of their husbands being
members of Parliament.

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=The High Sheriff of a County= takes precedence over all other gentlemen
in the county, of whatever rank, save the lord-lieutenant, according to
the Royal warrant issued by His late Majesty King Edward, giving
precedence to lord-lieutenants of counties before high sheriffs.

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=The High Sheriff= out of his particular county has no precedence,
neither has a lord-lieutenant; and the wives of either lords-lieutenants
or high sheriffs take no precedence on account of their husbands'
official dignity.

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=An Assize Judge= takes precedence over the high sheriff as the assize
judge represents the Sovereign of the Realm.

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=Clergymen, Barristers-at-Law=, officers in the army and navy take
precedence over esquires on account of such rank; and in each profession
precedence should be accorded them according to dignity, date of
ordination, date of call, and date of commission in their several
professions, assuming that the rank is equal.

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=High Clerical and Legal Dignitaries= take special precedence; for
instance, the Archbishop of Canterbury takes precedence of all dukes,
and the Lord Chancellor takes precedence of the Archbishop of York, who
also takes precedence of dukes; bishops take precedence of all barons,
whatever their date of creation. The Lord Chief Justice, the Master of
the Rolls, when not peers, and all judges of the High Court of Justice
in their various divisions, take precedence after Privy Councillors and
before baronets and all knights, save the Knights of the Garter.

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=The Relative Rank between Officers of the Army and Navy= and doctors of
divinity is somewhat difficult to determine as regards the precedence to
be given them at a dinner-party. "Dod" places "esquires by office,
which, of course, includes all officers of the army and navy," next
_before_ the younger sons of knights and before doctors in divinity, who
follow next in order; while "Lodge" places "officers of the navy and
army" _after_ the younger sons of knights bachelor, clergymen, and
barristers-at-law.

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=Precedency at Dinner-Parties.=--When royalty is present at a
dinner-party, a prince of blood ro