Royal Warrant - Dispensation for the Duke of Albany and Reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha's Installation as a Knight of the Garter [1902-07-15]

Royal Warrant - Dispensation for the Duke of Albany and Reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha's Installation as a Knight of the Garter [1902-07-15]

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Instrument of King Edward VII dispensing with the need to install the Duke of Albany and Reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as a Knight of the Garter.

King Edward VII

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1902-07-15

Jason Loch

(Sgd.) Edward R & I

Whereas WE THE SOVEREIGN OF

The Most Noble Order of the Garter

have full power to dispense with all the Statutes and Regulations usually observed within the same; And Whereas

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS LEOPOLD CHARLES EDWARD GEORGE ALBERT, DUKE OF ALBANY, {REIGNING DUKE OF SAXE-COBURG AND GOTHA.}

hath been invested with the Ensigns of Our said Order We therefore upon divers considerations Us thereunto especially moving do hereby dispense with all the Statutes and Regulations in regard to Installation, and do give and grant unto

His Royal Highness Leopold Charles Edward George Albert, Duke of Albany (Reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)

full power and authority to sit in the Stall that shall be assigned to him in Our Royal Chapel of Saint George at Windsor and to exercise all rights and privileges belonging to a KNIGHT COMPANION of Our said Most Noble Order in as full and ample a manner as if he had been formally installed any decree, rule or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.

Given under the Great Seal of Our said Order at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, the fifteenth day of July in the second Year of Our Reign, and in the Year of Our Lord One thousand nine hundred and two.

By the Sovereign’s Command

(Sgd.) F. Oxon.
Chancellor of the Most Noble Order of the [Garter]

Francis Paget (Bishop of Oxford and Chancellor of the Order of the Garter)

Great Seal of the Order of the Garter (not shown)

Document is highly ornamented. Full color arms of the Garter at the top. Border of gold-and-blue tassels with Cross of St. George surrounded by the Garter in the upper left and right corners.

"We," "Sovereign," and the first instance of the Duke of Albany's name are printed in gold. There are also two different types of Gothic lettering. One with extensive flourishes is used for "The Most Noble Order of the Garter," "And Whereas," and "By the Sovereign's Command." A simpler one is used for "We" and "Given." Second instance of the Duke's name is larger and surrounded by flourishes. "Knight Companion" is in boldface and italicized. Rest of the document is in a Copperplate script.