Order in Council - Making Alterations to the Prince of Wales' Arms [1911-03-04]
Dublin Core
Title
Order in Council - Making Alterations to the Prince of Wales' Arms [1911-03-04]
Subject
Heraldry
Royal Family
Description
Order in Council of King George V making alterations to the Prince of Wales' Arms.
Creator
King George V
Source
College of Arms I76/97
Date
1911-03-04
Contributor
Mark Scott
Relation
Order in Council Item Type Metadata
Transcript
(L. S.)
AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,
And that the Most Noble Henry, Duke of Norfolk, K. G., G. C. V. O., Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of England, do forthwith cause the necessary directions to be given herein accordingly.
AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,
The 4th day of March, 1911
PRESENT,
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY
IN COUNCIL.
HIS MAJESTY was this day pleased by and wth the advice of His Privy Council, to order that the Arms of the August House of Saxony, which have been customarily borne upon an escutcheon of Pretense in the achievement of the Prince of Wales, shall be removed, and that there shall be substituted in place thereof the following Arms as representing the Principality of Wales—videlicet—"Quarterly Or and Gules four lions passant guardant counterchanged, ensigned by the Coronet of His degree": The same to be borne in conformity to the drawing annexed.THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY
IN COUNCIL.
And that the Most Noble Henry, Duke of Norfolk, K. G., G. C. V. O., Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of England, do forthwith cause the necessary directions to be given herein accordingly.
(Sgd.) Almeric FitzRoy
Ornamentation
Body of the Order begins with a drop cap.
Black-bordered Privy Council Seal in the upper left.
Black-bordered Privy Council Seal in the upper left.
Citation
King George V, “Order in Council - Making Alterations to the Prince of Wales' Arms [1911-03-04],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/396.