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 Quiz
 
So you think you know your protocol?
 

Q1.    What is the correct way to address a group comprising more than one Lord Lieutenant?

 My Lord LieutenantsMy Lords LieutenantMy Lords Lieutenants

 

Q2.    The place in modern precedence for the High Sheriff to rank second after the Lord Lieutenant was established by Royal Warrant in;

188719041974

 

Q3.   A High Sheriff may be many things, but what may they not be;

A Peer of the RealmAn Officer of the Post Office

A Practicing SolicitorAny of the above

 

Q4.    Nominations for the office of High Sheriff are made through;

  The Lord Lieutenant The existing High Sheriff
 The presiding Circuit Judge

 

Q5.   Invitations to a Royal Garden Party are sent out at the command of the Queen by;

The Lord Chamberlain

The Lord Steward of the Household

The Master of the Household

 

Q6.   What title is used socially by the widow of a Duke when the Dukedom passes to her married son

  The Dowager Duchess of Blankshire

   Mary, Duchess of Blankshire

 The Duchess of Blankshire

 The Dowager Mary Blankshire

 

Q7.      Place these peers in order of precedence

 Marquess, Duke, Earl, Baron, Viscount

Duke, Earl, Marquess, Baron, Viscount

Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, Baron

Baron, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, Duke

 

Q8.      Prior to the death of George VI, the Princess Elizabeth (our current Sovereign) was;

The Heir Apparent   The Heir Presumptive  The Heir Assumptive

 

Quiz compiled from information contained in "Debrett's Peerage"