Royal Warrant - Statute of the Order of the Garter Dispensing With the Election of Knights Companions [1953-01-02]
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ELIZABETH R.
WHEREAS by the Statutes of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, it is enjoined that the Knights Elect of the said Order shall be elected, invested and installed before they may be received and admitted as Companions into the Fellowship of the said Order, We, the Sovereign of the said Most Noble Order, have nevertheless resolved henceforth to dispense in all cases with such election and have furthermore resolved that all these whom We, as Sovereign of the said Order, shall hereafter declare to be Knights Companions of the said Order shall be received and admitted as such at and from the time of such Our declaration and in advance of any ceremonies of Investiture or Installation or other preliminaries heretofore required by custom or by Statute, any Statute, Decree, Rule or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
GIVEN at our Court at Sandringham under Our Royal Sign Manual and the Signet of Our said Order this Second day of January One thousand nine hundred and fifty-three in the First year of Our Reign.
By the Sovereign's Command,
HALIFAX,
Chancellor of the Order of the Garter.