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                <text>The Marquess of Cholmondeley's Appointment as Deputy Lord Great Chamberlain of England [1952]</text>
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&lt;div style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0.5em;"&gt;(ink: &lt;em&gt;Now PA (the formal appointment has been made) &lt;br /&gt;DBP (?) 5/6&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;7th February, 1952.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- Handwritten --&gt; &lt;em&gt;Dear Prime Minister&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I beg to inform you that I have taken over the duties of Lord Great Chamberlain from Lord Ancaster pending official confirmation of Her Majesty’s assent which I hope to receive in due course.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;!-- Handwritten --&gt; &lt;em&gt;Yours sincerely,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- Handwritten --&gt; &lt;em&gt;Cholmondeley&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;!-- Handwritten note below signature (pencil, third hand) --&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;!-- Handwritten (pencil, third hand) --&gt;(pencil:&lt;em&gt; formerly Lord Rocksavage&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The Rt. Hon.&lt;br /&gt;Winston S. Churchill, OM., CH., MP.&lt;/p&gt;
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