List of post-nominal letters

Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of an individual to indicate that that individual holds a position, office, or honour.

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An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters. Honours are listed first in descending order of precedence, followed by degrees and memberships of learned societies in ascending order.

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Obsolete positions are not listed unless recipients, who continue to use the post-nominals even after the order becomes obsolete, are still living.

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