Royal Warrant - Appointing the Paymaster General [2017-07-06]

Royal Warrant - Appointing the Paymaster General [2017-07-06]

Ministerial Appointments

Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II appointing Melvyn Stride as Paymaster General.

Queen Elizabeth II

FOI request

2017-07-06

Jason Loch

(Sgd.) Elizabeth R

WHEREAS We are graciously pleased to give and grant during Our Pleasure unto the Right Honourable Melvyn John Stride, MP, the Office of Our Paymaster General, constituted and appointed under and by virtue of the authority of the Act passed in the Fifth and Sixth years of the Reign of His Late Majesty King William IV entitled “An Act for Consolidating the Offices of Paymaster General, Paymaster and Treasurer of Chelsea Hospital, Treasurer of the Navy and Treasurer of the Ordnance”;

We do by these Presents hereby constitute and appoint the said Melvyn John Stride to be Our Paymaster General during Our Pleasure, with all the interests, powers, titles, authorities, privileges and duties heretofore exercised by or vested in any of the said Offices excepting insofar as the said interests, powers, titles, privileges and authorities are by the said Act controlled, diminished and varied.

Given at Our Court at Saint James's

This 6th day of July 2017

In the sixty-sixth year of Our Reign

BY HER MAJESTY'S COMMAND

(Sgd.) David Lidington

WARRANT appointing Melvyn John Stride, MP, as the Paymaster General

David Lidington MP (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice)

Second Seal (Red)

Printed in Bookman Old Style.

First incipit is capitalized.

Incipits, appointee name, and office are in boldface.

Day and month entered by hand.