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            <text>&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Elizabeth R&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:5ch;text-indent:-5ch;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:1.5em;"&gt;Elizabeth the Second&lt;/span&gt; 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&lt;/strong&gt; trusty and well beloved Counsellor Quintin McGarel Baron Hailsham of Saint Marylebone &lt;strong&gt;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:—&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;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 all Lords Spiritual and Temporal and all other Our Subjects whatsoever to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Know Ye that We of Our especial grace certain knowledge and mere motion in pursuance of the Life Peerages Act 1958 and of all other powers in that behalf Us enabling do by these Presents advance create and prefer Our&lt;/strong&gt; trusty and well beloved ANTHONY MEREDITH QUINTON, Esquire &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;to the state degree style dignity title and honour of&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Baron&lt;/strong&gt; QUINTON of Holywell in Our City of Oxford and County of Oxfordshire&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;And for Us Our heirs and successors do appoint give and grant unto him the said name state degree  style dignity title and honor of Baron&lt;/strong&gt; Quinton &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;to have and to hold unto him for his life &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Willing and by these Presents granting for Us Our heirs and successors that he may have hold and possess a seat place and voice in the Parliaments and Public Assemblies and Councils of Us Our heirs and successors within Our United Kingdom amongst the Barons And also that he may enjoy and use all the rights privileges pre-eminences immunities and advantages to the degree of a Baron duly and of right belonging which Barons of Our United Kingdom have heretofore used and enjoyed or as they do at present use and enjoy IN WITNESS &amp;amp;c. WITNESS &amp;amp;c.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Given at Our Court at&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Saint James’s&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;the&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;seventh&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;day of&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;February&lt;/em&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;One thousand nine hundred and &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;eighty-three&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;in the&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;thirty-second&lt;/em&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;year of Our Reign&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BY HER MAJESTY'S COMMAND&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;William Whitelaw&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This contains a Warrant to the Lord High Chancellor to pass Letters Patent under the Great Seal granting unto&lt;/strong&gt; Anthony Meredith Quinton, Esquire &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;the dignity of a Barony of Your United Kingdom by the name and title of&lt;/strong&gt; Baron Quinton, of Holywell in Your Majesty's City of Oxford and County of Oxfordshire&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To hold the same to him for his life&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;And this Warrant is prepared according to Your Majesty’s Royal Command&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Signified by&lt;/strong&gt; Mr. Secretary Whitelaw&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;OULTON&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Clerk of the Crown in Chancery&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Received the 7th day &lt;br /&gt;of February, 1983.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Hailsham of St Marylebone, C.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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"Elizabeth the Second" is in Gothic font. </text>
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Court, date, and regnal year have been entered by hand.</text>
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