Letter - Giving Effect [Life Peerage] [1999-08-20]
Dublin Core
Title
Letter - Giving Effect [Life Peerage] [1999-08-20]
Subject
Peerages
Description
Letter from Rob Read to Jack Straw notifying him that Queen Elizabeth II had approved that a Barony of the United Kingdom for life be conferred upon George Robertson and asking him to give effect to her commands.
Creator
Rob Read (Private Secretary to the Prime Minister)
Source
PREM 49/2130/06
Date
1999-08-20
Contributor
Jason Loch
Letter Item Type Metadata
Transcript
10 DOWNING STREET
LONDON SW1A 2AA
From the Private Secretary
20 August 1999
Sir
The Queen having been pleased to approve that the dignity of the Barony of the United Kingdom for Life be conferred upon The Right Honourable George Islay MacNeill Robertson MP, by the name, style and title of BARON ROBERTSON OF PORT ELLEN, of Islay in Argyll and Bute, the Prime Minister has asked that the necessary steps may be taken to give effect to Her Majesty’s commands.
Yours truly
(Sgd.) R K Read
ROB READ
The Secretary of State for the Home Office
Signatures
Rob Read (Private Secretary to the Prime Minister)
Recipient(s)
Jack Straw (Secretary of State for the Home Department)
Ornamentation
Document is in Times New Roman.
Lesser Royal Arms at the top.
Lesser Royal Arms at the top.
Special Features
This letter would have been sent after Queen Elizabeth II approved the Prime Minister's formal submission regarding Robertson's title. The Home Secretary would then have signified the Queen's commands to the Crown Office so they could prepare a Royal Warrant to pass the requisite Letters Patent under the Great Seal.
Files
Citation
Rob Read (Private Secretary to the Prime Minister), “Letter - Giving Effect [Life Peerage] [1999-08-20],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/251.