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    <description>These can be purely administrative in nature (e.g., Warrants authorizing the use of the Great Seal) or they can be substantive instruments (e.g., Warrants of appointment). They are signed by the Monarch and (usually) countersigned by a Minister of the Crown. </description>
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            <text>&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Elizabeth R&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:1.3em;"&gt;Elizabeth the Second &lt;/span&gt;by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories Queen Head of the Commonwealth Defender of the Faith: To Our right trusty and well beloved Counsellor James Peter Hymers Baron Mackay of Clashfern Our Chancellor of Great Britain GREETING: WE WILL AND COMMAND that under the Great Seal of Our Realm remaining in your custody you cause these Our Letters to be made forth Patent in form following:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ELIZABETH THE SECOND by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories Queen Head of the Commonwealth Defender of the Faith To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Know Ye that We of Our especial grace certain knowledge and mere motion do by these Presents erect appoint and create Our trusty and well beloved &lt;strong&gt;Denis Thatcher&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;of Scotney in Our County of Kent&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;Esquire&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;Member of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire upon whom has been conferred the Territorial Efficiency Decoration&lt;/span&gt; to the dignity state and degree of a &lt;strong&gt;Baronet&lt;/strong&gt; And for Us Our heirs and successors do appoint give and grant unto him the name dignity state degree style and title of Baronet to have and to hold unto him and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten and to be begotten Willing and by these Presents granting for Us Our heirs and successors that he and his heirs male aforesaid may enjoy and use all the rights privileges precedences and advantages to the degree of a Baronet duly and of right belonging which Baronets of Our United Kingdom have heretofore used and enjoyed or as they do at present use and enjoy In Witness &amp;amp;c. Witness &amp;amp;c.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Given at Our Court at &lt;em&gt;Saint James’s&lt;/em&gt; the &lt;em&gt;fourth&lt;/em&gt; day of &lt;em&gt;February&lt;/em&gt; one thousand nine hundred and &lt;em&gt;ninety-one&lt;/em&gt; in the &lt;em&gt;thirty-ninth&lt;/em&gt; year of Our Reign&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BY HER MAJESTY’S COMMAND&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Kenneth Baker&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This contains a Warrant to the Lord High Chancellor to pass Letters Patent under the Great Seal granting unto &lt;span&gt;Denis Thatcher, Esquire, M.B.E., T.D., of Scotney in Your Majesty’s County of Kent&lt;/span&gt; the Dignity of a Baronet of Your United Kingdom And this Warrant is prepared according to Your Majesty’s Royal Command&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;Signified by Mr. Secretary Baker&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;LEGG&lt;br /&gt;Clerk of the Crown in Chancery&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Received the &lt;span&gt;4th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;day of &lt;span&gt;February 1991&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Mackay of Clashfern C&lt;/em&gt;.</text>
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            <text>Kenneth Baker (Secretary of State for the Home Department)</text>
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First instance of the royal name has a drop cap and is printed in larger type.&#13;
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Second instance of the royal name is capitalized.&#13;
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Recipient's name and title are in boldface.&#13;
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Elements of the date clause are entered by hand.</text>
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            <text>To date, this is the last time a baronetcy has been created.</text>
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              <text>Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II directing the Lord Chancellor to pass Letters Patent under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom to Denis Thatcher.</text>
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              <text>&lt;a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/47-48/30/section/2" title="Great Seal Act 1884"&gt;Great Seal Act 1884&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p class="pageTitle"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1082/schedule/1/made"&gt;The Crown Office (Forms and Proclamations Rules) Order 1988&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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