The Monarchist 1.0
Defending the British Crown Commonwealth and the English-Speaking Peoples
[+] HONOURING OUR PATRON, SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, VICTOR OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES
[+] HONOURING OUR QUEEN, ELIZABETH THE SECOND, ON THE 80TH YEAR OF HER BIRTH (1926 - 2006)
[+] HONOURING OUR KING, SAINT EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, ON THE 1000TH YEAR OF HIS BIRTH (1005 - 2005)
[+] HONOURING OUR HERO, LORD NELSON, ON THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR (1805 - 2005)
[+] HONOURING OUR SONS, THE QUEEN'S COMMONWEALTH SOLDIERS KILLED IN THE 'WAR ON TERROR'
Chief Warrant Officer Robert Girouard, 46, Royal Canadian Regiment, Nov 27, 2006 (Afstan)
Staff Sergeant Sharron Elliott, 34, Intelligence Corps, Nov 12, 2006 (Iraq)
Private Jacob B. Kovco, 25, Royal Australian Regiment, April 21, 2006
[+] HONOURING OUR VETS ON THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VICTORIA CROSS (1856 - 2006)
Friday, February 17, 2006
Great Officers of State
I freely admit that I may have an overblown affection for authority and hierarchy. For reasons that I won’t go into detail here, I get more inspiration out of the ancient order and structure of our civilization than I do from even the freedoms we derive from it. Call me crazy. I could never be a libertarian.
That’s because while freedom is fundamental and important, it is not interesting. History is interesting. So is politics. So is monarchy. I’m enthralled by the idea of it, by the beauty, the continuity and the sanctity of the throne. There’s the dignity of being represented by a defiantly ordinary person in the body of our Queen, but there’s also the accompanying bag of treasures of the whole apparatus that fascinate. Things like the Court of the Lord Lyon, the Confederation of the Cinque Ports, the Victoria Cross, the Earl Marshall, the royalist regiments, the orders of chivalry or even the orders of precedence. The list goes on.
Orders of precedence. Who knew for example that the current British Prime Minister as First Lord of the Treasury (not to be confused with the Chancellor of the Exchequer who is Second Lord of the Treasury) ranks below one of his own cabinet ministers, that of the Lord High Chancellor, a position that was first created back in 1068. And what of the Lord Privy Seal? What exactly is her Cabinet position if she is neither a Lord, nor a privy, nor a seal? And why does she rank above The Lord High Admiral, a position that is currently vested in Her Majesty? It is fascinating that a thousand years later, these Great Officers of State still exist in observance to ritual, custom and long-standing practice. England would be less an appealing place if it decided to sacrifice these ancient offices to the selfish and tedious interests of an uninspiring modernity.
For further research, click the following (also listed under the right side bar button “Sovereign of State” for future reference):
Great Officers of State by order of precedence
POSTED BY: The Monarchist AT 4:56 p.m. | LINKS |
I freely admit that I may have an overblown affection for authority and hierarchy. For reasons that I won’t go into detail here, I get more inspiration out of the ancient order and structure of our civilization than I do from even the freedoms we derive from it. Call me crazy. I could never be a libertarian.
That’s because while freedom is fundamental and important, it is not interesting. History is interesting. So is politics. So is monarchy. I’m enthralled by the idea of it, by the beauty, the continuity and the sanctity of the throne. There’s the dignity of being represented by a defiantly ordinary person in the body of our Queen, but there’s also the accompanying bag of treasures of the whole apparatus that fascinate. Things like the Court of the Lord Lyon, the Confederation of the Cinque Ports, the Victoria Cross, the Earl Marshall, the royalist regiments, the orders of chivalry or even the orders of precedence. The list goes on.
Orders of precedence. Who knew for example that the current British Prime Minister as First Lord of the Treasury (not to be confused with the Chancellor of the Exchequer who is Second Lord of the Treasury) ranks below one of his own cabinet ministers, that of the Lord High Chancellor, a position that was first created back in 1068. And what of the Lord Privy Seal? What exactly is her Cabinet position if she is neither a Lord, nor a privy, nor a seal? And why does she rank above The Lord High Admiral, a position that is currently vested in Her Majesty? It is fascinating that a thousand years later, these Great Officers of State still exist in observance to ritual, custom and long-standing practice. England would be less an appealing place if it decided to sacrifice these ancient offices to the selfish and tedious interests of an uninspiring modernity.
For further research, click the following (also listed under the right side bar button “Sovereign of State” for future reference):
Great Officers of State by order of precedence
- Lord High Steward (1154)
- Lord High Chancellor (1068) (*)
- Lord High Treasurer (1126) (*)
- Lord President of the Council (1530) (*)
- Lord Privy Seal (1307) (*)
- Lord Great Chamberlain (1133)
- Lord High Constable (1139)
- Earl Marshall (1135) (*)
- Lord High Admiral (1413)
POSTED BY: The Monarchist AT 4:56 p.m. | LINKS |
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