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.


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DICTIONARY OF HERALDIC TERMS.