The book of dignities
Subtitle: containing lists of the official personages of the British Empire, civil, diplomatic, heraldic, judicial, ecclesiastical, municipal, naval and military, from the earliest periods to the present time ; together with the sovereigns and rulers of the World, from the foundation of their respective states ; the orders of knighthood of the United Kingdom and India, etc., etc
By: re-modelled and brought down to 1851 by Joseph Haydn, continued to the present time, with numerous additional lists and an index by Horace Ockerby
Contributors: Ockerby, Horace
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: W.H. Allen
Published: 1894
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1170
Subjects: Registers; Officials and employees; Directories; Employees
Notes: Originally founded on Beatson's Political index, published in 1786.

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