Miscellaneous - Warrant for Proclaiming King George V at Oxford [1910-05-07]

Miscellaneous - Warrant for Proclaiming King George V at Oxford [1910-05-07]

Accession

Ceremonial

Privy Council

Warrant of the Lords of the Privy Council directing the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford to proclaim King George V.

Edwyn, 10th Earl of Chesterfield

Alexander Ure (Lord Advocate)

Winston Churchill (Secretary of State for the Home Department)

Recorded in the Oxford University Gazette, supplement (2) to No. 1300, May 9, 1910, 617.

1910-05-07

Jason Loch

AFTER Our hearty Commendations. It having pleased Almighty God to take to His Mercy out of this troublesome life Our late Sovereign Lord King Edward the Seventh of Blessed Memory: and thereupon His Royal Majesty King George the Fifth being here proclaimed according to the tenor of the Proclamation signed by us herewith sent unto you: We do hereby will and require you forthwith to cause the said Proclamation to be proclaimed and published in the usual places within your jurisdiction with the Solemnities and Ceremonies accustomed on the like occasion, and so, not doubting of your ready compliance herein, We bid you heartily farewell.

To Our loving Friend
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford.

This text is taken from the Oxford University Gazette and may not reflect the formatting of the original document.

Unlike the other two signatories, the Earl of Chesterfield was not part of the Government, though he would become Lord Steward in June 1910 (at that time, this was a political appointment).