Order in Council - Great Seal [1953-08-01]
Dublin Core
Title
Order in Council - Great Seal [1953-08-01]
Subject
Great Seal
Privy Council
Description
Order in Council of Queen Elizabeth II approving her first Great Seal.
Creator
Queen Elizabeth II
Source
FOI release
Contributor
Jason Loch
Order in Council Item Type Metadata
Transcript
AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE
The 1st day of August, 1953
Present,
THE QUEEN’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY
IN COUNCILA New Great Seal of the Realm having been this day laid before Her Majesty, Her Majesty was pleased to approve thereof and to deliver the same into the custody of the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.
(Sgd.) W. G. Agnew
Ornamentation
Printed in a font similar to Times New Roman.
Faint traces of a seal in the upper right.
Faint traces of a seal in the upper right.
Special Features
Original signature by W. G. Agnew.
Files
Citation
Queen Elizabeth II, “Order in Council - Great Seal [1953-08-01],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/43.