ib. ib. PAGE TAGE The Queen Regnant ............. 113 Lieutenant ........................... 134 The Queen Consort ................ 114 Ensign ......... ib. Tbe Queen Dowager .............. 115 Exempts or Exons ib. The Royal Family .................. ib. Clerk of the Cheque 135 The Prince of Wales............... 116 Sergeants at Arms ib. The Earldom of Chester ......... 117 Master of the Horse................. 136 The Dukedom of Cornwall...... ib. Chief Equerry.... 137 The Princess of Wales............ 121 Dean of the Chapel Royal ib. The Princess Royal ................. ib. Clerk of the closet.................... ib. Table of allowances to the Royal Chaplains .................. 138 Royal Family, alphabetically Mistress of the Robes ib. arranged, with the conditions Groom of the Stole ................ ib. of the respective grants 122 Ladies of the Bedchamber ....... 139 The Royal Household 124 Bedchamber Women Keeper of the Privy Purse 126 Maids of Honour .................. Lord Steward of the Household ib. Licenser of Plays ib. Treasurer of the Household 128 Historiographer Royal... ib. Comptroller of the Household.. ib. Poet Laureate ...................... 140 Master of the Honsehold......... ib. Lord Chamberlain of the Housebold .............. ib. SECTION II.-The Peerage...... 141 Vice-Chamberlain of the House- The Peerage and the House of hold 129 Lords ib. Hereditary Grand Almoner ib. Peers of England 141 Lord High Almoner ............... 130 Peers of Scotland ... ib. Knight Marshal ib. Peers of Great Britain ............ 142 Gentlemen of the Privy Cham Peers of Ireland.......... ib. ber 131 Peers of the United Kingdom.. ib. Gentlemen Ushers of the Privy Lords Spiritual ib. Chamber ........ ib. Peers of Parliament............... ib. Gentlemen Ushers, Daily Wai- The Peerage of Scotland......... ib. ters ........... 132 Election of Scottish represenGentlemen Ushers, Quarterly tative Peers 143 Waiters ib. The Union Roll of Scotland ... 144 Master of the Ceremonies ib. Mode of voting at the Election Gentlemen at Arms ............... ib. of the Scottish representative Captain of the Gentlemen at Peers. .......... ib. Arms ................................ 133 The Peerage of Ireland .......... 145 Lieutenant ib. Limitations affecting the creaStandard Bearer ib. tion of new Irish Peerages... 146 Clerk of the Cheque. ib. Mode of Electing the first Irish Harbinger ib. representative Peers. 147 Yeomen of the Guard 134 Mode of filling up vacancies in Yeomen Hangers ib. the representative branch of Yeoman Bedgoers.................... ib. the Irish Peerage 148 Beer-eaters The Lords Spiritual ............... 149 Captain of the Yeomen of the The rotation of Irish represenGuard ib. tative Prelates, and the modi .......................... ............. ib. PAGE fications which it has undergone ........ ............... 149 Rota of Irish representative Prelates for the next six years. .............................. 151 Creation of Peerages ib. Writ of Summons to Parliament 152 Decision of the Lords respect ing Writs of Summons.......... 153 Summons to the eldest son of an Earl, Marquis, or Duke in his father's Barony ............ 154 Letters patent ..................... 155 Tenure............ ................ 156 Baronies jure uxoris 158 Succession to Peerages ib. Alienation of Dignities 160 Extinction of Titles ................ 161 Impeachment 162 Rules observed in Impeach ments ................................ 163 Attainder ........................... 166 PAGE Attainder of the heir apparent. 167 Attainder of Coheirs................ ib. Forfeiture ........................... 169 A beyance .... ........... 170 Modes by which Abeyance may be terminated..................... 171 Dormancy 172 Duke 173 Marquis 175 Earl ............... 176 Viscount ............................... 179 Baron ........ ................. 180 Duration of life among mem bers of the Peerage Claims to Peerages ............... 186 Privileges of the Peerage 189 .............. 182 ...... ......... PART III.-PERSONAL DISTINCTIONS. Titles by courtesy ............... 201 KnightsCommander of the Bath 237 Tables illustrating courtesy Companions of the Bath ......... 238 Titles ................... 202 The Order of St. Michael and Knighthood ........................ 211 St. George ....... 241 Knight Banneret .................. 213 The Order of the Guelphs of Knight Bachelor .................. 215 Hanover 245 The Order of the Garter ......... 219 Esquire 247 Military Knights of Windsor... 222 List of persons entitled to the Naval Knights of Windsor ...... 223 title of Esquire ................... 248 The Order of the Thistle......... 255 The Collar of SS ................... 249 The Order of St. Patrick 230 Gentlemen .... 252 The Order of the Bath ............. 234 Classification of those who are Knights Grand Cross of the entitled to the style of GenBath. 236 tleman 252 PART IV.-OFFICIAL AND PROFESSIONAL RANKS. The Privy Council 257 Premier, or Prime Minister..... ib. Style and title of Privy Coun- List of the Cabinet Ministers... 261 cillors ......... 259 The Judicial Committee of the The Cabinet Council 260 Privy Council.................. 262 ..., 327 .......... 352 PAGE PAGE List of members of the Judicial Master of the Rolls 325 Committee 262 Chief Justice of the Common The Board of Trade and Plan Pleas tations 263 Chief Baron of the Exchequer 329 List of Members of the Board The Vice-Chancellors ............ 331 of Trade, &c ib. The Attorney-General ............ 334 Lord President of the Council.. ib. The Solicitor-General 338 Lord Privy Seal..... 264 Queen's Connsel ................. 339 The Privy Council in Ireland... 265 Legal Functionaries in ScotThe Parliament.... ib. land 345 Privileges of Parliament......... 267 The Court of Session 346 Mode of sitting in the house of Lords of Session ib. Lords 268 The Court of Justiciary ........ 349 Mode of sitting in the house of Legal Functionaries in Ireland 350 Commons 270 The Church Speaker of the house of Com- Duties and Privileges of the mons .............. 271 Clergy ............. 356 Lord High Treasurer ............ 274 Qualifications of the Clergy...... 357 Chancellor of the Exchequer... 275 Curates....... 359 The Budget.......... ib. Ministers............. ib. Secretaries of State ................ 276 Chaplains ib. Secretaries of State for the Vicars 360 Southern and Northern, Rectors .................. ib. Home and Foreign, Colonial Archdeacons 361 and War departments 280 Dean and Canon 362 Under Secretaries of State ...... 281 Bishops 364 Lord Great Chamberlain of Archbishops England ib. Archbishoprics and Bishoprics Lord High Constable 284 in the United Church of EngLord High Admiral 287 land and Ireland alphabetiBoard of Admiralty 288 cally arranged............. Earl Marshal of England......... 291 The Church Temporalities Act The Queen's Champion 292 (Ireland), Summary of its The Heralds' College, or Col- provisions 390 lege of Arms ...... 295 Universities 392 The Heralds of Scotland......... 298 The University of Oxford ib. The Offce of Arms in Ireland., 300 Colleges at Oxford.... 395 Ambassador ....................... 301 The University of Cambridge... 397 Lord Lieutenant of Ireland...... 306 | Colleges of Cambridge ib. Lords Justices of Ireland The University of Durham...... 398 List of officers who are changed The University of London ...... ib. with every new ministry. ...... 309 University College, London 399 Judge .............. 312 King's College, London ......... 400 Lord High Chancellor ............ 316 The Scottish Universities ...... ib. Lord High Steward ............... 319 The University of St. Andrew's ib. Chief Justice of the Queen's The University of Aberdeen ... ib. Bench ............................... 323 The University of Glasgow...... 401 ...... 368 ..... 371 ...... ...... 308 The University of Edinburgh... 401 Lord Mayor of London............ 420 The University of Dublin ib. Sheriff's of London................... 421 402 Recorder of London .............. 422 404 Common Sergeant of London... ib. ib. The City of York, and its Chief ib. The City of Dublin, and its ib. The City of Edinburgh, and its 407 The City of Glasgow, and its ...... 413 County Authorities ................ 424 ib. Coun‘ies Palatine ................... 425 ib. Counties Corporate ... ... ... ... ... 426 ib. Lords Lieutenant of Counties... ib. 414 Deputy-Lieutenants of Coun- Lieutenant .......................... 415 Sheriffs of Counties in Eng- 419 Custos Rotulorum ................... 431 .............................. 432 Common Councilmen of Lon- ib. PART V.-CEREMONIES AND COSTUMES. Parliamentary Ceremonies ...... 447 the Prince of Wales ............ 477 Openings of Parliament 448 Coronets of other Princes of the Robes and Coronets of Dukes 479 Parliamentary Conferences...... 459 Coronets of Peers' eldest sons ib. 467 Mitres of Bishops and Arch- Habits and Insignia of the Or- 473 ders of Knighthood ............. 484 Robes of the Sovereign 475 Habits and Insignia of the PAGE PAGE St. Patrick *-**............ 191 the Bath ....................... 493 St. Michael and St. George 495 Illustrations ...................... 499 ......... 524 525 ***... 552 each year...... PART VI.-STATISTICS AND OFFICIAL LISTS. SECTION 1.-Statistics........... 523 Classification of the Members Period of rule enjoyed by Sove- of the House of Lords ......... 549 reigns ........... Classification of the Members Ages of Kings and Queens..... 524 of the House of Commons ib. Intervals between the succes- Duration of each Parliament sive Princes of Wales since the reign of Henry Number of Peerages conferred VIII. 530 in each reign ...... 526 Table of the Parliamentary Classification of extinct Peer- Representatives, Coroners, ages ............... 527 Deputy-Lieutenants, and Classification of existing Peer- Magistrates, for every county ages ......... ........... 528 in the United Kingdom Sumber of Baronets created in 531 SECTION II.- Official Lists...... 556 Classification of the extinct Table of Sovereigns, showing Baronetcies........................ 532 the length of their respective Classification of the existing reigns .......... Baronetcies................. ib. Account of every Prince of General view of the Knightage Wales since the reign of Edof Great Britain and Ireland 533 ward I...... 560 Number of Foreigners who Chronological lists of the Arch have received British Orders bishops and Bishops in every of Knighthood ib. See since the Reformation, Classification of the Order of alphabetically arranged, and the Garter 534 exhibiting the dates of their the Thistle 535 respective elections, conseSt. Patrick ..................... 536 crations, translations, and the Bath ............ deaths 562 St. Michael and St. George 539 Lord Chancellors since the Re- First Lords of the Treasury 610 Statistical view of the ranks in Presidents of the Council since the Church 543 the Revolution ................... 613 Ofices held by Prelates ......... 544 Lords Privy Seal since the ReNumber of General and Field volution ........ 615 Oficers in the Army............ 545 Lords Great Chamberlain since View of the Regiments of the the Revolution .................. 618 British Army. 546 Lords High Constable since the Statistics of the Indian Army 547 Revolution .................. 619 Numerical constitution of the Earls Marshal of England since Nary ................................ 548 the Revolution 620 ....... 537 ....... 608 |