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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&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:1.3em;"&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 trusty and well beloved Counsellor James Peter Hymers Baron Mackay of Clashfern 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&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 to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Whereas We did by Our Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Our Realm bearing date at Westminster the nineteenth day of January in the thirty-sixth year of Our Reign constitute and appoint Our right trusty and well beloved Counsellor John Julian Baron Belstead to be Keeper of Our Privy Seal during Our Pleasure And Whereas on the thirtieth day of November in the thirty-ninth year of Our Reign trusting in the wisdom and fidelity of Our right trusty and well beloved Counsellor &lt;strong&gt;David Charles Waddington now David Charles Baron Waddington &lt;/strong&gt;We did of Our especial grace constitute and appoint him to be &lt;strong&gt;Keeper of Our Privy&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Seal&lt;/strong&gt; in the place of the said John Julian Baron Belstead during Our Pleasure together with all salaries fees authorities and advantages due and of right belonging thereto Now Therefore Know Ye that We by these Presents do revoke the said Letters Patent In Witness &amp;amp;c. Witness &amp;amp;c.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Given at Our Court at &lt;em&gt;Saint James’s&lt;/em&gt; the &lt;em&gt;seventh&lt;/em&gt; day of &lt;em&gt;December&lt;/em&gt; one thousand nine hundred and &lt;em&gt;ninety&lt;/em&gt; in the &lt;em&gt;thirty-ninth&lt;/em&gt; year of Our Reign&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;Kenneth Baker&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&gt;This contains a Warrant to the Lord High Chancellor to pass Letters Patent under the Great Seal to revoke Your Majesty’s Letters Patent appointing the Right Honourable John Julian Baron Belstead to be Keeper of Your Majesty’s Privy Seal And this Warrant is prepared according to Your Majesty’s Royal Command&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;Signified by First Lord of Your Majesty's &lt;br /&gt;Treasury&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LEGG&lt;br /&gt;Clerk of the Crown in Chancery&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Received the 7th &lt;br /&gt;day of December 1990&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Mackay of Clashfern C.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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            <text>Kenneth Baker (Secretary of State for the Home Department)</text>
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            <text>Black and white Royal Arms at the top.&#13;
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First instance of the royal name has a drop cap and is printed in larger type.&#13;
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Second instance of the royal name is capitalized.&#13;
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Lord Waddington's name and office are in boldface.&#13;
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Elements of the date clause are entered by hand.</text>
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            <text>The docquet only mentions the revocation of the Letters Patent appointing Lord Belstead as Lord Privy Seal. </text>
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              <text>Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II directing the Lord Chancellor to pass Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm revoking the Letters Patent appointing Lord Belstead as Lord Privy Seal.</text>
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              <text>C 83/673</text>
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              <text>T. Onslow</text>
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              <text>&lt;a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/47-48/30/section/2" title="Great Seal Act 1884"&gt;Great Seal Act 1884&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; but the resulting Letters Patent are a prerogative instrument.&lt;/span&gt;</text>
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