https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/6cfced6c0812b330a1dbd61445d4fc52.pdf ce52043bef4ff3b3df4799e901d9b4e7 Letter This is used for general correspondence that doesn't fit into a specialized category (e.g., ministerial submissions). Transcript A transcript of the document. <p style="text-align:right;">10 January 1986</p> <p>Sir,</p> <p>The Queen having been pleased to approve that the Right Honourable George Kenneth Hotson Younger, TD, DL, MP be appointed Secretary of State for Defence and that Malcolm Leslie Rifkind, Esquire, MP, be appointed Secretary of State for Scotland: the Prime Minister has requested that the necessary steps may be taken to give effect to Her Majesty’s commands.</p> <p>Yours truly,</p> <p style="text-align:left;">(Sgd.) <em>NW</em><br />(Nigel Wicks)</p> <p style="text-align:left;">The Clerk of the Council,<br /><em>Privy Council Office,</em></p> Signatures The person who signed the document even if there isn't a wet-ink signature. Nigel Wicks (Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister) Recipient(s) Geoffrey de Deney (Clerk of the Privy Council) Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. Document is typewritten. Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. Correction fluid has been used on part of George Younger's name. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter - Giving Effect [New Secretaries of State] [1986-01-10] Subject The topic of the resource Ministerial Appointments Description An account of the resource Letter from Nigel Wicks to Geoffrey de Deney stating that Queen Elizabeth II had approved the appointments of George Younger and Malcolm Rifkind as Secretaries of State for Defence and Scotland and asking de Deney to give effect to the Queen's commands. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nigel Wicks (Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived PREM 5/606/1 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986-01-10 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Relation A related resource <a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/187" title="Submission for Younger and Rifkind's appointment">Submission for Younger and Rifkind's appointment</a> Clerk of the Privy Council Defence Secretary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister Privy Council Procedure Scottish Secretary