Royal Warrant - For Placing the Duke of Kent in the House of Lords [1934-10-30]

Royal Warrant - For Placing the Duke of Kent in the House of Lords [1934-10-30]

House of Lords

Royal Family

Royal Warrant of King George V directing the Earl Marshal to place the Duke of Kent on the left of the Cloth of Estate.

King George V

College of Arms I80/158-159

1934-10-30

Mark Scott

George the Fifth by the Grace of God of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith To All whom these Presents shall concern Greeting! Whereas by the Statute of the Thirty first year of the Reign of Our Royal Predecessor King Henry the Eighth, it is amongst other things enacted that no person or persons of what Estate, degree or condition soever he or they be (except only the King's Children) shall at any time hereafter attempt or presume to sit or to have place at any side of the Cloth of Estate in the Parliament Chamber neither of the one hand of the King's Highness nor of the other whether the King's Majesty be present or absent. And Whereas We have commanded a Writ to be issued to summon Our Most Dear fourth Son George Edward Alexander Edmund, Duke of Kent, Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Knight Grand Cross of Our Royal Victorian Order to give his attendance in this Our present Parliament It is therefore Our Royal Will and Pleasure and We hereby direct and command that Our said Most Dear fourth Son upon his introduction into the House of Peers shall be placed and sit in the Chair or Seat which We have ordered to be prepared for him on the left side of the Cloth of Estate in the Parliament Chamber and be supported by Our Most Dear Sons Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter and Albert Frederick Arthur George, Duke of York, Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter in which said Solemnity all other persons are to perform their duties respectively incumbent upon them. For all which purposes this shall be their sufficient Warrant. Hereby commanding the same to be registered in the College of Arms. Given at Our Court at Saint James's the Thirtieth day of October 1934 in the Twenty fifth year of Our Reign. To The Earl Marshal of England
and all others whom it may concern.

Sir John Gilmour (Secretary of State for the Home Department)

This text is taken from a handwritten transcript of the document and may not reflect the formatting of the original.

This is the penultimate example of a Royal Warrant for placing a royal duke (the final one was issued for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor as Duke of York). They were never issued for the Prince of Wales, however.

The Home Secretary's countersignature is introduced with "By the Sovereign's Command" instead of the more common "By His Majesty's Command." "By the Sovereign's Command" is normally seen in Royal Warrants connected with Orders of Chivalry.