Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Grants of Precedence Subject The topic of the resource Precedence Description An account of the resource Materials relating to grants of precedence to various groups and individuals. Royal Warrant These can be purely administrative in nature (e.g., Warrants authorizing the use of the Great Seal) or they can be substantive instruments (e.g., Warrants of appointment). They are signed by the Monarch and (usually) countersigned by a Minister of the Crown. Transcript A transcript of the document. 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 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 by Warrant under the Royal Sign Manual bearing date the twenty second day of December One thousand eight hundred and seventy six Our Royal Predecessor Queen Victoria did declare Her Will and Pleasure that the Wife of a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary then appointed or that thereafter might be appointed whose husband was not otherwise entitled to sit as a Member of the House of Lords should be entitled so long as she continued his wife or remained his widow to the style rank and precedence of a Baroness of Her said Majesty's Realms together with the rights and privileges thereunto appertaining according to and from the date of the appointment of her husband as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary And Whereas by a further Warrant under the Royal Sign Manual bearing date the thirtieth day of March One thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight Our said Royal Predecessor was pleased also to declare Her Will and Pleasure that the surviving children of such Lords of Appeal in Ordinary as were in the said Warrant particularly mentioned and the children of any Lord of Appeal in Ordinary thereafter to be appointed and created a Lord of Parliament for life should have and enjoy on all occasions the style and title enjoyed by the children of Hereditary Barons of Her said Majesty's Realms together with the rank and precedence next to and immediately after the younger children of all Hereditary Barons then created or thereafter to be created and immediately before all Baronets And Whereas We deem it expedient that the aforesaid Warrants of the twenty second day of December One thousand eight hundred and seventy-six and of the thirtieth day of March One thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight should be revoked and that for the removal of doubts the style rank and precedence of the wives or widows of Lords of Appeal in Ordinary and of Life Peers created in exercise of the powers conferred on Us by the Life Peerages Act, 1958, and the style rank and precedence of the children of such Lords of Appeal in Ordinary and Life Peers and Life Peeresses created as aforesaid should be declared [^Now] Know Ye that We do hereby revoke and altogether make void the aforesaid Warrants and do declare Our Will and Pleasure that the Wife of a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary created before or after the date of these Presents and not otherwise entitled to sit and vote in the House of Lords and the Wife of a Life Peer created in exercise of the powers conferred on Us by the Life Peerages Act, 1958, and not otherwise entitled as aforesaid and the Widow of any such Lord of Appeal in Ordinary or Life Peer so long as she remains his widow shall have and enjoy on all occasions the same style rank precedence rights and privileges as the Wives or Widows of Hereditary Barons of Our United Kingdom in accordance with the date of the appointment of her husband as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary or of the creation of her husband as a Life Peer or his creation as a Life Peer as the case may be. And We do declare Our further Will and Pleasure that the children of any such Lord of Appeal in Ordinary or any such Life Peer or of any Life Peeress created in exercise of the powers aforesaid may have and enjoy on all occasions the same style and title as the children of Hereditary Barons of Our United Kingdom with rank and precedence among the children of Hereditary Barons in accordance with the date of the appointment of their Father as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary or of the creation of their Father as a Life Peer or of their mother as a Life Peeress respectively. 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 kept and that you do cause the same 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 St. James's this twenty first day of July 1958; in the Seventh year of Our Reign. By Her Majesty’s Command R. A. Butler Countersigner The individual who countersigned the Warrant. Richard Austen Butler (Secretary of State for the Home Department) Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. This text is taken from a handwritten transcript of the document and may not reflect the formatting of the original. Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. There is an interlineation to show where a word was inadvertently omitted by the copyist. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Royal Warrant - Style, Rank, Precedence of Wives, Widows, and Children of Life Peers and Lords of Appeal in Ordinary and Children of Life Peeresses [1958-07-21] Subject The topic of the resource Precedence Peerages Description An account of the resource Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II declaring the precedence of wives, widows, and children of life peers and Lords of Appeal in Ordinary and of the children of life peeresses. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Queen Elizabeth II Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived College of Arms I82/139-142 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1958-07-21 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mark Scott Home Secretary Life Peerages Lords of Appeal in Ordinary Monarch Precedence Royal Prerogative