Royal Warrant - Statute of the Order of the Garter Regarding Membership [1954-10-05]

Royal Warrant - Statute of the Order of the Garter Regarding Membership [1954-10-05]

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Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II making a Statute of the Order of the Garter establishing that the said Order consists of the Sovereign, 25 Knights Companions, lineal descendants of King George I, and Stranger Knights.

Queen Elizabeth II

1954-10-05

Jason Loch

ELIZABETH R.

WE, The Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, do hereby Command and Enjoin, that the said Order shall henceforth consist of the Sovereign and Twenty-five Knights Companions, together with such lineal Descendants of Our Royal Predecessor, King George the First, as shall have been Elected or appointed or may hereafter be appointed into the same (always excepting the Prince of Wales, who is a constituent part of the original Institution), and such Stranger Knights as have been admitted or may hereafter be admitted to the said Most Noble Order.

GIVEN at Our Court at Buckingham Palace under Our Sign Manual and Signet of Our said Order, the Fifth day of October 1954, in the Third year of Our Reign.

By the Sovereign's Command,

HALIFAX,
Chancellor of the Order of the Garter.

Edward, 1st Earl of Halifax (Chancellor of the Order of the Garter)

Signet of the Order of the Garter (not shown)

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