The Manual of Heraldry

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• Barons' younger Sons.
• Baronets.
• Knights of the Bath.
• Knights Commanders of the Bath.
• Field and Flag Officers.
• Knights Bachelors.
• Masters in Chancery.
• Doctors graduate.
• Serjeants at Law.
• Esquires of the King's Body.
• Esquires of the Knights of the Bath.
• Esquires by creation.
• Esquires by office.
• Clergymen, Barristers at Law, Officers in the Royal Navy and Army who are Gentlemen by Profession, and Gentlemen entitled to bear arms.
• Citizens.
• Burgesses.

The Lords Spiritual of Ireland rank next after the Lords Spiritual of Great Britain; the priority of signing any treaty or public instrument by the members of the government is always taken by rank of place, not by title.

The style prefixed to the titles of the peerage of Great Britain and Ireland are as follows : --

• Princes of the Blood, His Royal Highness.
• Archbishops, His Grace.
• Dukes, The Most Noble His Grace.
• Marquesses, the Most Honorable.
• Earls, Viscounts, and Barons, The Right Honorable.
• Bishops, The Right Reverend.