Royal Warrant - For Affixing the Great Seal to an Instrument Conferring the Title of Princess Royal [1931-12-15]
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Title
Royal Warrant - For Affixing the Great Seal to an Instrument Conferring the Title of Princess Royal [1931-12-15]
Subject
Great Seal
Royal Family
Description
Royal Warrant of King George V directing the Lord Chancellor to affix the Great Seal to an Instrument Under the Royal Sign Manual declaring that Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood, should be styled Princess Royal.
Creator
King George V
Source
C 235/2
Date
1931-12-15
Contributor
T. Onslow
Relation
Instrument under the Royal Sign Manual
Great Seal Act 1884 (but the resulting Letters Patent are a prerogative instrument)
Great Seal Act 1884 (but the resulting Letters Patent are a prerogative instrument)
Royal Warrant Item Type Metadata
Transcript
L. S.
Our Will and Pleasure is that you forthwith cause to be passed under the Great Seal of the Realm the Instrument bearing date with these Presents (a copy whereof is hereto annexed) declaring that Our Most Dear Daughter Her Royal Highness Prinxcess Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary (Countess of Harewood), Dame Grand Cross of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire shall henceforth be styled Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal.
And for so doing this shall be your Warrant.
Well-beloved Counsellor John,
Baron Sankey, G. B. E., Our
Chancellor of Great Britain.
(marginal note 1: Memo for Sir Claud
may this instrument be sealed [uncertain initials] 16 12 31)
(marginal note 2: CS 16.12.31)
(uncertain initials)
(Sgd.) George R. I.
Our Will and Pleasure is that you forthwith cause to be passed under the Great Seal of the Realm the Instrument bearing date with these Presents (a copy whereof is hereto annexed) declaring that Our Most Dear Daughter Her Royal Highness Prinxcess Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary (Countess of Harewood), Dame Grand Cross of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire shall henceforth be styled Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal.
And for so doing this shall be your Warrant.
Given at Our Court at Saint James's;
the Fifteenth day of December, 1931;
in the Twenty-second Year of Our Reign.
By His Majesty's Command.
(Sgd.) Herbert Samuel
To Our Right Trusty andthe Fifteenth day of December, 1931;
in the Twenty-second Year of Our Reign.
By His Majesty's Command.
(Sgd.) Herbert Samuel
Well-beloved Counsellor John,
Baron Sankey, G. B. E., Our
Chancellor of Great Britain.
(marginal note 1: Memo for Sir Claud
may this instrument be sealed [uncertain initials] 16 12 31)
(marginal note 2: CS 16.12.31)
(uncertain initials)
Countersigner
Herbert Samuel (Secretary of State for the Home Department)
Seal Affixed
Red Second Seal
Ornamentation
Document is typewritten.
Court, day, month, and year entered by hand.
Court, day, month, and year entered by hand.
Special Features
Ten shilling stamp in the left margin.
The notes in the lefthand margin relate to the sealing of the Instrument. The first instructs Sir Claud Schuster (Clerk of the Crown in Chancery) to affix the seal, though the author's initials are difficult to make out. Below that Sir Claud initialed his acknowledgement.
There is a (third?) set of initials in the lower left.
The notes in the lefthand margin relate to the sealing of the Instrument. The first instructs Sir Claud Schuster (Clerk of the Crown in Chancery) to affix the seal, though the author's initials are difficult to make out. Below that Sir Claud initialed his acknowledgement.
There is a (third?) set of initials in the lower left.
Files
Citation
King George V, “Royal Warrant - For Affixing the Great Seal to an Instrument Conferring the Title of Princess Royal [1931-12-15],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/289.