New-York tribune., 1909-07-11
BRITISH PRECEDENCE.
60me Of It's Delicate Points and q
FetC DHemmGs.

writer m The London Express" gives some
interesting pointers social and official precedenc.
IN England and calls attention 10 ? few Of the
many delicate dlemmss due questions Of rank
and station
IN the first place" he says, 4 may mention that
7" = common error to suppose that all peers take
P'eoecence OF all commoners. Not only is this un-
U0e n the case Of official precedence. but it is
e4usIy untrue Of personal precedence. Thus a
uoAes eldest son would precede all earis. and 4
dukes younger son and rnarouis's eldest son all
'lsc01nts. While the eldest sons Of earls and the
sOunger sons of marquises have precedence over
ali bishops and barons
Aealfi- IN The matter Of peers themselves. il Is
"o righl as is often said TO range peers Of the
zane degree in the order Of the date Of their
patents Before this test IS appted there has 70 he
= = prenirlary HarshaIling of them bv the class of
ssler creation-peers OF England nrecedng those ~
VIM ahq both preceding those of Great Britain.
foIlo9 peers peers Of Ireland and the United Kingdom
.ns syeriain hieh officers Of state precede all peers
m -. Us Is Thy their Offices much coveted
NJ ~ great grest mobiles When the late Lord Salisbury
ssqgls became Lord Privy Seal he At once pa ssed
ro,-sI ,neaqs % all marquses and dukes fsavinz
srs ing nephew. again. Judges Of the High Court
oz, aInlost invariably knighted but not for their
9seeedence long before a knight b1t 4 5s n ~
"Fes special precedence that the custom has
bacbejc- t-s Ill-s Itle late Mr. Justice Wright a
-ot 80, l.5 nen elevated the bench and N was
Men i5.5 MARRIED nat he accepted knighthood.
fic,Iz Out their wives have habit Of bsn1 nar
the y''. want Ct such points, and IL from
lyill hn=n that the reckless or ignorant hostess
such , os-oi oi ner disregard of their rank Nor are
there slalences readily forgotten or forgiven Now
a nee ila 10 be general idea that the wife or
usualI, axes precedence Of the doWager peeress-
Law "o' not of course. always. her n1other-in-
the r-3-.a matter Of fact, the dowager precedes
senior IN al 5l,ess l,eeress on the ground that she is
spcceesi. "etaty. her husband being nearer the
Provn5 u on the other hand. hut on the same
dence az @ -, sons of the reigning peer take precs-
IL = ,npse ot the late peer.
possca H4pinan IS peeress I'm her own right her
her Si,r...e - secure and she cannot deroRate from
frso a. to hErrr
nlgher rank - ' ''i's
ton ss 80 point Is sometimes forgotten-fbe posi-
The eldss. wives Of the sons of peers The wife OF
and an -. son 81 duke goes in before countesses
s,lke,s sI peeresses Of lower rank. So. too. does
maropis .S 20 uSer The wife Of the eldest son of a
and ds,t,tiie me wives OF the younger sons of dukes
As - i.tefs of Harquises precede viscountesses
ssfk sooo-.' ioHer ttic. the wives of baronets
OF ereato Oiils 10 their husbands class and date
pf Eupis.-s Dgt with this sKceptfon--the baronets
tank onl,o Scotland. Great Britain and Ireland
Bsuebfa-ss according 30 their dates of creation.
ters of krM baFoneis naturally precede the daugh-
Il the eISs,i'h. and between them come the wives
- the ,, - noted takes precedence OF the wives
aaence sst'sef sons Of baronets. and. q conse-
knights - the wives Of the younger of
ihe profev,.e mere Is social precedence between
and cs,,Otnk as such. but colonel I'm the army
~ that 49,, ~ The navy esquires by right
cedea Nv ION aud they would rightly be pre-
ssy. The Co. - y man who happened 10 he. let me
run % knight