House of Howard Earls of Arundel in the 4th quarter. Earl Marshal is a hereditary royal officeholder and chivalric title under the sovereign of the United Kingdom used in England (then, following the Act of Union 1800, in the United Kingdom). It is the eighth of the Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord High Constable and above the Lord High Admiral. The Earl Marshal has responsibility for the organisation of State funerals and the monarch's coronation in Westminster Abbey. He is also a leading officer of arms. The office is hereditary in the Howard Family in their
Hereditary Commander and "gun" meaning troops or warriors. It is the short form of , the governing individual at various times in the history of Japan, ending when Tokugawa Yoshinobu relinquished the office to the Meiji Emperor in 1867. Hereditary Commander A Hereditary Commander is a (Knight) Commander whose family holds that title by hereditary right. Russian tradition of the Knights Hospitaller was officially launched by Paul I of Russia in January 1797. The original 1797 statute allotted ten revenue-producing estates, the "commanderies", to be issued to the most deserving knights of the Order. The award was not hereditary; the recipients ("commanders")