Royal Warrant - Use of King George VI's Great Seal [1952-02-08]
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Title
Royal Warrant - Use of King George VI's Great Seal [1952-02-08]
Subject
Accession to the Throne
Great Seal
Description
Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II authorizing the Lord Chancellor to use the Great Seal of King George VI until her own seal was ready.
Creator
Queen Elizabeth II
Source
LCO 6/3529
Date
1952-02-08
Contributor
T. Onslow
Royal Warrant Item Type Metadata
Transcript
L. S.
(Sgd.) Elizabeth R
OUR WILL and Pleasure is and We do hereby authorize and empower you to make use of the Great Seal engraven with the Arms Name and Inscription of Our Royal Father King George the Sixth for sealing all things whatsoever that are used to be sealed therewith until another Great Seal be made with Our Royal Arms Name and Inscription.
AND for so doing this shall be your Warrant.
GIVEN at Our Court at Saint James’s
the Eighth day of February, 1952;
In the First Year of Our Reign.
By Her Majesty’s Command.
(Sgd.) David Maxwell-Fyfe
To Our Right Trusty and Well
beloved Counsellor
Gavin Turnbull, Baron Simonds,
Our High Chancellor of Great Britain.
The existing Great Seal to be used.
Countersigner
Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe (Secretary of State for the Home Department)
Seal Affixed
Second Seal (Black)
Ornamentation
Document is typewritten.
Capitalized incipits.
Capitalized incipits.
Special Features
Black seal is used because of mourning for King George VI.
Files
Collection
Citation
Queen Elizabeth II, “Royal Warrant - Use of King George VI's Great Seal [1952-02-08],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/151.