Order in Council - Use of King George VI's Great Seal [1952-02-08]
Dublin Core
Title
Order in Council - Use of King George VI's Great Seal [1952-02-08]
Subject
Accession
Great Seal
Privy Council
Description
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
Queen Elizabeth II
Source
PC 2/701
Date
1952-02-08
Contributor
T. Onslow
Relation
Order in Council Item Type Metadata
Transcript
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
Printed on a bluish gray paper.
Special Features
The modern version of this Order in Council is simpler (cf. King Charles III's Order from 2022). It does away with the Royal Warrant. Instead, it directly authorizes the Lord Chancellor to continue using the Great Seal.
Files
Collection
Citation
Queen Elizabeth II, “Order in Council - 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/156.