Editing Order of the Garter (section)

=== Precedence ===
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Members are assigned positions in the [[Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom|order of precedence]], coming before all others of knightly rank, and above [[baronet]]s. The wives, sons, daughters and daughters-in-law of Knights Companion are also assigned precedence. Relatives of Ladies Companion are not, however, assigned any special positions. (Generally, individuals can derive precedence from their fathers or husbands, but not from their wives.) The Chancellor is also assigned precedence, but since 1837 the office has been held by a diocesan bishop of the [[Church of England]] or a [[Peerage of the United Kingdom|peer]], which have a higher precedence than that bestowed by the Chancellorship.<ref name="BP">{{Cite web|last=Mosley |first=Charles |year=2005 |url=http://www.burkes-peerage.net/articles/peerage/page62-4.aspx |title=Precedence |publisher=Burke's Peerage and Gentry |access-date=18 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928111704/http://www.burkes-peerage.net/articles/peerage/page62-4.aspx |archive-date=28 September 2008 }}</ref>

Knights Companion prefix "[[Sir]]"<ref name=debrett>{{cite web |url=http://www.debretts.com/forms-of-address/titles/knight.aspx |access-date=11 August 2009 |work=Forms of Address |title=Knight |publisher=Debretts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090825170811/http://www.debretts.com/forms-of-address/titles/knight.aspx |archive-date=25 August 2009 }}</ref> and Ladies Companion prefix "[[Lady]]" to their forenames.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.debretts.com/forms-of-address/titles/knight/ladies-of-the-garter.aspx |access-date=11 August 2009 |work=Forms of Address |title=Ladies of the Garter and Ladies of the Thistle |publisher=Debretts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821170905/http://www.debretts.com/forms-of-address/titles/knight/ladies-of-the-garter.aspx |archive-date=21 August 2009 }}</ref> Wives of Knights Companion may prefix "Lady" to their surnames, but no corresponding privilege exists for husbands of Ladies Companion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.debretts.com/forms-of-address/titles/dame.aspx |access-date=11 August 2009 |work=Forms of Address |title=Dame |publisher=Debretts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807112826/http://www.debretts.com/forms-of-address/titles/dame.aspx |archive-date=7 August 2009 }}</ref> Such forms are not used by royalty, peers, peeresses, or Anglican clergymen, who instead use only the post-nominal letters.<ref name=debrett/>

Knights and Ladies Companion use the [[post-nominal letters]] "KG" and "LG" respectively.<ref name="SC" /> When an individual is entitled to use multiple post-nominal letters, those of the Order of the Garter appear before all others, except "Bt" or "Bart" ([[Baronet]]), "VC" ([[Victoria Cross]]) and "GC" ([[George Cross]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://honours.gov.uk/honours/wear.asp |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20060130194436/honours.gov.uk/honours/wear.asp |archive-date=30 January 2006 |title=Order of Wear |work=The UK Honours System |publisher=Cabinet Office |access-date=21 August 2016}}</ref>