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            <text>&lt;p&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Charles R&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CHARLES THE THIRD by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories King Head of the Commonwealth Defender of the Faith: To Our right trusty and well beloved Counsellor Our Chancellor of Great Britain one of Our Principal Secretaries of State GREETING: WE WILL AND COMMAND that under the Great Seal of Our Realm remaining in your custody you cause these Our Letters to be made forth Patent in form following:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CHARLES THE THIRD&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 King Head of the Commonwealth Defender of the Faith To all Lords Spiritual and Temporal and all other Our Subjects whatsoever to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Know Ye that We of Our especial grace certain knowledge and mere motion in pursuance of the Life Peerages Act 1958 and of all other powers in that behalf Us enabling do by these Presents advance create and prefer Our trusty and well beloved &lt;strong&gt;Nicholas Francis Markham&lt;/strong&gt; Commander of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire to the state degree style dignity title and honour of &lt;strong&gt;Baron Markham&lt;/strong&gt; of East Horsley in Our County of Surrey&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And for Us Our heirs and successors do appoint give and grant unto him the said name state degree style dignity title and honour of Baron Markham to have and to hold unto him for his life&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Willing and by these Presents granting for Us Our heirs and successors that he may have hold and possess a seat place and voice in the Parliaments and Public Assemblies and Councils of Us Our heirs and successors within Our United Kingdom amongst the Barons And also that he may enjoy and use all the rights privileges pre-eminences immunities and advantages to the degree of a Baron duly and of right belonging which Barons of Our United Kingdom have heretofore used and enjoyed or as they do at present use and enjoy In Witness &amp;amp;c. Witness &amp;amp;c.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Given at Our Court at St James's the seventh day of October two thousand and twenty-two in the first year of Our Reign&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BY HIS MAJESTY'S COMMAND&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Brandon Lewis&lt;/em&gt;&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 a Warrant to the Lord High Chancellor to pass Letters Patent under the Great Seal granting unto Nicholas Francis Markham, C.B.E., the Dignity of a Baron of Your United Kingdom by the name and title of Baron Markham, of East Horsley in Your Majesty's County of Surrey To hold the same unto him for his life And this Warrant is prepared according to Your Majesty's Royal Command&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td style="border:none;padding:0;vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Received the 7th&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;day of October 2022&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Brandon Lewis&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:none;padding:0;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"&gt;Signified by Secretary of State&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ROMEO&lt;br /&gt;Clerk of the Crown in Chancery&lt;/td&gt;
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Printed in Times New Roman.&#13;
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Recipient's name and title are in boldface.&#13;
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Royal name is capitalized. First instance has a drop cap. Second instance is in boldface.&#13;
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