Excerpt from Debrett's Baronetage of England: With Alphabetical Lists of Such Baronetcies as Have Merged in the Peerage, or Have Become Extinct, and Also of the Existing Baronets of Nova Scotia and Ireland The rank and precedence of Baronets is immediately after the younger sons of Barons, and before all Knights, whether of the Orders or Knights Bachelors, except Knights of the Garter and Knights Bannerets created in open war under the Royal Banner displayed, the King himself, or the Prince of Wales being present. Commoners, however, who are of His Majesty's Privy Council, the Chancellors of the Exchequer, and of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Judges, the Master of the Rolls, and the Vice Chancellor take precedence of Baronets. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.