Royal Warrant - Grant of Precedence to a Maid of Honour During the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II [1953-05-12]

Royal Warrant - Grant of Precedence to a Maid of Honour During the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II [1953-05-12]

Precedence

Coronation

Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II declaring that Moyra Kathleen Hamilton would have the rank and style of the daughter of a Marquess for the occasion of the Coronation only.

Queen Elizabeth II

College of Arms I82/14

1953-05-12

Mark Scott

Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas Queen, Defender of the Faith, to Our Right Trusty and Right Entirely Beloved Cousin and Counsellor Bernard Marmaduke, Duke of Norfolk, Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight Grand Cross of Our Royal Victorian Order, Earl Marshal and Our Hereditary Marshal of England, Greeting: Whereas We intend to appoint Moyra Kathleen, daughter of James Edward Hamilton, Esquire, commonly called Marquess of Hamilton, Captain (retired) the Grenadier Guards, to be one of Our Maids of Honour at Our Royal Coronation to be solemnised upon the Second day of June next. And whereas it is customary as befitting Our Royal Dignity that the persons so appointed to be attendant on Us should not be below the rank of daughters of Earls of Our Realm. Now Know Ye that in the exercise of Our Royal Prerogative We do hereby declare that the said Moyra Kathleen Hamilton shall hold and enjoy the rank and style of the daughter of a Marquess of Our Realm for the occasion of Our said Royal Coronation only. Our Will and Pleasure therefore is that you the said Bernard Marmaduke, Duke of Norfolk, to whom the cognizance of matters of this nature doth properly belong do see this Our Order observed and kept and that you do also cause those Presents to be recorded in Our College of Arms to the end that Our Officers of Arms and all others upon occasion may take full notice and have knowledge thereof. And for so doing this shall be your Warrant. Given at Our Court at Saint James's this Twelfth day of May 1953; In the Second year of Our Reign. By Her Majesty's Command.

David Maxwell Fyfe (Secretary of State for the Home Department)

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