https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/523acf6a79c1cd5a1eeed9a0a68a7e7b.pdf 1de31ca3cf36b7e60991a5024eb9b8ac Letters Patent Letters Patent are sealed with the Great Seal of the Realm. Transcript A transcript of the document. ELIZABETH THE SECOND BY THE GRACE OF GOD Of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories Queen Head of the Commonwealth Defender of the Faith To Our trusty and well beloved Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Ghana and Sir Emmanuel Charles Quist Knight Officer of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Speaker of the National Assembly of Our Parliament of Ghana and To Our trusty and well beloved the Members of Parliament and Our People of Ghana Greeting: Whereas by the Ghana Independence Act 1957 provision is made for the attainment of Ghana of fully responsible status with the British Commonwealth of Nations And Whereas in pursuance of the provisions of the Ghana (Constitution) Order in Council 1957 Our Parliament of Ghana has been summoned to meet for certain arduous and urgent affairs concerning the Government thereof And Whereas We are desirous of marking the importance of the opening of the first meeting of the said Parliament (being the first session thereof since the attainment by Ghana of fully responsible status as aforesaid) and of showing Our special interest in the welfare of Our Loyal Subjects therein and for as much as for certain causes We cannot conveniently be present thereat in Our Royal Person Now Know Yew that We trusting in the discretion fidelity and care of Our most dear and entirely beloved Aunt Marina Duchess of Kent Lady of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Dame Grand Cross of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire DO give and grant by the tenor of these Presents unto the said Marina Duchess of Kent full power in Our name to hold Our Parliament of Ghana and to open and declare and cause to be opened and declared the causes of holding the same and to do everything which for Us and by Us shall be therein to be done Willing that the said Duchess of Kent shall hereby carry to Our said Parliament and People Our Royal message of goodwill and Our assurance of Our earnest prayer for the blessing of Almighty God on the new Constitution of Ghana and for the said Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief the said Speaker and Members of Our Parliament of Ghana as all others whom it concerns to meet in Our said Parliament that to the same Duchess of Kent they diligently intend in the premises in the form aforesaid AND We do further direct and enjoin that these Our Letters shall be read and proclaimed at such place or places as Our said Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief shall think fit within Ghana In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent Witness Ourself at Westminster the twenty-seventh day of February in the sixth year of Our Reign BY THE QUEEN HERSELF SIGNED WITH HER OWN HAND Coldstream (Sgd.) Elizabeth R Warranty The authority for passing the document under the Great Seal. Sign Manual Seal Type The Great Seal can be either a pendant wax seal or an embossed seal on the document itself. Wax Seal Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. Document is lightly ornamented. Begins with a large ornamental "E" adorned with the shield of the Royal Arms and the Tudor crown and vines with Tudor roses. Royal name and "by the Grace of God" are in red along with the warranty and the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery's name. Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. Queen Elizabeth II's signature is at the bottom right, which is unusual. 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 Letters Patent - Empowering the Duchess of Kent to Open the Ghanaian Parliament [1957-02-27] Subject The topic of the resource Commonwealth Royal Family Delegating Powers Description An account of the resource Letters Patent of Queen Elizabeth II empowering the Duchess of Kent to open the Parliament of Ghana upon its independence. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Queen Elizabeth II Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ghana%27s_Independence_message.png">PRAAD</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 1957-02-27 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Commonwealth Decolonization Delegated Powers Monarch Royal Prerogative