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  2. Police ranks of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Police ranks are a system of hierarchical relationships in police organisations. [1] The rank system defines authority and responsibility in a police organisation, [2] and affects the culture within the police force. [3] Usually, uniforms denote the bearer's rank by particular insignia affixed to the uniforms. [4] [5]

  3. List of marquesses in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

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    Heraldic representation of the Coronet of a British Marquess. The general order of precedence among Marquesses is: Marquesses in the Peerage of England; Marquesses in the Peerage of Scotland; Marquesses in the Peerage of Great Britain; Marquesses in the Peerage of Ireland created before 1801

  4. Marquesses in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The first marquesses (Irish: marcas) in the Peerage of Ireland were Randal MacDonnell, 1st Marquess of Antrim (1645) and Ulick Burke, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde (1646), both titles created during the Irish Confederate Wars. (The above-mentioned Robert de Vere was created Marquess of Dublin and Duke of Ireland, but both of these were titles in ...

  5. Law enforcement in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] Police constables have certain powers that enable them to execute their duties. Their primary duties are the protection of life and property, preservation of the peace, and prevention and detection of criminal offences. [4] In the British model of policing, police officers exercise their police powers with the implicit consent of the ...

  6. List of marquessates in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

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    2 May 1602: Stewart Extinct 27 May 1602: Subsidiary title of the Duke of Kintyre and Lorne: Marquess of Douglas: 14 June 1633: Douglas Extant Created Duke of Douglas in 1703, which title became extinct in 1761; also Duke of Hamilton and Duke of Brandon from 1761 Marquess of Argyll: 15 November 1641: Campbell Forfeit 27 May 1661 Marquess of ...

  7. Peerage of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The ranks of the peerage are duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. [7]The last non-royal dukedom was created in 1874, and the last marquessate was created in 1936. . Creation of the remaining ranks, except baronies for life, mostly ceased once Harold Wilson's Labour government took office in 1964, and only thirteen (nine non-royal and four royal) people have been created hereditary peers sinc

  8. Peerage of England - Wikipedia

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    The ranks of the English peerage are, in descending order, duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. While most newer English peerages descend only in the male line, many of the older ones (particularly older baronies) can descend through females.

  9. Metropolitan Police - Wikipedia

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    The Metropolitan Police Service uses the standard British police ranks, indicated by epaulettes, up to chief superintendent, but uniquely has five ranks above that level instead of the standard three: commander, deputy assistant commissioner, assistant commissioner, deputy commissioner and commissioner. [34]