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PRINCIPAL ABBREVIATIONS.
Names of Peerages and the word Bart. in parentheses are cross-references to denote that the pedigree or a notice of the person whose name immediately precedes it will be found under the Peerage refferred to or under the Baronetage of the same name.
adm. | admiral. |
Advocate-General. | A.D.C. Aide-dc-Camp. |
A.Q.M.G. | Assistant—Quartermaster-General. |
B.C.S | Bengal Civil Service. |
BO. C.S | Bombay Civil Service. |
B.D | Bachelor of Divinity. |
B.M. or M.B. | Bachelor of Medicine. |
B.S.C | Bengal Staff Corps |
BO.S.C. | Bombay Staff Corps. |
b. | born. |
bp. | baptized. |
bd. | buried. |
barr. | Barrister. |
C.B. | Companion of the Bath. |
C.I. | Companion Imperial Order of Crown of India. |
C.I.E. | Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire. |
C.J. | Chief Justice. |
C.M.G. | Companion of St. Michael and St. George. |
C.S.I. | Companion of the Star of India. |
comm.-gen. | Commissary-General |
d. | died. |
dan. or dans. | Daughter or daughters. |
D.A.G. | Deputy-Advocate-General. |
D.A.C.G. | Deputy-Assistant-Commissary-General |
D.A.Q.M.G. | Deputy-Assistant-Quartermaster-General. |
D.Q.M.G. | Deputy-Quartermaster-General. |
D.L. | Deputy-Lieutenant county. |
D.C.L. or LL.D. | Doctor of Civil Law. |
D.D. | Doctor of Divinity. |
E.I.C.S. | East India Civil Service. |
ext. | extinct. |
F.G.S. | Fellow of the Geological Society. |
F.M. | Field Marshal. |
F.R.A.S. | Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. |
F.R.C.P. | Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. |
F.R.G.S. | Fellow of the Royal Geographical. |
F.R.S. | Fellow of the Royal Society. |
F.S.A. | Fellow of Society of Antiquaries. |
F.S.S. | Fellow of the Statistical Society. |
G.C.B. | Knight Grand Cross of the Bath. |
G.C.H. | Knight Grand Cross of the Hanoverian Guelphic Order. |
G.C.M.G. | Knight Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George. |
G.C.S.I. | Knight Grand Cross of the Star of India. |
heir pres. | heir presumptive |
(hon.) | Honourable by right of office. |
hon. | Hononrable. |
h. | heir. |
h. p. | half pay. |
H.R.H. | or Her Royal Highness. |
J.P. | County Magistrate. |
j.n. | in right of his wife. |
K.B. | Knight of the Bath. |
K.C.B. | Knight Commander of the Bath |
K.C.H. | Knight Commander of the Hanoverian Guelphic Order. |
K.C.M.G. | Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George. |
K.G. | Knight of the Garter. |
K.H. | Knight of the Hanoverian Guelphic Order. |
K.S.C.I. | Knight Commander of the Star of India. |
K.P. | Knight of St. Patrick. |
K.T. | Knight of The Thistle. |
liuet, or lt. | Lieutenant. |
lieut.col. | Lieutenant-Colonel |
M.A. | Master of Arts. |
M.B. | Bachelor of Medicine. |
M.C.S. | Madras Civil Service. |
M.D. | Doctor of Medicine. |
M.P. | Member of Parliament. |
m. | married. |
mil. sec. | Military Secretay. |
M.L.A. | Member Legislstive Assembly. |
M.L.C. | Member Legislative Council. |
M.R. | Master of the Rolls. |
M.S.C. | Madras Staff Corps. |
Mus.D. | Doctor of Music. |
N.I. | Native Infantry. |
P.C. | Privy Councillor. |
Q.C. | Queen's Counsel. |
Q.M.G. | Quartermaster-General. |
R.A. | Royal Artillery. |
R.C. | Roman Catholic. |
R.E. | Royal Engineers. |
R.H.A. | Royal Horse Artillery. |
R.M. | Royal Marines. |
R.N. | Royal Navy. |
s. | succeded. |
s. p. | without issue. |
s. p. l. | without legitimate issue. |
s. p. s. | without surviving issue. |
unm. | unmarried. |
V.A | Royal Order of Victoria and Albert. |
v.c. | Victoria Cross. |
V.P. | Vice-President. |
v.p. | in the life of his father. |
w. d. | will dated. |
w. p. | will proved. |
PRINCIPAL FOREIGN ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD.
K.A.N | St. Alexander Newski in Russia. |
K.B.E | Black Eagle in Prussia. |
K.F. | St. Ferdinand in Spain. |
K.G.F. | Golden Fleece in Spain. |
K.L. | Leopold of Belgium. |
K.L.H. | Legion of Honour. |
M. | Medjidie. |
K.M. | Knight of Malta. |
K.M.T. | Maria Theresa in Austria. |
K.R.G. | Redeemer of Greece. |
K.F.M. | St. Ferdinand and Merit in Sicily. |
K.T.S. | Lion and Sun in Peraia. |
K.S.W. | St. Waldemar in Russia. |
K.T.S. | Tower and Sword in Portugal. |
K.E. | Elephant in Denmark. |