Editing Post-nominal letters (section)

=====Civil usage in the UK=====

In the United Kingdom various sources have issued guidance on the ordering of styles and titles for British citizens, including the Ministry of Justice, [[Debrett's]] and [[A & C Black]]'s ''Titles and Forms of Address''; these are generally in close agreement, with the exception of the position of MP, etc., in the listing:<ref name="MoJ">{{cite web |publisher=Ministry of Justice (UK) |title=Honours and Decorations |date=2009-03-14 |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110204173507/http://www.justice.gov.uk/guidance/foa-hons-and-decs.htm |url=http://www.justice.gov.uk/guidance/foa-hons-and-decs.htm |archive-date=2011-02-04 |access-date=2012-06-04}}</ref><ref name="Debrett's post nominals">{{cite web |url=https://www.debretts.com/expertise/forms-of-address/letters-after-the-name/ |title=Forms of address: Hierarchies: Letters after the name |publisher=[[Debrett's]] |access-date=28 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VkqCBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA165|title=Titles and Forms of Address: A Guide to Correct Use|edition=22nd|date=10 October 2014|publisher=[[A & C Black]], an imprint of [[Bloomsbury Publishing]]|pages=163–165|isbn=9781408103098}}</ref>
# [[baronet|Bt/Bart]] or [[esquire|Esq]];
#* In the UK, "Esq." may refer to any gentleman in place of the pre-nominal Mr or Dr;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.debretts.com/forms-address/titles/untitled-men|title=Untitled Men|publisher=Debrett's|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160528223726/http://www.debretts.com/forms-address/titles/untitled-men|archive-date = 28 May 2016}}</ref>
# [[Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom|British Orders and decorations]] (e.g. [[Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|OBE]]; in descending order of precedence);
# Crown Appointments, i.e.:{{ordered list
| list_style_type = lower-alpha|[[Privy Counsellor (United Kingdom)|Privy Counsellor]] (PC), [[Personal aide-de-camp]] (ADC), [[Physician to the King]] (KHP), [[Medical Household|Honorary Surgeon to the King]] (KHS), [[Medical Household|Honorary Dental Surgeon to the King]] (KHDS), [[Medical Household|Honorary Nursing Sister to the King]] (KHNS), and [[Honorary Chaplain to the King]] (KHC)|[[King's Counsel]] (KC), [[Justice of the Peace]] (JP) and [[Deputy Lieutenant]] (DL); (according to the Ministry of Justice) Member of Parliament or of a devolved assembly ([[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]], [[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]], [[Member of the Senedd|MS]], [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland)|MLA]]);
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# [[Academic degree|University degree]]s:
#* According to Debrett's, [[Doctor of Divinity|DD]], [[Doctor of Medicine|MD]] and [[Master of Surgery|MS]] degrees are always given; other doctorates, other medical degrees, and other divinity degrees are sometimes given; and other degrees are seldom shown, with BA and MA never used socially (although formal lists may include them);<ref name="Debrett's degrees">{{cite web |title=Professions |url=https://www.debretts.com/expertise/forms-of-address/professions/ |website=Debrett's}}</ref>
# &nbsp; {{ordered list
 | list_style_type=lower-alpha
 | [[Religious institute]]s (e.g. [[Society of St Francis|SSF]]),
 | Medical qualifications (e.g. [[Royal College of Physicians#Membership and fellowship|FRCP]]);
 }}
# &nbsp; {{ordered list
| list_style_type = lower-alpha|Fellowship of [[learned society|learned societies]] (e.g., [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]], [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts|FRSA]], [[Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society|FRGS]]),|Royal Academicians and associates, (e.g., [[Royal Academy of Arts#Membership|RA, ARA]]),|Fellowships, Membership, etc. of professional institutions, associations, etc. (e.g. [[Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers|FICE]]) – chartered and other professional statuses should be shown before the designatory letters for the relevant professional body (e.g. CEng FMIET; EngTech TMIET),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theiet.org/membership/manage/use-designatory-letters/|title=Use of designatory letters|publisher=[[Institution of Engineering and Technology]]|access-date=28 May 2016}}</ref>|According to Debrett's: [[Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet|Writers to the Signet]] (WS);
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# According to Debrett's and Black's: Member of Parliament (MP), etc. (Black's also includes Writers to the Signet here);
# Membership of the Armed Forces (e.g. [[Royal Air Force|RAF]], [[Royal Navy|RN]], [[Volunteer Reserves (United Kingdom)|VR]], [[Royal Marines|RM]], [[Royal Military Police|RMP]]) (not included by Black's).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.debretts.com/forms-address/hierarchies/letters-after-name/armed-forces |title=Letters after the name: Armed Forces |publisher=Debrett's |access-date=22 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316012558/http://www.debretts.com/forms-address/hierarchies/letters-after-name/armed-forces |archive-date=16 March 2015 }}</ref>

In addition, British citizens who have received honours from [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] countries are usually given permission from the King to use the postnominals for that honour.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royal.uk/commonwealth-honours|title=Commonwealth Honours|access-date=30 May 2016|website=The Royal Family|date=12 November 2015}}</ref>