Royal Warrant - Dispensing with the Statutes Admitting the Emperor of Austria, Emperor of Germany, et al to the Order of the Garter [1915-05-13]

Royal Warrant - Dispensing with the Statutes Admitting the Emperor of Austria, Emperor of Germany, et al to the Order of the Garter [1915-05-13]

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Royal Warrant of King George V dispensing with the Statutes which admitted the Emperor of Austria, the Emperor of Germany, the Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, Prince Henry of Prussia, the Grand Duke of Hesse and the Rhine, the Crown Prince of Germany and Prussia, the Duke of Albany, and the King of Württemberg to the Order of the Garter.

King George V

Peter J. Begent and Hubert Chesshyre, The Most Noble Order of the Garter: 650 Years (Spink, 1999), 270.

1915-05-13

Mark Scott

G.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, We, therefore upon divers considerations As us thereto especially moving, do hereby dispense with the Statutes declaring His Imperial Majesty Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, His Royal Highness Frederick William Victor Albert, (now His Imperial Majesty William II, German Emperor and King of Prussia), His Royal Highness Ernest Augustus William Adolphus George Frederick of Hanover Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, His Royal Highness Prince Albert William Henry of Prussia, His Royal Highness Ernest Louis Grand Duke of Hesse and the Rhine, His Imperial and Royal Highness Frederick William Victor August Ernest, Crown Prince of Germany and Prussia, His Royal Highness Prince Leopold Charles Edward George Albert, Duke of Albany, Reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and His Majesty William II, King of Wurtemberg, Knights of Our said Most Noble Order.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace under Our Royal Sign Manual and the Seal of Our said Order this thirteenth day of May 1915 in the Sixth year of Our Reign.

By the Sovereign's Command

Oxon

Charles Gore (Bishop of Oxford and Chancellor of the Order of the Garter)

This text is taken from a secondary source and so it may not reflect the formatting of the original.

A footnote in the source says that Prince Henry of Prussia's name was omitted from the Register of the Garter; however, it does appear in the related Warrant addressed to Garter.

The signatures on this instrument are peculiar. It is not clear why the King would have signed with his initials, as other Garter-related instruments generally show the normal royal sign manual (cf. the Duke of Albany's Dispensation). 

It is also strange that the Bishop of Oxford would countersign as "Oxon." Bishops typically sign with their first name plus the Latinized name of their See, so one would expect to see "Charles Oxon" here.

This text is a copy of a copy, so it is possible that these are transcription errors.