April 1682 for John Maxwell, with remainder to the heirs of the body. In 1707 he was given a new patent extending the remainder to heirs of entail in...
  
   a Baronetess in her own right passed away on 21 April 2011)
• Wives of baronet
  Baronet
  A baronet or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess , is the holder of a hereditary baronetcy awarded by the British Crown...
  
  s
• Dames Grand Cross
  • Dames Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
    Order of the Bath
    The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
    
    
  • Dames Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
    Order of St Michael and St George
    The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is an order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later George IV of the United Kingdom, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, George III....
    
    
  • Dames Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
    Royal Victorian Order
    The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry recognising distinguished personal service to the order's Sovereign, the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms, any members of her family, or any of her viceroys...
    
    
  • Dames Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
    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...
    
    
• Wives of Knights Grand Cross and Grand Commander
  • Wives of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
  • Wives of Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India
    Order of the Star of India
    The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes:# Knight Grand Commander # Knight Commander # Companion...
    
    
  • Wives of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
  • Wives of Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
    Order of the Indian Empire
    The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1878. The Order includes members of three classes:#Knight Grand Commander #Knight Commander #Companion...
    
    
  • Wives of Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
  • Wives of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
• Dames Commander
  • Dames Commander of the Order of the Bath
  • Dames Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
  • Dames Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
  • Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• Circuit judges
• Wives of Knights Commander
  • Wives of Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
    Order of the Bath
    The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
    
    
  • Wives of Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
    Order of the Star of India
    The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes:# Knight Grand Commander # Knight Commander # Companion...
    
    
  • Wives of Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
    Order of St Michael and St George
    The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is an order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later George IV of the United Kingdom, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, George III....
    
    
  • Wives of Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
    Order of the Indian Empire
    The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1878. The Order includes members of three classes:#Knight Grand Commander #Knight Commander #Companion...
    
    
  • Wives of Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
    Royal Victorian Order
    The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry recognising distinguished personal service to the order's Sovereign, the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms, any members of her family, or any of her viceroys...
    
    
  • Wives of Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
    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...
    
    
• Wives of Knights Bachelor

Members of orders, et al.

• • 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 members of orders
  • Wives of Companions of the Order of the Bath
  • Wives of Companions of the Order of the Star of India
  • Wives of Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
  • Wives of Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire
  • Wives of Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
  • Wives of Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
  • Wives of Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
    Distinguished Service Order
    The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the British Commonwealth and Empire, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.Instituted on 6 September...
    
    
• 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
  Imperial Service Order
  The Imperial Service Order was established by King Edward VII in August 1902. It was awarded on retirement to the administration and clerical staff of the Civil Service throughout the British Empire for long and meritorious service. Normally a person must have served for 25 years to become...
  
  
• 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
  • Wives of eldest sons of Knights of the Garter
  • Wives of eldest sons of Knights of the Thistle
  • Wives of eldest sons of Knights of St Patrick
  • Wives of eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross or Grand Commander
    • Wives of eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
    • Wives of eldest sons of Knights Grand Commander of the Star of India
    • Wives of eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
    • Wives of eldest sons of Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
    • Wives of eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
    • Wives of eldest sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
  • Wives of eldest sons of Knights Commander
    • Wives of eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
    • Wives of eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
    • Wives of eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
    • Wives of eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
    • Wives of eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
    • Wives of eldest sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• 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 Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
    • Daughters of Knights Grand Commander of the Star of India
    • Daughters of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
    • Daughters of Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
    • Daughters of Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
    • Daughters of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
  • Daughters of Knights Commander
    • Daughters of Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
    • Daughters of Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
    • Daughters of Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
    • Daughters of Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
    • Daughters of Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
    • Daughters of Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• 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
  • Wives of younger sons of Knights of the Garter
  • Wives of younger sons of Knights of the Thistle
  • Wives of younger sons of Knights of St Patrick
  • Wives of younger sons of Knights Grand Cross or Knights Grand Commander
    • Wives of younger sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
    • Wives of younger sons of Knights Grand Commander of the Star of India
    • Wives of younger sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
    • Wives of younger sons of Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
    • Wives of younger sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
    • Wives of younger sons of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
  • Wives of younger sons of Knights Commander
    • Wives of younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
    • Wives of younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
    • Wives of younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
    • Wives of younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
    • Wives of younger sons of Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
    • Wives of younger sons of Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Local precedence

• The Lord Lieutenant
  Lord Lieutenant
  The title Lord Lieutenant is given to the British monarch's personal representatives in the United Kingdom, usually in a county or similar circumscription, with varying tasks throughout history. Usually a retired local notable, senior military officer, peer or business person is given the post...
  
   of the County
• The High Sheriff
  High Sheriff
  A high sheriff is, or was, a law enforcement officer in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.In England and Wales, the office is unpaid and partly ceremonial, appointed by the Crown through a warrant from the Privy Council. In Cornwall, the High Sheriff is appointed by the Duke of...
  
   of the County
• The Lord Mayor
  Lord Mayor
  The Lord Mayor is the title of the Mayor of a major city, with special recognition.-Commonwealth of Nations:* In Australia it is a political position. Australian cities with Lord Mayors: Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Parramatta, Perth, Sydney, and Wollongong...
  
  
• The (elected) mayor
• The chairman of the county 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