Peerages in the United Kingdom
Precedence within Parliament
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Precedence within Parliament
[ edit ] The order of precedence used to determine seating in the House of Lords chamber is governed by the House of Lords Precedence Act 1539 . [16][17] Precedence as provided by the Act is similar to, but 8 not the same as, the order outside Parliament. The Sovereign, however, does not have the authority to change the precedence assigned by the Act. [15] Lords Temporal assume precedence similar to precedence outside Parliament. One difference in the precedence of peers relates to the positions of the Great Officers of State and the officers of the Sovereign's Household. Some Great Officers —the Lord Chancellor , the Lord High Treasurer , the Lord President of the Council and the Lord Privy Seal —provided they are peers, rank before all other peers except those who are of the Blood Royal (no precedence is accorded if they are not peers). The positions of the other Great Officers —the Lord Great Chamberlain , the Lord High Constable , the Earl Marshal and the Lord High Admiral —and the officers of the Household— the Lord Steward and the Lord Chamberlain —are based on their respective ranks. Thus, if the Lord Steward were a duke, he would precede all dukes, if a marquess, he would precede all marquesses, and so on. If two such officers are of the same rank, the precedence of the offices (reflected by the order in which they are mentioned above) is taken into account: if the Lord Great Chamberlain and Earl Marshal were both marquesses, for example, then the Great Chamberlain would precede the Earl Marshal, as the former office precedes the latter. [15] In practice, however, the Act is obsolete, as the Lords do not actually sit according to strict precedence; instead, peers sit with their political parties. [18] Privilege of peerage [ edit ] Main article: Privilege of peerage The privilege of peerage is the body of privileges that belongs to peers, their wives and their unremarried widows. The privilege is distinct from parliamentary privilege , and applies to all peers, not just members of the House of Lords. It still exists, although "occasions of its exercise have now diminished into obscurity." [19] Although the extent of the privilege has been ill-defined, three features survived to the 20th century: the right to be tried by fellow peers in the Lord High Steward 's Court and in the House of Lords (abolished in 1948); the personal right of access to the Sovereign at any time, but this privilege has long been obsolete; and the right to be exempt from civil arrest (a privilege that has been used only twice since 1945 [20] ). All privileges of a peerage are lost if a peer disclaims his or her peerage under the Peerage Act 1963 . [19] Vestments [ edit ] Peers wear ceremonial robes , whose designs are based on their rank. 9 Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu wearing the parliamentary robes of a baron Download 444.15 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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