That's exactly the question I raised about the Duke of Fife.
By "order of precedence" are you describing an occasion such as a coronation? I can't think of any other public or ceremonial event when this would all come into play. Also, there is that narrower definition of "non-royal ducal seniority" - which surely creates its own line of precdence, by which I mean for instance when the present royal Dukedom of Kent becomes non-royal in the next generation, and so falls in rank within the non-royal category to the "most recent", meaning somewhere behind the Duke of Westminster?
The order of precedence in the UK for males starts with the Sovereign (regardless of sex), the heir apparent (Charles), and then the present Sovereign’s sons in birth order. The Sovereign’s grandsons follow by order of primogeniture. Officers of state are next and then non-royal peers.
So, yes, the Earl of Wessex outranks all dukes save for the Prince of Wales (Duke of Cornwall & Rothesay, Duke of Edinburgh) and the Duke of York. He outranks Cambridge and Sussex in this regard as well.
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