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            <text>&lt;p&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Elizabeth R&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Our will and pleasure is that this pass by immediate Warrant&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ELIZABETH THE SECOND &lt;/strong&gt;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 all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Know Ye that We of Our especial grace have constituted ordained and appointed&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;Our trusty and well beloved&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alexander John Gervase Chalk&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;to be one of &lt;strong&gt;Our Counsel learned in the Law&lt;/strong&gt; And We have also given and granted unto him as one of Our Counsel aforesaid place precedence and preaudience in Our Courts next after Duncan Alasdair Watson And We also will and grant to him full power and sufficient authority to perform do and fulfil all and every the things which any other of Our Counsel learned in the Law as one of Our said Counsel may do and fulfil We Will that this Our grant shall not lessen any Office by Us or by Our Ancestors heretofore given or granted In Witness &amp;amp;c. Witness &amp;amp;c.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This contains Your Majesty’s Grant during pleasure of the Office of one of Your Majesty’s Counsel learned in the Law to Alexander John Gervase Chalk, M. P.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Prepared by order of the Right Honourable the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Received the 12th&lt;br /&gt;day of October 2021&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Dominic Raab&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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Printed in Times New Roman.&#13;
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Royal name begins with a drop cap and is capitalized and in boldface.&#13;
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Appointee's name and office are in boldface.</text>
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              <text>&lt;a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/47-48/30/section/2" title="Great Seal Act 1884"&gt;Great Seal Act 1884&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; but the resulting Letters Patent are a prerogative instrument.&lt;/span&gt;</text>
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