▁House ▁of ▁L ords ▁Pre ced ence ▁Act ▁ 1 5 3 9 . ▁Pre ced ence ▁as ▁provided ▁by ▁the ▁Act ▁is ▁similar ▁to , ▁but ▁not ▁the ▁same ▁as , ▁the ▁order ▁outside ▁Parliament . ▁The ▁S over eign , ▁however , ▁does ▁not ▁have ▁the ▁authority ▁to ▁change ▁the ▁preced ence ▁assigned ▁by ▁the ▁Act . ▁ ▁L ords ▁Tem por al ▁assume ▁preced ence ▁similar ▁to ▁preced ence ▁outside ▁Parliament . ▁One ▁difference ▁in ▁the ▁preced ence ▁of ▁pe ers ▁rel ates ▁to ▁the ▁positions ▁of ▁the ▁Great ▁Offic ers ▁of ▁State ▁and ▁the ▁officers ▁of ▁the ▁S over eign ' s ▁House hold . ▁Some ▁Great ▁Offic ers — the ▁Lord ▁Chan cell or , ▁the ▁Lord ▁High ▁Tre as urer , ▁the ▁Lord ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁Council ▁and ▁the ▁Lord ▁Priv y ▁Se al — prov ided ▁they ▁are ▁pe ers , ▁rank ▁before ▁all ▁other ▁pe ers ▁except ▁those ▁who ▁are ▁of ▁the ▁Blood ▁Royal ▁( no ▁preced ence ▁is ▁accord ed ▁if ▁they ▁are ▁not ▁pe ers ). ▁The ▁positions ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁Great ▁Offic ers — the ▁Lord ▁Great ▁Chamber lain , ▁the ▁Lord ▁High ▁Const able , ▁the ▁Earl ▁Marsh al ▁and ▁the ▁Lord ▁High ▁Admir al — and ▁the ▁officers ▁of ▁the ▁House hold — the ▁Lord ▁Ste ward ▁and ▁the ▁Lord ▁Chamber lain — are ▁based ▁on ▁their ▁respective ▁ranks . ▁Thus , ▁if ▁the ▁Lord ▁Ste ward ▁were ▁a ▁du ke , ▁he ▁would ▁preced e ▁all ▁du kes ,