Letter - Giving Effect [Privy Counsellorship] [1986-01-10]
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Title
Letter - Giving Effect [Privy Counsellorship] [1986-01-10]
Subject
Ministerial Appointments
Honors
Privy Council
Description
Letter from Nigel Wicks to Geoffrey de Deney stating that Queen Elizabeth II had approved the appointment of Malcolm Rifkind as a Privy Counsellor and asking de Deney to give effect to the Queen's commands.
Creator
Nigel Wicks (Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister)
Source
PREM 5/606/1
Date
1986-01-10
Contributor
Jason Loch
Letter Item Type Metadata
Transcript
10 January 1986
Sir,
The Queen having been pleased to approve that Malcolm Leslie Rifkind, Esquire, MP, be sworn of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council, the Prime Minister has asked that the necessary steps may be taken to give effect to Her Majesty’s commands.
Yours truly,
(Sgd.) NW
(Nigel Wicks)
The Clerk of the Council
Privy Council Office
Signatures
Nigel Wicks (Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister)
Recipient(s)
Geoffrey de Deney (Clerk of the Privy Council)
Ornamentation
Document is typewritten.
Files
Citation
Nigel Wicks (Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister), “Letter - Giving Effect [Privy Counsellorship] [1986-01-10],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/190.