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Letter
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The following letter was ordered to be entered in this volume by Order of Chapter held 9 March. 1932 (Chapter Book 19. p. 139).<br />
<div style="text-align:right;">Home Office,</div>
<div style="text-align:right;">Whitehall,</div>
<div style="text-align:right;">S.W.1.</div>
<div style="text-align:right;">19th February 1932.</div>
<br />Dear Garter,<br /><br />It may perhaps be convenient for you to have at the College of Arms some note of the position in regard to the use of the style Right Honourable by the Lord Mayors of certain cities. Our experience here is that mistaken ideas about the right to this style are very prevalent and it is possible that sooner or later some member of the College may be asked to advise.<br /><br />The King has ruled that except in the few cases where the use of the style depends on very ancient prescriptive usage, no Lord Mayor is entitled to it except by express grant from the Sovereign made on the recommendation of a Secretary of State.<br /><br />The following is a complete list of the Lord Mayors or Lord Provosts who enjoy the right, with their authority for doing so:-
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<td style="border:none;padding:5px;line-height:1.4;">London <br />York <br />Edinburgh</td>
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<p style="margin:0;text-align:center;">⎤</p>
<p style="margin:0;text-align:center;">⎥</p>
<p style="margin:0;text-align:center;">⎦</p>
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<td style="border:none;padding:5px;line-height:1.4;">Ancient usage</td>
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<td style="border:none;padding:5px;">Dublin</td>
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<td style="border:none;padding:5px;">Ancient usage confirmed by the Statute 3&4 Vic. Cap. 108 section 12.</td>
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<td style="border:none;padding:5px;">Glasgow</td>
<td style="border:none;padding:0;width:1rem;"></td>
<td style="border:none;padding:5px;">Grant 1912.</td>
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<td style="border:none;padding:5px;">Belfast</td>
<td style="border:none;padding:0;width:1rem;"></td>
<td style="border:none;padding:5px;">" 1923.</td>
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<td style="border:none;padding:5px;">Sydney</td>
<td style="border:none;padding:0;width:1rem;"></td>
<td style="border:none;padding:5px;">" 1904.</td>
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<td style="border:none;padding:5px;">Melbourne</td>
<td style="border:none;padding:0;width:1rem;"></td>
<td style="border:none;padding:5px;">" 1904.</td>
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<td style="border:none;padding:5px;">Adelaide</td>
<td style="border:none;padding:0;width:1rem;"></td>
<td style="border:none;padding:5px;">" 1927.</td>
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<td style="border:none;padding:5px;">Perth</td>
<td style="border:none;padding:0;width:1rem;"></td>
<td style="border:none;padding:5px;">" 1929.</td>
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<td style="border:none;padding:5px;">Brisbane</td>
<td style="border:none;padding:0;width:1rem;"></td>
<td style="border:none;padding:5px;">" 1930.</td>
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In the case of Glasgow the submission to His Majesty was made by the Secretary for Scotland, in the case of [^the] Australian cities by the Secretary of State for the Dominions.<br /><br />The style cannot be used by any Lord Mayors (or Lord Provosts) other than those mentioned in the foregoing list unless an express grant of the privilege is made by the King.<br /><br />I will give instructions for an official notification to be sent to you in the event of any further grant being made.
<div style="text-align:center;">Yours very truly,</div>
<div style="text-align:center;">A. J. Eagleston.</div>
Sir Gerald Wollaston, M. V.O.
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Arthur Eagleston (Assistant Secretary at the Home Office)
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Sir Gerald Wollaston (Garter Principal King of Arms)
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Letter - Use of the Style "Right Honourable" by Lord Mayors and Lord Provosts [1932-02-19]
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Letter from Arthur Eagleston to Sir Gerard Wollaston regarding the use of the style "Right Honourable" by Lord Mayors and Lord Provosts.
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Arthur Eagleston (Assistant Secretary at the Home Office)
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College of Arms I80/91-92
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1932-02-19
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Style of Right Honourable
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Royal Warrant
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Elizabeth R.<br />Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories Queen Head of the Commonwealth Defender of the Faith To Our Right Trusty and Right Entirely Beloved Cousin and Counsellor Bernard Marmaduke Duke of Norfolk Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, Earl Marshal and [^Our] Hereditary Marshal of England, Greeting! Whereas it appears by an Instrument under your hand and Seal bearing date the Thirty-first day of July 1963, that being well satisfied with the abilities of Francis Jones, Esquire, upon whom has been conferred the Territorial Decoration, sometime a Major in Our Territorial Army, and with his desire to improve his skill and knowledge in the art and science of Heraldry you for his encouragement therein had nominated and appointed him a Herald Extraordinary by the name of Wales Herald of Arms to the end that he may obtain Our Warrant to be fully invested with all the rights privileges pre-eminences and advantages of such Herald Extraordinary: We approving the character you have given of him are graciously pleased to condescend thereto: and it is Our Will and Pleasure and We do hereby authorize and require you in Our name to create him the said Francis Jones Herald Extraordinary by the name of Wales Herald of Arms to the end that he may be thereby qualified to have exercise and enjoy all rights, privileges, pre-eminences and advantages whatsoever belonging to such Herald of Arms Extraordinary in as ample and beneficial a manner as any other hath heretofore held exercised and enjoyed, or of right ought to have held exercised and enjoyed the same. And for so doing this shall be your Warrant. Given at Our Court at Saint James's the Third day of August 1963, in the Twelfth year of Our Reign.
<div style="text-align:center;">By Her Majesty's Command</div>
<div style="text-align:center;">Henry Brooke</div>
<br />Let this Warrant be recorded in the College of Arms.
<div style="text-align:right;">Norfolk, E.M.</div>
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Royal Warrant - Appointing Wales Herald of Arms [1963-08-03]
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Heraldry
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Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II appointing Francis Jones as Wales Herald of Arms.
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Queen Elizabeth II
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College of Arms I82/316-317
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1963-08-03
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Whereas His Majesty in Council on the twenty eighth day of July last hath been pleased by and with the advice of the Privy Council to order that there be added to His Majesty's Royal Badges a Badge representative of the Royal House of Windsor and to command that I forthwith cause the necessary directions to be given accordingly.<br /><br />I Bernard Marmaduke, Duke of Norfolk, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of England and One of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council do authorize and require you to cause the aforesaid Order in Council and the painting annexed thereto to be recorded in the College of Arms to the end that the Officers of Arms there and all others upon occasion may take full notice and have knowledge thereof. And for so doing this shall be your Warrant: Given under my hand and Seal this Fifteenth day of September 1938.
<div style="text-align:right;">Norfolk E.M.</div>
To the King's Heralds and<br />Pursuivants of Arms.
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Miscellaneous - Earl Marshal's Warrant for Recording the Royal Warrant Approving the Badge of the House of Windsor [1938-09-15]
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Royal Family
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Warrant of the Duke of Norfolk directing the Officers of Arms to record the Royal Warrant of King George VI approving the Badge of the House of Windsor.
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Bernard, 16th Duke of Norfolk (Earl Marshal)
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College of Arms I80/304-305
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1938-09-15
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Mark Scott
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Order in Council
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Transcript
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<div style="text-align:center;">At the Court at Buckingham Palace</div>
<div style="text-align:center;">The 28th day of July 1938.</div>
<div style="text-align:center;">Present</div>
<div style="text-align:center;">The King's Most Excellent Majesty</div>
<div style="text-align:center;">in Council</div>
His Majesty was this day pleased by and with the advice of His Privy Council to order that there be added to His Majesty's Royal Badges the following Badge representative of the Royal House of Windsor:-<br />"On a Mount Vert the Round Tower of Windsor Castle Argent masoned Sable flying thereon the Royal Standard the whole within two branches of Oak fructed Or and ensigned with the Imperial Crown."<br />the same to be borne in conformity with the drawing annexed.<br />And that the Most Noble Bernard Marmaduke Duke of Norfolk, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of England do forthwith cause the necessary directions to be given accordingly.
<div style="text-align:right;">M.P.A. Hankey.</div>
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<div style="text-align:center;">[IMAGE OF THE BADGE]</div>
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Order in Council - Approving the Badge of the Royal House of Windsor [1938-07-28]
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Order in Council of King George VI approving the Badge of the Royal House of Windsor.
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King George VI
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College of Arms I80/304
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1938-07-28
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Mark Scott
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Privy Council
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<div style="text-align:right;">Elizabeth R.</div>
Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Australia and Our other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, to Our Right Trusty and Right Entirely Beloved Cousin, Miles Francis Stapleton, Duke of Norfolk, Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter, Companion of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Commander of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, upon whom been conferred the Decoration of the Military Cross, Earl Marshal Greeting! Whereas Our State of South Australia was first constituted on the twenty-eighth day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six and thereafter for its greater honour and distinction Armorial Ensigns and Supporters were assigned for Our said State of South Australia by Our Royal Predecessor King Edward the Eighth by Royal Warrant bearing date the twentieth day of November, one thousand nine hundred & thirty-six and whereas the Government of Our said State of South Australia is desirous that Armorial Bearings be granted and assigned by Us to be borne and used thereafter in place of those previously granted and assigned and heretofore borne and used. Now know ye therefore that We of Our Princely Grace and Special Favour have granted and assigned and do by Presents grant and assign the Armorial Ensigns following for Our State of South Australia that is to say:- for Arms, Azure on the rising sun depicted as a roundel Or an Australian Piping Shrike displayed and standing on the staff of a Gum Tree proper and for the Crest on a wreath Or Azure and Gules four sprigs of Sturt's Desert Pea proper the Shield upon a Compartment comprising A grassy mount and in front of two Vines growing therefrom each entwining their stakes proper on either side thereof stalks of Wheat and Barley and the dexter side scattered with Citrus Fruits and lying on the sinister side two Cog Wheels with between them a Miner's Pick also proper together with on a Scroll the name "South Australia" as the same are in the painting hereunto annexed<br /><br />
<div style="text-align:center;">[IMAGE OF THE ARMS]</div>
<br />more plainly depicted to be borne and used by the State of South Australia on Seals, Banners, Flags or otherwise and in lieu of and in substitution for the Armorial Bearings granted and assigned by Our Royal Predecessor King Edward the Eighth and always hereafter as is provided by and is in accordance with the Laws of Arms Our Will and Pleasure therefore is that you Miles Francis Stapleton, Duke of, Norfolk, Earl Marshal to whom the cognizance of matters of this nature doth properly belong do require and command that this Our concession and declaration be recorded in Our College of Arms in order that Our Officers of Arms and all other public functionaries whom it may concern may take full notice and have notice thereof in their several & respective departments and for so doing this shall be your Warrant Given at Our Court at St. James's this First day of February 1984 in the Thirty [^second] year of Our Reign
<div style="text-align:right;">By Her Majesty's Command</div>
<div style="text-align:right;">Geoffrey Howe.</div>
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Geoffrey Howe (Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)
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In 1984, the Australian states were still considered self-governing dependencies of the British Crown and the Queen generally acted on the advice of British ministers when exercising her state powers. This is why this Royal Warrant was countersigned by the British Foreign Secretary. However, it also uses the Queen's Australian title, which creates a constitutional paradox since the Queen of Australia would normally act on the advice of Australian ministers.
The use of her Australian title here may have been an oversight, or it may have been an attempt to placate state governments that were increasingly unhappy with the continued involvement of British ministers in their affairs. The Australia Act 1986 finally severed the remaining constitutional links between the UK and the Australian states.
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Royal Warrant - Grant of New Arms to South Australia [1984-02-01]
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Heraldry
Foreign Affairs
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Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II granting new arms to the State of South Australia.
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Queen Elizabeth II
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College of Arms I84/179-180
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1984-02-01
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Mark Scott
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<a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/439">Original Royal Warrant of King Edward VIII</a>
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South Australia
Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary
Heraldry
Monarch
Royal Prerogative
South Australia
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The Monarch and the Military
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Military
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Royal Warrant
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<p>Page 1<br /><br />(Sgd.) <em>Elizabeth R</em></p>
<p><strong>ELIZABETH THE SECOND by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories Queen Head of the Commonwealth Defender of the Faith: To Our right trusty and well beloved Counsellor Alexander Andrew Mackay Baron Irvine of Lairg Our Chancellor of Great Britain GREETING: WE WILL AND COMMAND that under the Great Seal of Our Realm remaining in your custody you cause these Our Letters to be made forth Patent in form following:</strong></p>
<p><strong>ELIZABETH THE SECOND</strong> by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories Queen Head of the Commonwealth Defender of the Faith To Our Paymaster-General now and for the time being and the other persons hereinafter mentioned and to all others whom it may concern Greeting Whereas We did under the Great Seal of Our Realm bearing date the eleventh day of August in the forty-ninth year of Our Reign constitute and appoint the persons therein named and certain other persons to be the Commissioners for the Government of Our Royal Hospital at Chelsea and the In-Pensioners thereto belonging Now Know Ye that We have revoked and determined and by these Presents do revoke and determine the said recited Letters Patent and every Clause Article and thing therein contained And Further Know Ye that We have thought fit to constitute and appoint and by these Presents do constitute and appoint Our Paymaster-General now and for the time being Our Minister of State for the Armed Forces now and for the time being the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Veterans Affairs now and for the time being the Command Secretary (Adjutant-General) now and for the time being the Governor of Our Royal Hospital at Chelsea now and for the time being two Officers not below the rank of Major-General serving on the Staff of the Ministry of Defence who shall be the nominees of the Chief of Our General Staff the Lieutenant-Governor of Our Royal Hospital at Chelsea now and for the time being and such other persons not exceeding ten in number being Officers either in Our Civil Naval Military or Air Service or having been in such Our Service and having retired therefrom or persons not in nor having been in such Our Service who are distinguished in their field as shall have been nominated to Us by Our Principal Secretary of State for Defence and appointed by Us from time to time by Our Warrant under Our Royal Sign Manual to be Our Commissioners for the Government of Our aforesaid Royal Hospital at Chelsea And We do hereby give and grant unto you Our said Commissioners or any three or more of you full power and authority to settle and ascertain what proportions and kinds of victuals you shall judge most convenient for the diet of such persons as now are or shall hereafter be entertained and fed in Our said Royal Hospital and to make contracts and agreements with any person or persons for the furnishing of the same at such rates and for such times as you Our said Commissioners or any three or more of you shall seem best and also for clothing the said persons belonging to Our said Hospital and washing the linen to them and every of them belonging and likewise to keep in good order and repair and maintain the several Courts Gardens Walks Avenues and Lights belonging to Our said Hospital as to you or any three or more of you as aforesaid shall seem most proper for the better accommodation and good government of the same And We do hereby give and grant unto you Our said Commissioners or any three or more of you as aforesaid full power and authority to nominate constitute and appoint from time to time such and so many Under-Officers and Servants as are or shall at any time or times hereafter be wanting in Our said Hospital and to remove or displace them or any of them from time to time as you Our said Commissioners or any three or more of you shall seem meet And We do hereby give and grant unto you Our said Commissioners or any three or more of you as aforesaid full power and authority generally to do and perform all such matters and things and to enter into</p>
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<p>Page 2<br /><br />such arrangements or agreements as you Our said Commissioners or any three or more of you in your discretion shall think necessary or desirable for the good government of Our said Hospital including for the avoidance of doubt the raising of finances to enable you Our said Commissioners to carry out the purposes for which power and authority has been granted to you And We do hereby direct require and command you Our said Commissioners to prepare and present to Us for Our Royal approbation such Establishment or Establishments as you shall think proper for the expense of Our said Hospital as also to observe and follow such further Orders Directions and Instructions as We shall at any time or times hereafter give under Our Royal Sign Manual relating to Our said Hospital or the Government thereof And We do hereby direct require and command that in all cases whatsoever where any Order or Orders Warrant or Warrants are now or shall be hereafter to be signed for the payment of any sum or sums of money for any use or uses of Our said Hospital such Order or Orders Warrant or Warrants shall be signed by you Our said Commissioners or any three or more of you And We do hereby empower you Our said Commissioners or any three or more of you to examine into the qualifications of any persons at present in Our said Hospital and to discharge such of them from any further provision as you or any three or more of you shall judge not to be duly entitled to the same And We do hereby further declare Our Will and Pleasure to be that no person be admitted for the future into Our said Hospital but by a Warrant under the hands of any three or more of you Our said Commissioners And We do hereby direct and order that in the admission of In-Pensioners you do guide yourselves by the several Acts of Parliament already made or hereafter to be made relating thereto and the existing Rules Orders and Regulations made or hereafter to be made by Us with respect to such In-Pensioners of Our said Royal Hospital And Our Will and Pleasure is and We do hereby require and command that you Our said Commissioners and every of you do diligently attend the execution of this Our Commission in all things as becometh and this Our Commission or the entry enrolment or exemplification thereof shall be to you and every of you a sufficient warrant and discharge in this behalf And Lastly We do hereby ratify and confirm whatsoever shall have been done or purported to be done by any of the Commissioners named in the said Letters Patent dated the eleventh day of August Two thousand or by any Commissioner appointed or reappointed under the said Letters Patent by any Warrant under Our Royal Sign Manual or otherwise with Our approval pursuant to the directions contained in the said Letters Patent up to the date of these Presents In Witness &c. Witness &c.</p>
<p>Given at Our Court at <em>Saint James’s</em> the <em>eighteenth</em> day of <em>April</em> two thousand and <em>two</em> in the <em>fifty-first</em> year of Our Reign.</p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><strong>BY HER MAJESTY’S COMMAND</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:right;">(Sgd.) <em>Geoffrey Hoon</em></p>
<p><strong>MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY</strong></p>
<p>This contains a Warrant to the Lord High Chancellor to pass Letters Patent under the Great Seal whereby Your Majesty is pleased to make provision for changes to the Government of Your Majesty’s Royal Hospital at Chelsea And this Warrant is prepared according to Your Majesty’s Royal Command</p>
<p style="text-align:right;">Signified by Mr. Secretary Hoon</p>
<p style="text-align:right;">PHILLIPS<br />Clerk of the Crown in Chancery</p>
<p>Received the 18th <br />day of April 2002</p>
<p>(Sgd.) <em>Irvine of Lairg C</em></p>
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Geoffrey Hoon (Secretary of State for Defence)
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Royal Warrant - For Letters Patent Changing the Government of the Royal Hospital Chelsea [2002-04-18]
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Great Seal
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Healthcare
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Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II directing the Lord Chancellor to pass Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm making changes to the government of the Royal Hospital Chelsea.
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Queen Elizabeth II
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C 83/696
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2002-04-18
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T. Onslow
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Royal Hospital Chelsea
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<a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/47-48/30/section/2" title="Great Seal Act 1884">Great Seal Act 1884</a><span>, but the resulting Letters Patent were a prerogative instrument.</span>
Defence Secretary
Great Seal
Lord Chancellor
Monarch
Royal Hospital Chelsea
Royal Prerogative
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After our hearty Commendations. It having pleased Almighty God to take to His Mercy out of this troublesome Life Our late Sovereign Lord King William the Fourth of Blessed Memory. And thereupon Her Royal Majesty Queen Victoria being here proclaimed according to the tenor of the Proclamation signed by Us herewith sent unto you.<br /><br />We do hereby Will and require you Thomas Dixon forthwith to cause the said Proclamation to be proclaimed and published in the usual places within your jurisdiction with the Solemnities and Ceremonies accustomed on the like occasion. And so, not doubting of your ready compliance herein We bid you heartily farewell.<br /><br />From the Council Chamber at Kensington.<br />This 20th day of June 1837.<br />
<div style="text-align:right;">Your loving friends<br />(Sgd.) <em>Cottenham C.</em></div>
<div style="text-align:right;">(Sgd.) <em>Spring Rice</em></div>
<div style="text-align:right;">(Sgd.) <em>John Hobhouse</em></div>
<div style="text-align:right;">(Sgd.) <em>Palmerston</em></div>
<div style="text-align:right;">(Sgd.) <em>Melbourne</em></div>
<div style="text-align:right;">(Sgd.) <em>Duncannon</em></div>
<div style="text-align:right;">(Sgd.) <em>Russell</em></div>
<div style="text-align:left;"><em><br /><br />To Our loving friend<br /></em>The Mayor of the City of<br />Chester.</div>
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Miscellaneous - Warrant for Proclaiming Queen Victoria in Chester [1837-06-20]
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Privy Council
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Warrant of the Lords of the Privy Council directing the Mayor of Chester to proclaim Queen Victoria.
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Lord Cottenham (Lord Chancellor)
Thomas Spring Rice (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
Sir John Hobhouse (?) (President of the Board of Control)
Henry, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs)
William, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury)
Lord Duncannon (Lord Privy Seal)
Lord John Russell (Secretary of State for the Home Department)
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Raab Collection
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1837-06-20
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Jason Loch
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<strong>George the Sixth</strong> by the Grace of God of Great Britain Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas King Defender of the Faith To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Whereas it hath been of ancient times accustomed that amongst other Officers and Ministers whom it is meet should be attendant upon the Persons of Princes suitable to their high dignity and glory there should be more especially proper Officers to whom the care and office of Arms both in times of war and peace may be committed And Whereas the Office of Norroy and Ulster King of Arms and Principal Herald of the North Part of England and of Northern Ireland is become vacant by the promotion of Our trusty and well beloved Algar Henry Stafford Howard Esquire Companion of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath Commander of Our Royal Victorian Order upon whom has been conferred the Decoration of the Military Cross late Norroy and Ulster to the Office of Garter Principal King of Arms Know ye therefore that We of Our especial grace certain knowledge and mere motion and for divers other good causes and considerations Us hereunto especially moving by these Presents for Us Our heirs and successors Do make ordain constitute and create Our trusty and well beloved <strong>Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston</strong> Knight Commander of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath Knight Commander of Our Royal Victorian Order late Garter Principal King of Arms a King of Arms and a Principal Herald of the North Part of England and of Northern Ireland And We by these Presents do give unto him the name <strong>Norroy and Ulster</strong> which We do give and grant unto the said Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston with the style title liberties pre-eminences and commodities suitably agreeable and belonging and anciently accustomed to the said Office And him We have really crowned and invested and by these Presents Do crown and invest therewith To have enjoy and occupy and exercise the said Office and the name style title pre-eminences and commodities aforesaid unto him the said Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston during his good behaviour in the said Office with all rights profits commodities and emoluments whatsoever to the same Office in anywise belonging and appertaining Giving moreover and granting unto the said Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston all and singular other things which are incumbent upon the said Office of Norroy and Ulster King of Arms or are known to be appertaining of right or by custom in times past to be done transacted and executed except such ancient and customary fees as are due to the said Office on the creation of dignities And further of Our more abundant grace We do give and by virtue of these Presents grant unto the said Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston Authority Power and Licence with the consent of the Earl Marshal of England or his Deputy for the time being in writing under their hands and Seals from time to time first given or signified of granting and appointing to eminent men Letters Patent of Arms and Crests jointly and together with Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms or one of them or by himself alone without them at the will and pleasure of the Earl Marshal or his Deputy for the time being according to their Ordinances or Statutes from time to time issued or to be issued respectively in that behalf and not otherwise nor in other manner so as that if the said Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston shall act in any of the premises to the contrary this Our present Grant and all things herein contained shall cease and be utterly and altogether void and of none effect or force whatsoever Moreover We have given and granted and by these Presents for Us Our heirs and successors Do give and grant unto the said Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston appointed by Us a King of Arms and a Principal Herald of the North Part of England and of Northern Ireland as aforesaid twenty pounds and five shillings by the year by reason and in consideration of the same Office and for the exercise thereof To have and receive the same unto him the said Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston yearly and every year during his good behaviour in the same Office at the office of the Chamberlain of Our Household for the time being the same to commence from the second day of June instant being the day of the promotion of the said Algar Henry Stafford Howard and be computed and paid by the day after the rate of twenty pounds and five shillings by the year unto the twenty fourth day of June instant and the subsequent payments quarterly at the four most usual days of payment in the year by even and equal portions together with such liveries and clothing as and in the same manner and form as any other Person being a King of Arms or Herald of Arms in England or Northern Ireland aforesaid had and received in the time of Edward the Third Our Progenitor heretofore King of England or afterwards to have and receive such liveries and clothing unto him the said Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston yearly during his good behavior in the said Office at the Great Wardrobe of Us Our heirs and successors by the hands of the Keeper of the same Wardrobe of Us Our heirs and successors for the time being <strong>In Witness</strong> whereof We have caused these Letters to be made Patent. Witness Ourself at Westminster the second day of June in the eighth year of Our Reign.
<p style="text-align:center;">By Warrant under The King’s Sign Manual</p>
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Letters Patent - Appointing Norroy and Ulster King of Arms [1944-06-02]
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Officers of Arms
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Letters Patent of King George VI appointing Sir Gerald Wollaston as Norroy and Ulster King of Arms.
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King George VI
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College of Arms OfficersPatents 3/30-32
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1944-06-02
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Mark Scott
Heraldry
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Norroy and Ulster King of Arms
Royal Prerogative
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<strong>George the Sixth</strong> by the Grace of God of Great Britain Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas King Defender of the Faith To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Whereas the Office of Ulster King of Arms has become vacant by the death of Sir Nevile Rodwell Wilkinson Knight Commander of our Royal Victorian Order late Ulster And whereas we have deemed it desirable to unite the said Office of Ulster King of Arms with the Office of Norroy King of Arms Know ye therefore that We of Our especial grace certain knowledge and mere motion and for divers good causes and considerations Us thereunto especially moving have made ordained constituted and created and by these Presents for Us Our heirs and successors do make ordain constitute and create Our trusty and well beloved <strong>Algar Henry Stafford Howard</strong> Esquire Companion of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath Commander of Our Royal Victorian Order upon whom has been conferred the Decoration of the Military Cross Norroy King of Arms a King of Arms and a Principal Herald of that part of our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland called Northern Ireland And We have given and by these Presents do give unto him the name of <strong>Ulster </strong>in addition to and after the name of Norroy with the style title liberties pre-eminences and commodities agreeable to the same To have hold exercise and enjoy the said Office and the name style title pre-eminences and commodities aforesaid unto him the said Algar Henry Stafford Howard during his good behaviour in the same Office with the power of making doing executing and exercising all and singular those things relating to the exercise and execution of the said Office which of right or by custom in any sort shall be requisite necessary and fit to be done And further of Our more abundant grace We do give and by virtue of these Presents grant unto the said Algar Henry Stafford Howard Norroy and Ulster King of Arms authority power and licence with the consent of the Earl Marshal or his Deputy for the time being in writing under this hands and seals from time to time first given or signified of granting and appointing to eminent men Letters Patent of Arms and Crests jointly and together with Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms or one of them or by himself alone without them at the will and pleasure of the Earl Marshal or his Deputy for the time being according to their ordinances or statutes from time to time issued or to be issued respectively in that behalf and not otherwise nor in other manner and so that if the said Algar Henry Stafford Howard shall act in any of the premises to the contrary this Our present grant and all things herein contained shall cease and be utterly and altogether void and of none effect or force whatsoever And lastly We do hereby confirm in all respects Our Letters Patent dated the Twenty ninth day of January One thousand nine hundred and thirty one granting to the said Algar Henry Stafford Howard the Office of Norroy King of Arms and declare that these Our present Letters Patent are to be construed as supplemental to and not in derogation of the said Letters Patent of the Twenty ninth day of January One thousand nine hundred and thirty one In witness whereof We have caused these our Letters to be made Patent Witness Ourself at Westminster the First day of April in the Seventh year of Our Reign.
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<br />Examined with the original Patent<br />this 28th day of April 1943.<br />
<div style="text-align:right;">(Sgd.)<em> Algar Howard</em></div>
<div style="text-align:right;"><em>Norroy Ulster</em></div>
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Letters Patent - Appointing Ulster King of Arms [1943-04-01]
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Officers of Arms
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Letters Patent of King George VI appointing Algar Howard as Ulster King of Arms.
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King George VI
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College of Arms Officers' Patents 3/25-26
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1943-04-01
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Mark Scott
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Northern Ireland
Heraldry
Monarch
Royal Prerogative
Ulster King of Arms
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Letters Patent
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Transcript
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<strong>George the Fifth</strong> by the Grace of God of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith, To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Whereas it hath been of ancient times accustomed that amongst other Officers and Ministers whom it is meet should be attendant upon the Persons of Princes suitable to their high dignity and glory there should be more especially proper Officers to whom the care and office of Arms both in times of war and peace may be committed. And Whereas the Office of Norroy King of Arms and Principal Herald of the North Part of England is become vacant by the promotion of Our trusty and well beloved Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston, Knight, Member of Our Royal Victorian Order, late Norroy to the Office of Garter Principal King of Arms. Know Ye therefore that We of Our especial Grace, certain knowledge and mere motion and for divers other good causes and considerations Us hereunto especially moving by these Presents for Us Our heirs and successors Do advance make ordain constitute and create Our Trusty and well beloved <strong>Algar Henry Stafford Howard</strong>, Esquire, upon whom We have conferred the Decoration of the Military Cross, Windsor Herald, a King of Arms and a Principal Herald of the North Part of England. And We by these Presents Do give unto him the name <strong>Norroy </strong>which We do give and grant unto the said Algar Henry Stafford Howard, with the style title liberties pre-eminences and commodities suitable agreeable and belonging and antiently accustomed to the said Office. And him We have really crowned and invested and by these Presents Do crown and invest therewith. To have enjoy occupy and exercise the said Office and the name style title preeminences and commodities aforesaid unto him the said Algar Henry Stafford Howard, during his good behaviour in the said office with all rights profits commodities and emoluments whatsoever to the same office in anywise belonging and appertaining. Giving moreover and granting unto the said Algar Henry Stafford Howard all and singular other things which are incumbent upon the said office of Norroy King of Arms or are known to be appertaining of right or by custom in times past to be done transacted and executed except such ancient and customary fees as are due to the said office on the creation of dignities. And further of Our more abundant grace We do give and by virtue of these Presents grant unto the said Algar Henry Stafford Howard Authority Power and Licence with the consent of the Earl Marshal of England or his Deputy for the time being in writing under their hands and seals from time to time first given or signified of granting and appointing to eminent men Letters Patent of Arms and Crests jointly and together with Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms or one of them or by himself alone without them at the will and pleasure of the Earl Marshal or his Deputy for the time being according to their Ordinances or Statutes from time to time issued [^or to be issued] respectively in that behalf and not otherwise nor in other manner so as that if the said Algar Henry Stafford Howard shall act in any of the premises to the contrary this Our present Grant and all things herein contained shall cease and be utterly and altogether void and of none effect or force whatsoever Moreover We have given and granted and by these Presents for Us Our heirs and successors Do give and grant unto the said Algar Henry Stafford Howard advanced by Us a King of Arms and a Principal Herald of the North Part as aforesaid twenty pounds and five shillings by the year by reason and in consideration of the same office and for the exercise thereof To have and receive the same unto him the said Algar Henry Stafford Howard yearly and every year during his good behaviour in the same office at the office of the Chamberlain of Our Household for the time being the same to commence from the twenty seventh day of September last being the day of the promotion of the said Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston and be computed and paid by the day after the rate of twenty pounds and five shillings by the year unto the twenty fifth day of March next ensuing and the subsequent payments quarterly at the four most usual days of payment in the year by even and equal portions Together with such liveries and clothing as and in the same manner and form as any other Person being a King of Arms or Herald of Arms in England aforesaid had and received in the time of Edward the Third Our Progenitor heretofore King of England or afterwards to [^have and] receive such liveries and clothing unto him the said Algar Henry Stafford Howard [^yearly] during his good behaviour in the said office at the Great Wardrobe of [^Us] Our heirs and successors by the hands of the Keeper of the same Wardrobe of Us Our heirs and successors for the time being In witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent. Witness Ourself at Westminster the twenty ninth day of January in the twenty first year of Our Reign.<br />
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<br />Examined with the original Patent<br />this Fifth day of February 1930 [sic]<br />(Sgd.) <em>Algar Howard <br /></em><em>Norroy Registrar</em>
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Letters Patent - Appointing Norroy King of Arms [1931-01-29]
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Officers of Arms
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Letters Patent of King George V appointing Algar Howard as Norroy King of Arms.
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King George V
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College of Arms Officers' Patents 3/13-15
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1931-01-29
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Mark Scott
Heraldry
Monarch
Norroy King of Arms
Royal Prerogative