A royal warrant of precedence is a warrant issued by the monarch of the United Kingdom to determine precedence amongst individuals or organisations. The rank of precedence may have an associated courtesy title.
Most warrants of this type are issued when the heir to a title predeceases the current holder of the title. The widow, daughter, or younger son of the deceased will not be entitled to the rank of "wife/daughter/younger son of [rank of the relevant title]" unless such a warrant is granted. The warrants are usually issued to the following effect:
Below is a list of such warrants in descending order of rank (note: the Orders of Precedence for males and females are separate from one another):
Younger son of a duke Date Warrant in favour of Sibling of 1817 Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk 1846 James Charles Plantagenet Murray George Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl 1858 William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire 1859 George Osborne, 8th Duke of Leeds 1865 Charles Greatheed Bertie Percy George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland 1872 Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford 1880 William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland 1884 Arthur Charles Wellesley Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington 1908 Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire 1936 John Percy Samuel FitzRoy Charles FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton 1963 Robert George Grosvenor Gerald Grosvenor, 4th Duke of Westminster 1975 Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk 1977 Victor Frederick William Cavendish-Bentinck Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck, 8th Duke of Portland
Younger son of a marquess Date Warrant in favour of Sibling of 1809 William O'Brien, 2nd Marquess of Thomond 1817 Patrick Crichton-Stuart John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute 1831 N/A (illegitimate child of King William IV) 1836 Douglas Gordon-Hallyburton George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly 1837 Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry 1846 Archibald Kennedy, 2nd Marquess of Ailsa 1856 George Osborne Townshend John Townshend, 4th Marquess Townshend 1871 William Frederick Ernest Seymour Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford 1896 George Herbert Loftus John Loftus, 5th Marquess of Ely 1906 Victor William Paget Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey 1907 Frederick Hervey, 4th Marquess of Bristol 1917 Leopold Arthur Louis Mountbatten Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke 1917 (Albert) Edward Wilfred, Count Gleichen N/A (son of Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg) 1937 Douglas Gordon, 12th Marquess of Huntly 1941 John Andrew Christopher Kerr Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian 1953 Ulick Browne Denis Browne, 10th Marquess of Sligo 1970 Timothy Guy Paulet Nigel Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester 1973 George Robert Tottenham Charles Tottenham, 8th Marquess of Ely 1977 Desmond Clive Chichester Dermot Chichester, 7th Marquess of Donegall
Younger son of an earl Date Warrant in favour of Sibling of 1808 Francis Henry Egerton John Egerton, 7th Earl of Bridgewater 1818 Henry Talbot Leeson Joseph Leeson, 4th Earl of Milltown 1822 Francis William Grant-Ogilvy Ludovick Ogilvy-Grant, 5th Earl of Seafield 1832 John Hely-Hutchinson, 3rd Earl of Donoughmore 1833 Henry Duncan Robert Haldane-Duncan, 1st Earl of Camperdown 1835 George Henry Talbot John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury 1835 George Douglas, 17th Earl of Morton 1835 Thomas Peregrine Courtenay William Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon 1836 Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke 1837 Philip Gore, 4th Earl of Arran 1837 William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Burlington (later 7th Duke of Devonshire) 1837 William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel 1838 Oliver George Lambart Frederick Lambart, 8th Earl of Cavan 1839 George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon 1839 Arthur Capell, 6th Earl of Essex 1840 Lionel Tollemache, 8th Earl of Dysart 1841 Daniel Heneage Finch-Hatton George Finch-Hatton, 10th Earl of Winchilsea 1842 John Crichton, 3rd Earl Erne 1847 Claude Lyon-Bowes Thomas Lyon-Bowes, 12th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne 1847 George Butler-Danvers, 5th Earl of Lanesborough 1855 N/A (sons of James Carnegie, 5th Baronet, posthumously recognized as Earl of Southesk) 1856 Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork 1857 George Skene Duff James Duff, 5th Earl Fife 1859 George Baillie-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Haddington 1861 Dudley North, 7th Earl of Guilford 1862 George Herbert, 13th Earl of Pembroke 1864 Henry William Caulfeild James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont 1866 Charles Henry Danvers Butler John Butler, 6th Earl of Lanesborough 1866 James Augustus Erskine Walter Erskine, 12th Earl of Kellie 1868 Everard Henry Primrose Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery 1870 Cecil Ralph Howard Charles Howard, 5th Earl of Wicklow 1872 William Lowther Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale 1873 Lawrence Dundas, 3rd Earl of Zetland (later 1st Marquess of Zetland) 1874 George Ramsay, 12th Earl of Dalhousie 1880 Francis Needham, 3rd Earl of Kilmorey 1884 Henry Scudamore-Stanhope, 9th Earl of Chesterfield 1885 George Thomas Maitland Frederick Maitland, 13th Earl of Lauderdale 1889This issue of the London Gazette is missing from the digital archive. Arthur Edward Dalzell Robert Dalzell, 11th Earl of Carnwath 1890 John William Harris Edward Harris, 4th Earl of Malmesbury 1890 Alexander Edmond FitzMaurice Edmond FitzMaurice, 7th Earl of Orkney 1890 William Temple-Gore-Langton, 4th Earl Temple of Stowe 1892 David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow 1893 Randolph de Vere Capell George Capell, 7th Earl of Essex 1897 Edmund Archibald Stuart, 15th Earl of Moray 1897 Beauchamp Scott, 6th Earl of Clonmell 1898 Robert Julian Orde Jocelyn William Jocelyn, 6th Earl of Roden 1899 William Murray, 5th Earl of Mansfield 1900 Francis Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 2nd Earl of Wharncliffe 1904 Charles Courtenay, 14th Earl of Devon 1918 Charles William Baillie-Hamilton George Baillie-Hamilton, 12th Earl of Haddington 1923 Granville Eliot, 7th Earl of St Germans 1925 Charles Brodrick Amyas Bernard Percy Bernard, 5th Earl of Bandon 1929 Algernon George Mowbray Frederick Howard Gordon Howard, 5th Earl of Effingham 1930 John Bonynge Coventry George Coventry, 10th Earl of Coventry 1935 William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork 1938 Charles Eaton Kitchener Henry Kitchener, 3rd Earl Kitchener 1941 (Ronald) Stephen Brydges Temple-Gore-Langton Chandos Temple-Gore-Langton, 6th Earl Temple of Stowe 1953 Christian Victor Charles Herbert Edward Herbert, 5th Earl of Powis 1953 Patrick Francis Maitland, Master of Lauderdale Alfred Maitland, 16th Earl of Lauderdale 1954 Anthony George Lowther James Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale 1962 (Arthur Edward) Peter Needham Francis Needham, 5th Earl of Kilmorey 1963 John Parker, 6th Earl of Morley 1967 John William Boyle Patrick Boyle, 13th Earl of Cork 1974 (Michael) Albemarle Bowes-Lyon Fergus Bowes-Lyon, 17th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne 1974 Nicholas John Cunliffe-Lister David Cunliffe-Lister, 2nd Earl of Swinton 1991 George Herbert, 7th Earl of Powis 1992 William Hastings-Bass, 17th Earl of Huntingdon 1995 Peter Hugh Charles Stanley Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby 2004 Charles George Yule Balfour Roderick Balfour, 5th Earl of Balfour 2013 Colin David Carnegy Patrick Carnegy, 15th Earl of Northesk
Younger son of a viscount Date Warrant in favour of Sibling of 1836 Edward Ward, 3rd Viscount Bangor 1836 Francis Grosvenor Hood Samuel Hood-Tibbits, 3rd Viscount Hood 1849 Charles Brodrick, 6th Viscount Midleton 1853 Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth 1860 William Monk Jervis Carnegie Jervis, 3rd Viscount St Vincent 1860 Charles Francis Xavier Southwell Thomas Southwell, 4th Viscount Southwell 1886 Robert Dundas, 5th Viscount Melville 1892 Richard St Leger, 5th Viscount Doneraile 1894 Marcus Piers Francis Caulfeild James Caulfeild, 7th Viscount Charlemont 1904 Yvo Vesey, 5th Viscount de Vesci 1911 Godfrey Chetwynd, 8th Viscount Chetwynd 1934 Alexander Lambert Hood Samuel Hood, 6th Viscount Hood 1939 (Claude) William Hynman Allenby Dudley Allenby, 2nd Viscount Allenby 1973 Edmund Savile Monckton-Arundell William Monckton-Arundell, 10th Viscount Galway
Younger son of a baron/lord of Parliament