The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-13
PRECEDENCE AND sALARY.

A VlScOunt ranks higher than the old
est son of an earl
The salaries of the queens household
amount to f131. 260.
The lord high chancellor of Great
Britain gets $4,000 per annum.
The president of the board of trade
receives a salary of $4,000.
A peer of the realm in Great Britain
is not liable to arrest for debt.
The lord president of the privy coun-
ell receives a salary of-$2O,0j0.
The first lord of the British admiralty
receives a salary of S22, 500.
The lord lieutenant of ireland re-
ceives a salary of 100000 per year.
The Duke of Edinburgh has an an
nual allowance of $3.50 per annum.
The chancellor of the exchequer in
Great Britain has a salary of $4,000.
The Prince of Wales receives from
the British people $4,000 every year.
The Princess of Wales has an annual
allowance of 10000 for pin money.
The eldest sons of knights of the
Garter precede eldest sons of banner
cts.
The eldest sons of barons are inferior
in rank to the youngest sons of earIs.
Ear1s take precedence of the younger
sons of dukes of the royal blood
The English secretary of state for
the colonies receives a salary of S25,O goo.
Barons take rank Immediately after
the secretaries of state, if these are
barons.
The Oldest son of marquis takes
precedence over the youngest son of
a duke.
The annual allowance of the Duke Of
Connaugtht from the British people is
900.
In all state ceremonials the sover-
eign takes precedence of all persons
whatsoever.
The treasurer of her majesty's house
hold follows the commissioner of the
great seal.
The archbishop of Canterbury ranks
Immediately after the members of the
royal family
The Princess Louise draws from THE
British treasury the modest allowance
of $4,000 per year.
The Duchess of Teck is expected to
get along somehow or other on an
annual allowance of $4,000.
The secretary of foreign affairs and
the first lord of the treasury in Eng
land receive each a salary of $50, 600.
The home secretary. the secretary
for war and the secretary for India
receive each salary of S25, 900 per
year.
The Saxons had the title Thane,
which was changed by William L into
baron not long after his conquest of
England.
The Duchess of MeckIenburg-Stre-
lftz, on the strength of her connection
with the royal family, receives SIS, 900
per year.
The lord high chancellor if of the
order of barons, takes rank inme-
diately after the archbishop of Canter-
bury.
The eldest sons of knights of the
bath and of ST. Michael and ST. George
precede the eldest sons of knights
bachelors.
Marquises come next after the oldest
sons of dukes, and are succeeded by the
oldest sons of dukes not of the blood
royal.
The ex-empress of Prussia, THE EN-
press Frederick, draws from the Eng
fish treasury as a British princess the
sum of $4,000 every year.
The Saxon line of alderman was. IT
is said, changed into the more modern
I title of earl by William 1 shortly after
the conquest.
/ officers in the British army and navy,
who are all of the rank Of gentlemen.
take precedence according to rank in
their profession
! The duke of Cambridge, in virtue of
being a relative of the queen, gets
e., 600 per annum, besides his salary as
ommander-in-chief
The long line of English precedence
is closed by burgesses, who rank next
below citizens, WHO follow officers Of
the army and navy.
The children of emperors take prece-
dence of kings and queens. The order
is emperors, children of emperors, kings
and children of kings.
The master of the rolls follows the
lord chief justice of the queens bench.
and preeedes the lord chief justice of
the common pleas.
Historians tell us that the first Eng
fish marquis was created by Richard
II, who bestowed the title upon his
fayortte, Robert De We're. in 1886
AT the coronation of Charles I. the
kingdoms of England and Scotland be-
ing united during the reign. of his
father, considerable friction hook place
with regard to the order of precedence
4 of the English and Scottish noblemen.
An arrangement satisfactory to all par
ties was finally concluded, in virtue OF
which English peers, while IN England.
took precedence of Scottish peers Of the
same rank, while in Scotland this order
was reversed and the Scottish peers
went first.