Letters Patent - Conferring the Baronetcy of Duveen of Millbank [1927-02-15]

Letters Patent - Conferring the Baronetcy of Duveen of Millbank [1927-02-15]

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Letters Patent of King George V conferring the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom upon Sir Joseph Duveen.

King George V

College of Arms, Baronets’ Patents 16/162

1927-02-15

Mark Scott

Order in Council Under the Crown Office Act 1877 Prescribing the Forms to be Used for Letters Patent Creating Dukes, Marquesses, Earls, Viscounts, Barons, and Baronets.

George the Fifth by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Fath To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting: Know Ye that We of Our especial Grace certain knowledge and mere motion Do by these Presents erect appoint and create Our trusty and well beloved Sir Joseph Duveen of Millbank in Our City of Westminster to the dignity state and degree of a Baronet. And for Us Our heirs and successors We do appoint give and grant unto him the said Sir Joseph Duveen the name dignity state degree style and title of Baronet. To have and to hold the said name dignity state degree style and title of Baronet unto him the said Sir Joseph Duveen and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten and to be begotten. Willing and by these Presents granting for Us Our heirs and successors that the said Sir Joseph Duveen and his heirs male aforesaid and every of them successively may enjoy and use by the name of Baronet All and singular the rights privileges precedences and advantages to the degree of a Baronet in all things duly and of right belonging which other Baronets of England Scotland Great Britain Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland have heretofore honourably and quietly used and enjoyed or as they do at present use and enjoy. In witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent Witness Ourself at Westminster the fifteenth day of February in the Seventeenth year of Our Reign.

By Warrant under the King’s Sign Manual

Schuster.

Sign Manual Warrant

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

Royal name is written in a Gothic hand. Recipient's name and first instance of "baronet" are emphasized in the text.

Since Duveen had been knighted in 1919, the Letters Patent should have referred to him as "Sir Joseph Duveen of Millbank in Our City of Westminster Knight." It's not clear if the mistake is in the original patent or if this is a transcription error.