• Source: Royal warrant of precedence

A royal warrant of precedence is a warrant issued by the monarch of the United Kingdom to determine precedence amongst individuals or organisations.
Most warrants of this type are issued to grant a rank to a member of the nobility or gentry that they would normally have enjoyed when their relative (usually their sibling) inherits a title, but failed to assume automatically due to such circumstances as the death of their father (see courtesy title). The warrants are usually issued to the following effect:

The King/Queen has been pleased to ordain that shall henceforth have, hold and enjoy the title, rank, place, pre-eminence and precedence as the younger son/daughter of a duke/marquess/earl etc. which would have been due to him/her had his/her father, , survived his , , and thereby succeeded to the said title and dignity of Duke/Marquess/Earl etc. of Somewhere.
And to command that the said Royal Concession and Declaration be recorded in His/Her Majesty's College of Arms [and also in His/Her Majesty's Lyon Office if a Scottish title].
Below is a list of such warrants in descending order of rank (note: the Orders of Precedence for males and females are separate from one another):




Younger son of a duke






Younger son of a marquess






Younger son of an earl






Younger son of a viscount






Younger son of a baron/lord of Parliament






Daughter of a duke






Daughter of a marquess






Wife of a viscount






Wife of the eldest son of an earl






Daughter of an earl






Wife of a baron






Daughter of a viscount






Wife of the eldest son of a baron






Daughter of a baron/lord of Parliament






Wife of a baronet






Wife of a knight






Notes and references






External links


Royal Warrants of Precedence A similar, incomplete list for 20th-century warrants

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