William III., Prince of Orange.
William IV.
William II., Emperor of Germany.
These would be followed by persons with a single name, as
William of Malmesbury,
and then by other persons with William as a surname, arranged in order alphabetically by their Christian names or initials. When titles are used and appear in the name, as Lord, Lady, Sir, Rev., Dr., they are ignored and not allowed to affect the arrangement in the least, not even if it happens that there is no other means of distinguishing a person, and if the Christian name cannot be ascertained such a name would be placed before that of all others of the same name and treated in precisely the same way as if the surname only were known and no title existed, as
Lamb, Lady.
Lamb, Arthur.
Lamb, Charles.
If two noblemen of the same title have the same Christian name they should be placed in order of succession with their order shown, as