PRECEDENCY.]

MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS.

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WIVES OF THE ELDEST SONS OF THE YOUNGER SONS OF PEERS.

DAUGHTERS OF THE YOUNGER SONS OF PEERS.

WIVES OF THE ELDEST SONS OF BARONETS.

WIVES OF THE ELDEST SONS OF KNIGHTS OF THE GARTER.

WIVES OF THE ELDEST SONS OF KNIGHTS BANNERETS.

WIVES OF THE ELDEST SONS OF KNIGHTS GRAND CROSS OF THE BATH.

WIVES OF THE ELDEST SONS OF KNIGHTS GRAND CROSS OF SAINTMICHAEL AND SAINT GEORGE.

WIVES OF THE ELDEST SONS OF KNIGHTS COMMANDERS OF THE BATH.

WIVES OF THE ELDEST SONS OF KNIGHTS COMMANDERS OF SAINTMICHAEL AND SAINT GEORGE.

WIVES OF THE ELDEST SONS OF KNIGHTS BACHELORS.

DAUGHTERS OF KNIGHTS BACHELORS.

WIVES OF THE YOUNGER SONS OF BARONETS.

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WIVES OF ESQUIRES.

WIVES OF GENTLEMEN.

The Widows of all Peers, Baronets, Knights of the Orders, KnightsBachelors, Companions of the Bath, and of Cavalieri and Companions ofSaint Michael and Saint George, are entitled to the Style and Precedencywhich they enjoyed during the lifetime of their husbands, so long as they con-tinue unmarried; but on marrying again, they lose all right to their formerRank and Title, and have no other name or place than what their second hus-bands may confer upon them; it being a rule of Law, settled as early as theyear 1436, that what a woman gains by marriage she loses by marriage, for“ eodem modo quo quid constituitur, dissolvitur.” 1

The Daughters of all Persons of Dignity are entitled to the Rank of theWives of their eldest brothers, whom they immediately follow.

1 Year Books 17 Hen. VI. p. 2 b . Coke’s First Institute, p. 16 b . Coke’s Fourth Report, p. 118 b ,and Sixth Report, p. 53 b . Dyer’s Reports, p. 79 b . Blackstone’s Commentaries, vol. I. p. 401. Inseveral instances before the Revolution, Royal Warrants were issued for granting to Ladies marryingpersons of inferior rank to their first husbands, the rank and precedency which they had previouslyenjoyed.

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