List of types of letters patent (British monarchy)

This is a list of types of letters patent.

  • Advocate General of Jersey
  • Astronomer Royal
  • Attorney General
  • Attorney General of the Isle of Man
  • Bailiff of the Island of Guernsey
  • Bailiff of the Island of Guernsey (Deputy)
  • Bailiff of the Island of Jersey
  • Bailiff of the Island of Jersey (Deputy)
  • Baronet
  • Bishop
  • Bishop Conge D’Elaire
  • Bishop Suffragan
  • Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms
  • Canon
  • Canon (amending)
  • Chester Herald of Arms
  • City
  • City and Mayor
  • Clarenceux
  • Clerk of the parliaments
  • Commissioner
  • Commissioners of the Great Seal
  • Commissioners of the Inland Revenue
  • Comptroller and Auditor General
  • Constable of our Tower of London
  • Counsellors of State
  • Customs and Excise
  • Dean
  • Dean of Jersey
  • Data Protection Registrar
  • Data Protection registrar (reappointment)
  • Defence Council
  • Eastern Caribbean Chief Justice
  • Governor and Captain of the Isle of Wight
  • Governor and Constable Windsor Castle
  • Heath Service Commissioner – England
  • Heath Service Commissioner – Wales
  • Her Royal Highness
  • High Almoner
  • High Court Judge
  • Interception of Communications (President)
  • Interception of Communications (President) (re-appointment)
  • Interception of Communications (Vice - President)
  • Judge Advocate General
  • Land Entitlement in the Channel Islands
  • Lieutenant of …….
  • Lieutenant of the Tower of London
  • Life Peer
  • London Lieutenancy
  • Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
  • Lord Chancellor Pension
  • Lord Chief Justice
  • Lord Justice of Appeal
  • Lord-Lieutenant
  • Lord Mayor of….
  • LCPD /QPD
  • Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms
  • Powers to Confer Knighthood –General
  • Powers to Confer Knighthood – Double
  • Powers to Confer Knighthood – High court judge
  • Powers to confer KBE (Overseas)
  • Master of Churchill College, Cambridge
  • Master of the Horse
  • Master of the Rolls
  • Master of trinity College – University of Cambridge
  • Norroy and Ulster King of Arms
  • Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration
  • Procurator-General of Jersey
  • Professor or Reader of Civil Law – University of Oxford
  • Professor of the Greek Tongue
  • Queen’s Printer
  • Rear Admiral
  • Registrar General for England and Wales
  • Regius Professor of Civil Law – Cambridge University
  • Regius Professor of Divinity – Oxford University
  • Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History
  • Regius Professor of Hebrew
  • Regius Professor of Physic – University of Cambridge
  • Regius Professor of Physic – University of Oxford
  • Removal of Office
  • Richmond Herald of Arms
  • Rouge Croix Persuivant of Arms
  • Rouge Dragon
  • Serjeant at Arms in Ordinary
  • Serjeant at Arms in Ordinary (Commons)
  • Solicitor General
  • Treasury Commissioners
  • Under Clerk of the Parliaments
  • Vice Admiral
  • Vice Chancellor (University)
  • Visitor – University of Aston
  • York Herald of Arms

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