Royal Warrant - Declaring Precedence of Supreme Court Justices [2009-10-01]
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Title
Royal Warrant - Declaring Precedence of Supreme Court Justices [2009-10-01]
Subject
Precedence
Judiciary
Description
Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II declaring the precedence of the Justices of the Supreme Court.
Creator
Queen Elizabeth II
Source
College of Arms I85/244
Date
2009-10-01
Contributor
Mark Scott
Royal Warrant Item Type Metadata
Transcript
Elizabeth R.
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 Our Right Trusty and Right Entirely Beloved Cousin Edward William, Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal and Our Hereditary Marshal of England, Greeting! Whereas pursuant to the provisions of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ("the Act") there shall be a new Court of Record in Our United Kingdom known as the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and that the Judicial office holders of Our said Court shall be the President of Our Supreme Court, the Deputy President of Our Supreme Court, together with a number of Justices of Our Supreme Court as set out in the Act: And whereas We deem it expedient that the rank and precedence of the President of Our Supreme Court, the Deputy President of Our Supreme Court, and the Justices of the Supreme Court be now established: Now know ye that We of Our Princely Grace ordain and declare and do by these Presents ordain and declare that the President of Our Supreme Court shall be so placed in order immediately after the Lord Speaker and the Deputy President of Our Supreme Court shall be so placed in order immediately after the Master of the Rolls and the Justices of Our Supreme Court shall be so placed in order immediately after the said Deputy President of Our Supreme Court: Our Will and Pleasure therefore is that you do cause this Our Warrant 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 Balmoral the 1st day of October 2009 In the fifty-eighth year of Our Reign.
Let this be recorded Norfolk E.M. Jack Straw C
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 Our Right Trusty and Right Entirely Beloved Cousin Edward William, Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal and Our Hereditary Marshal of England, Greeting! Whereas pursuant to the provisions of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ("the Act") there shall be a new Court of Record in Our United Kingdom known as the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and that the Judicial office holders of Our said Court shall be the President of Our Supreme Court, the Deputy President of Our Supreme Court, together with a number of Justices of Our Supreme Court as set out in the Act: And whereas We deem it expedient that the rank and precedence of the President of Our Supreme Court, the Deputy President of Our Supreme Court, and the Justices of the Supreme Court be now established: Now know ye that We of Our Princely Grace ordain and declare and do by these Presents ordain and declare that the President of Our Supreme Court shall be so placed in order immediately after the Lord Speaker and the Deputy President of Our Supreme Court shall be so placed in order immediately after the Master of the Rolls and the Justices of Our Supreme Court shall be so placed in order immediately after the said Deputy President of Our Supreme Court: Our Will and Pleasure therefore is that you do cause this Our Warrant 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 Balmoral the 1st day of October 2009 In the fifty-eighth year of Our Reign.
By Her Majesty's Command
Let this be recorded Norfolk E.M. Jack Straw C
Countersigner
Jack Straw (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice)
Ornamentation
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Collection
Citation
Queen Elizabeth II, “Royal Warrant - Declaring Precedence of Supreme Court Justices [2009-10-01],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/429.