26 PRECEDENCE The King's Own (Yorks Light Infantry). The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry). The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). The King's Royal Rifle Corps. The Duke of Edinbm-gh's (Wiltshire Regiment). The Manchester Regiment. The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment). The York and Lancaster Regiment. The Durham Light Infantry. The Highland Light Infantry. 1815, and the Protocol No. 45, signed at the Conferences of Aix-la-Chapelle, November 21st, 1818. Under these regulations the following is the order — 1. Ambassadors, Legates, or Nuncios. 2. Envoys, Ministers, or other persons accred- ited to Sovereigns. 3. Ministers Resident. 4. Charges d' Affaires accredited to Ministerjs for Foreign Affairs. In each of these four classes rank is taken according to the date of the official notification Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The of the agent's arrival, 7iot his appointment. No Duke of Albany's) The Gordon Highlanders. The Qvieen's Own Cameron Highlanders. The Royal Irish Rifles. Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers). The Connaught Rangers. Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland High- landers)- The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians). The Royal Jlunster Fusiliers. The Royal Dublin Fusilier. 8. The 'loca abroad. 9. The West India Regiment. 10. The Army Service Corps. 11. The Royal Army Medical Corps. 12. The Army Veterinary Corps. 13. The Royal Malta Artillery. 14. The West African Regiment. 15. The Departmental Corps, viz. the Ordnance Corps, Army Pay Corps Post Office Corps, Corps of Military Mounted Police and Corps of Military Foot police. The LTnits of the Special Reserve (in order of arms as above). The Honourable Artillery Company — Terri- torial Force. 18. The Militia (in order of arms as above). 19. The Territorial Force, except the Honourable Artillery Company (in order of arms as above). 20. The Officers Training Corps. superiority is possessed by diplomatic agents on extraordinarj' missions, nor in consequence of any relations of consanguinity, family alliance, or political connexion which may happen to subsist between their respective courts. Army Army 16. 17 CONSULAR PRECEDENCE. The following is a statement of the comparative ranlc of British Consulab OrricEBs in relation to the naval and military services of their own coun- compames of Royal Artillery | ^ry, as prescribed by the '"King's Regulations." These clo not, however, confer privileges on the consuls in their relations with the naval or military officers of the foreign country in which they happen to reside ; they apply only to the British service : — Agents and Consuls-General rank with, but after, Rear- Admirals ; or Major-Generais. Consuls-General rank with, but after. Com- modores ; or Brigadier-Generals. Consuls rank with, but after. Captains, R.N., of 3 years' standing ; or Colonels in the Army, and before all other Captains, R.N. ViCE-CoNSULS rank with, but after, Lieutenants, R.N., of 8 years' standing ; or Majors in the Army. Consular-Agents rank with, but after. Lieu- tenants, R.N., and Navigating Lieutenants of less than 8 years' standing ; or Captains in the Army. Among their colleagues at the port of their residence, consular officers take rank in accordance with the rules prescribed by the Congress of Vienna for diplomatic agents, viz. seniority according to official title and to priority of arrival. [Consuls-General in all cases take pre- cedence of Consuls, and Consuls -General in Egypt and Zanzibar respectively take precedence of all flag officers.] CORRESPONDING RANKS IN THE NAVY AND ARMY. Different ranks in the Navy and Army happen to be designated by the same name, though there is in truth a wide distinction between them. Thus a naval captain is of much higher station than a military captain, and so on of others. The subjoined is a synopsis of the authorized scale of relative rank, as prescribed by an Order in Council, but it should be understood that an officer of the Navy has no claim to assume the command of His Majesty's Land Forces on shore, nor can an officer ofithe Army assume the command of any of His Majesty's Squadrons or Ships. 1. Admirals of the Fleet rank with Field- Marshals. 2. Admirals, with Generals. 3. Vice-Admirals, with Lieutenant-Generals. 4. Rear-Admirals, with Major-Generals. 5. Commodores of the 1st and 2nd class, with Brigadier-Generals. 6. Captains of 3 years' seniority, with Colonels. 7. Captains under 3 years' seniority. Com- manders, with Lieut-Colonels, but the latter are junior of the Army rank. 8. Lieutenants of 8 years' seniority, with Majors. 9. Lieutenants imder 8 years' seniority, with Captains. 10. Sub-Lieutenants, with Lieutenants. DIPLOMATIC PRECEDENCE. Precedence amongst diplomatic agents is regu- lated by the 17th Act annexed to tie general treaty of Congress signed at Vienna, June 9th, PRECEDENCE IN SCOTLAND. By Royal Warrant dated 9th March, 1905, the following scale of precedence in Scotland is laid down : — The Sovereign. The Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland during the sitting of the General Assembly. Duke of Rothesay. Younger sons of the Sovereign. Grandsons of the Sovereign. Brothers of the Sovereign. Uncles of the Sovereign. Nephews of the Sovereign.*
- Lords-Lieutenant of Counties. Lord Provosts o£
Cities being ex officio Lords-Lieutenant of Counties ot Cities, Sheriffs-Principal during their term of office and within the bounds of their respective counties, cities, and sheriffdoms, have precedence next after the Royal Family and the Lord High Commissioner. Every Lord- Lieutenant of a County, and every Lord -Lieutenant of a County of a City during liis term of office, and witliin the limits of liis jurisdiction, has precedence before the Sheriff-Principal having concurrent jurisdiction in the said county or county of a city.
