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1.08 University degrees, professional designations, military decorations, honours, awards and memberships
Do not follow a person’s name with more than two abbreviations unless required for information or protocol purposes. Select the two highest honours of different types and list them in the following order of precedence:
- Distinctions conferred directly by the Crown (VC, QC, OC, etc)
- University degrees
- Membership in societies and other distinctions.
Do not use periods.