https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/929a647f4b86f18ecdecd52cecb91060.pdf 70f202549612127b7099322891950e0e Royal Warrant These can be purely administrative in nature (e.g., Warrants authorizing the use of the Great Seal) or they can be substantive instruments (e.g., Warrants of appointment). They are signed by the Monarch and (usually) countersigned by a Minister of the Crown. Transcript A transcript of the document. <div class="whitespace-normal break-words" style="text-align:center;">(Sgd.) Victoria RI Victoria,</div> <div class="whitespace-normal break-words" style="text-align:center;">by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, Empress of India.</div> To Our Trusty and Well Beloved Sir Herbert Taylor Macpherson, Knight Commander of Our Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Knight Commander of Our Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, Victoria Cross, a Major General in Our Indian Army Greeting: Whereas by an Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the 32nd and 33rd years of Our Reign, intituled "An Act to amend in certain respects the Act for the better Government of India," it is enacted that the Appointment of the Ordinary Members of Our Governor General's Council and of the Members of Council of Our Several Resdiencies, which by Section 29 of the Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the 21st and 22nd years of Our Reign, intituled "An Act for the better Government of India," were to be made by the Secretary of State in Council, with the concurrence of a majority of Members present at a Meeting, shall after the passing of the firstly hereinbefore recited Act be made by Us by Warrant under Our Royal Sign Manual. And whereas a vacancy has occurred in the Council of Our Governor of the Residency of Fort St George, by reason of Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Baronet, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Companion of Our Order of the Indian Empire, Victoria Cross, late one of the Members of the said Council, having ceased to hold office therein; Now Know Ye that We reposing great Trust and Confidence in your Zeal, Discretion, and Integrity, Have appointed and Do by these presents appoint you, the said Major General Sir Herbert Taylor Macpherson, to be one of the Members of the said Council of Our Governor of the Residency of Fort St George in the room and place of the said Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Baronet. Given at Our Court at Osborne this fifteenth day of January in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and eighty-six and in the Forty-ninth year of Our Reign. By Her Majesty's Command, (Sgd.) Randolph S. Churchill Countersigner The individual who countersigned the Warrant. Lord Randolph Churchill (Secretary of State for India) Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. Royal name is in Chancery hand. Royal titles and certain incipits are in a Gothic All other text is in Engrosser's Script. Everything appears to be handwritten. Court and date are entered in a distinct, less formal hand. 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 Royal Warrant - Appointing a Member of the Council of the Residency of Fort St. George [1886-01-15] Subject The topic of the resource British India Description An account of the resource Royal Warrant of Queen Victoria appointing Sir Herbert Macpherson to be a Member of the Council of the Residency of Fort St. George. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Warrant_from_Queen_Victoria_appointing_Lt_Gen_H_T_MacPherson_VC_to_be_governor_of_Fort_George.jpg">LivePi3.14</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1886-01-15 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Queen Victoria British India Monarch