1 10 6 https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/69f64d55df28c9b6a7786f3b1cf8e575.pdf 9e0c0ba1846fd26ed388594cc3deec16 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Accession Council of Queen Elizabeth II Subject The topic of the resource Accession Privy Council Description An account of the resource Material relating to the Accession Council of Queen Elizabeth II which took place on February 6 and February 8, 1952. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived PC 2/701 Order in Council Orders in Council are made by the Monarch with the advice of the Privy Council. Transcript A transcript of the document. <div style="text-align:center;">AT THE COURT AT ST. JAMES'S </div> <div style="text-align:center;">the 8th day of February, 1952 Present, THE QUEEN’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY</div> <div style="text-align:center;">IN COUNCIL</div> It is this day ordered by Her Majesty in Council that one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State do prepare a Warrant for Her Majesty's Royal Signature authorizing Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State to use the existing Seals until other Seals be prepared and authorized by Her Majesty. <div style="text-align:right;">F. J. Fernau</div> Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. Printed on a bluish gray paper. Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. The modern version of this Order in Council is simpler and does away with the Royal Warrant. Instead, it directly authorizes the Secretaries of State to continue using their current Seals. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Order in Council - Use of the Current Seals by the Secretaries of State [1952-02-08] Subject The topic of the resource Accession Privy Council Description An account of the resource Order in Council of Queen Elizabeth II authorizing the Secretaries of State continue using their current Seals. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Queen Elizabeth II Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived PC 2/701 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1952-02-08 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource T. Onslow Relation A related resource <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apgb/Ann/6/41/section/IX">Succession to the Crown Act 1707</a> Accession Monarch Privy Council Seals of Office Secretaries of State Statutory Power https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/fc8fda4ab3d88c965cc3a6556b92c135.pdf 0d9c295b57cb68afd4add9995249bb82 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Accession Council of Queen Elizabeth II Subject The topic of the resource Accession Privy Council Description An account of the resource Material relating to the Accession Council of Queen Elizabeth II which took place on February 6 and February 8, 1952. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived PC 2/701 Order of Council Unlike Orders in Council, which are made by the Monarch at a meeting of the Privy Council, Orders of Council are made by committees of Privy Counsellors. Transcript A transcript of the document. <div style="text-align:center;">AT THE COURT AT ST. JAMES’S</div> <div style="text-align:center;">The 6th day of February, 1952</div> <div style="text-align:center;">BY THE LORDS OF THE COUNCIL</div> It is this day ordered in Council that the Clerk of the Council in Ordinary do issue Circular Letters to the undermentioned persons for causing Her Majesty to be proclaimed: The Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford. The Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. The Governor of Northern Ireland. The Constable of the Tower of London. The Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. The Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man. The Lieutenant Governor of the Island of Jersey. The Lieutenant Governor of the Island of Guernsey. The Sheriffs of England and Wales, excluding Cornwall and Lancashire. The Mayors of Cities and Boroughs which are Counties. The Lord Mayors of Cities which are County Boroughs. F. J. Fernau. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Order of Council - Directing the Clerk of the Council to Issue Circular Letters For the Proclamation of Queen Elizabeth II [1952-02-06] Subject The topic of the resource Accession Ceremonial Privy Council Description An account of the resource Order of the Lords of the Privy Council directing the Clerk of the Council to issue Circular Letters for the proclamation of Queen Elizabeth II's accession. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lords of the Privy Council Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived PC 2/701 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1952-02-06 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource T. Onslow Accession Ceremonial Clerk of the Privy Council Privy Council Procedure https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/ea3b793a509985f5bac7ec6372545039.pdf 3e6cf18476f52e0e9292d8ec7f67457b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Accession Council of Queen Elizabeth II Subject The topic of the resource Accession Privy Council Description An account of the resource Material relating to the Accession Council of Queen Elizabeth II which took place on February 6 and February 8, 1952. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived PC 2/701 Miscellaneous This is used for instruments that don't fit any other categories. Transcript A transcript of the document. I, Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas Queen, Defender of the Faith, do faithfully promise and swear that I shall inviolably maintain and preserve the Settlement of the true Protestant Religion as established by the Laws made in Scotland in prosecution of the Claim of Right and particularly by an Act intituled an Act for securing the Protestant Religion and Presbyterian Church Government and by the Acts passed in the Parliament of both Kingdoms for Union of the two Kingdoms, together with the Government, Worship, Discipline, Rights and Privileges of the Church of Scotland. (Sgd.) Elizabeth R So help me God. On the Eighth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and fifty-two at Her Majesty's Court at St. James's Her Majesty in Her first General Council did take and subscribe the Oath above written in the presence of the Right Honourable the Lords of the Privy Council hereafter subscribing, vizt:- (Sgd.) Henry (Sgd.) Philip (Sgd.) Simmonds C. (Sgd.) David Maxwell Fyfe (Sgd.) James Stuart (Sgd.) Buccleuch & Queensberry (Sgd.) Home (Sgd.) Normand (Sgd.) Reid Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. Document is written in an ordinary cursive hand much like the Accession Proclamation. Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. There were two copies of this Instrument. One was sent to the Court of Session to be recorded in the Books of Sederunt while this one was kept in the Books of the Privy Council. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Miscellaneous - Queen Elizabeth II's Oath Relating to the Security of the Church of Scotland [1952-02-08] Subject The topic of the resource Accession Church of Scotland Description An account of the resource Record of Queen Elizabeth II's oath relating to the security of the Church of Scotland. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Queen Elizabeth II Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived PC 2/701 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1952-02-08 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource T. Onslow Relation A related resource <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aosp/1707/6">Protestant Religion and Presbyterian Church Act 1707</a> <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Ann/6/11/section/II">Act of Union 1707</a> Accession Church of Scotland Monarch Privy Council https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/1a16dcba6851d999e5f10cc81c4772bb.pdf ce7ca2c49139d9e46c8e8122adbd8b94 https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/18822140f8879526f4e74d493d275e4b.pdf 0d6878aadbeeeb913f94d8affede4d71 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Accession Council of Queen Elizabeth II Subject The topic of the resource Accession Privy Council Description An account of the resource Material relating to the Accession Council of Queen Elizabeth II which took place on February 6 and February 8, 1952. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived PC 2/701 Royal Proclamation Proclamations are signed by the Monarch and sealed with the Great Seal. Transcript A transcript of the document. Page 1 Whereas it hath pleased Almighty God to call to His Mercy our late Sovereign Lord King George the Sixth of Blessed and Glorious memory, by whose Decease the Crown is solely and rightfully come to the High and Mighty Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary: We, therefore, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of this Realm, being here assisted with these of His late Majesty's Privy Council, with representatives of other members of the Commonwealth, with other Principal Gentlemen of Quality, with the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of London, do now hereby with one voice and Consent of Tongue and Heart publish and proclaim that the High and Mighty Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary is now, by the death of our late Sovereign of Happy Memory, become Queen Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God Queen of this Realm and of all Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, to whom Her lieges do acknowledge all Faith and constant Obedience with hearty and humble Affection, beseeching God by whom Kings and Queens do reign, to bless the Royal Princess Elizabeth the Second with long and happy Years to reign over us. <div style="text-align:center;">Given at St. James's Palace this Sixth Day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two. [SIGNATURES]</div> <div style="border-top:2px solid #000;margin:2em 0;"></div> Page 2 <div style="text-align:center;">[SIGNATURES CONTINUE] God Save The Queen (L. S.)</div> Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. Document is written in a plain cursive hand. Red Wafer Great Seal with green ribbon at the bottom of p. 2. Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. For a list of the individuals who signed, see the List of Signatories to Queen Elizabeth II's Accession Proclamation under Files. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Proclamation - Accession Proclamation of Queen Elizabeth II [1952-02-06] Subject The topic of the resource Accession Ceremonial Privy Council Description An account of the resource Proclamation of the Lords of the Privy Council for the accession of Queen Elizabeth II. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Privy Council Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived PC 2/701 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1952-02-06 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource T. Onslow Accession Ceremonial Privy Council https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/2ca03ccba93111d46e6eed11f40f3d13.pdf 232a4a0658b91eef978b98b4c57d5082 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Accession Council of Queen Elizabeth II Subject The topic of the resource Accession Privy Council Description An account of the resource Material relating to the Accession Council of Queen Elizabeth II which took place on February 6 and February 8, 1952. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived PC 2/701 Order in Council Orders in Council are made by the Monarch with the advice of the Privy Council. Transcript A transcript of the document. Privy Council Version AT THE COURT AT ST. JAMES’S The 8th day of February, 1952 HER MAJESTY’S DECLARATION YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESSES, MY LORDS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: By the sudden death of my dear Father, I am called to assume the duties and responsibilities of Sovereignty. At this time of deep sorrow, it is a profound consolation to me to be assured of the sympathy which is extended to me and my Peoples; to my Mother, and my Sister and to the other members of my Family. My Father was our revered and beloved Head, as he was of the wider Family of his subjects; the grief which his loss brings is shared among us all. My heart is too full for me to say more to you to-day than that I shall always work, as my Father did throughout his Reign, to uphold constitutional government and to advance the happiness and prosperity of my Peoples, spread as they are all the world over. I know that in my resolve to follow his shining example of service and devotion I shall be inspired always by the loyalty and affection of those whose Queen I have been called to be, and by the counsel of their elected Parliaments. I pray that God will help me to discharge worthily this heavy task that has been laid upon me so early in my life. Gazette Notice At the Court at St. James’s, the 8th day of February 1952. PRESENT, The QUEEN’S Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Her Majesty, being this day present in Council, was pleased to make the following Declaration:— “YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESSES, MY LORDS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: By the sudden death of my dear Father, I am called to assume the duties and responsibilities of Sovereignty. At this time of deep sorrow, it is a profound consolation to me to be assured of the sympathy which you and all my Peoples feel towards me, to my Mother, and my Sister, and to the other members of my Family. My Father was our revered and beloved Head, as he was of the wider Family of his subjects; the grief which his loss brings is shared among us all. My heart is too full for me to say more to you to-day than that I shall always work, as my Father did throughout his Reign, to uphold constitutional government and to advance the happiness and prosperity of my Peoples, spread as they are all the world over. I know that in my resolve to follow his shining example of service and devotion, I shall be inspired by the loyalty and affection of those whose Queen I have been called to be, and by the counsel of their elected Parliaments. I pray that God will help me to discharge worthily this heavy task that has been laid upon me so early in my life.” Whereupon the Lords of the Council made it their humble request to Her Majesty that Her Majesty’s Most Gracious Declaration to Their Lordships might be made public, which Her Majesty was pleased to Order accordingly. F. J. Fernau. Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. The Privy Council version is printed on bluish gray paper. Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. The version of this Order that was gazetted differs from the one preserved among the records of the Accession Council. The Gazette notice adds language describing the circumstances of the declaration, including the Council's request to Queen Elizabeth II that her declaration be made public. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Order in Council - Recording Queen Elizabeth II's Personal Declaration [1952-02-08] Subject The topic of the resource Accession Privy Council Description An account of the resource Order in Council recording Queen Elizabeth II's personal declaration to the Accession Council. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Queen Elizabeth II Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived PC 2/701 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1952-02-08 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource T. Onslow Accession Monarch Privy Council https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/71f949b426753fa2f0ea5eaa57de77b4.pdf 0211600fa68eae7c186d9dddb8061f44 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Accession Council of Queen Elizabeth II Subject The topic of the resource Accession Privy Council Description An account of the resource Material relating to the Accession Council of Queen Elizabeth II which took place on February 6 and February 8, 1952. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived PC 2/701 Order in Council Orders in Council are made by the Monarch with the advice of the Privy Council. Transcript A transcript of the document. AT THE COURT AT ST. JAMES’S The 8th day of February, 1952 Present THE QUEEN’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL It is this day ordered by Her Majesty in Council that one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State do prepare a Warrant for Her Majesty’s Royal Signature authorizing the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain to make use of the Great Seal for sealing all things whatsoever that pass the Great Seal until another Great Seal be prepared and authorized by Her Majesty. F. J. Fernau. Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. Printed on a bluish gray paper. Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. The modern version of this Order in Council is simpler (cf. <a href="direct%20a%20Secretary%20of%20State%20to%20prepare%20a%20Royal%20Warrant%20to%20grant%20the%20necessary%20authorization%20to%20the%20Lord%20Chancellor.%20Instead,%20the%20Order%20itself%20contains%20the%20authorization." title="King Charles III's Order from 2022">King Charles III's Order from 2022</a>). It does away with the Royal Warrant. Instead, it directly authorizes the Lord Chancellor to continue using the Great Seal. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Order in Council - Use of King George VI's Great Seal [1952-02-08] Subject The topic of the resource Accession Great Seal Privy Council Description An account of the resource Order in Council of Queen Elizabeth II directing a Secretary of State to prepare a Warrant for her signature authorizing the Lord Chancellor to use King George VI's Great Seal until a new seal is ready. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Queen Elizabeth II Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived PC 2/701 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1952-02-08 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource T. Onslow Relation A related resource <a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/151" title="Royal Warrant">Royal Warrant</a> Great Seal Home Secretary Lord Chancellor Monarch Privy Council