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Earl Marshal
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Earl Marshal
Earl Marshal
(alternatively
Marschal
,
Marischal
or
Marshall
) 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 among its responsibilities, the organisation of
State funerals
and the
monarch's coronation
in Westminster Abbey. He is also a leading
officer of arms
.
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