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Order of Precedence
"My Awards Go Jingle, Jangle, Jingle ..." -- Master Gerhardt von Nordflammen
The Order of Precedence lists an individual's "top" award, ordering recognitions
by rank, date, and name (two people with the same rank on the same date will be ordered
by name). An individual will only be listed once here, no matter how many
awards they have. (See button below to read a more detailed explanation.)
This also is limited to the awards that carry "precedence" (Awards of Arms
and higher). Each individual's name is also a link to their full Awards Data,
in case you want to check that information. This will be long, to find an individual
in the list you may want to use your browser's search capability (Ctrl+F or Command+F or
...). (Give the page a moment to load, the command to build this information is quite complex ...)
Please note this is here mostly as a curiosity, as the primary purpose
of an Order of Precedence is to help set people up for a Grand March, something
seldom done in the West Kingdom anymore.
If you are performing a Grand March, you may want to use this article for
reference:
Herald's Handbook Article on Precedence
Examples to help explain why someone is listed only once:
A Duke is also a Count, and most likely a Knight. They will be listed once, under their highest recognition, Duke. This does not mean that the other recognitions are of lesser importance, but that we only list this individual once (like everyone else).
An individual who is not a royal peer, but has more than one peerage (for example, they are a Laurel and a Pelican), will be listed once for the first peerage they received (by date). This does not mean the other peerage is of less importance, but listing people more than once would make this list many more times longer. The same can be said for someone, who, for example, has multiple Grant of Arms level recognitions (like the West Kingdom Scarves of Achievement), will be listed by the first (by date). And so on through other recognitions down to Awards of Arms.
It helps to remember that the Order of Precedence was meant to help organize a Grand March, and typically an individual only 'marches' once in such.