Royal Letter - Recommending a Provost of Eton College [1909-11-27]
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(Signed) EDWARD R. & I.
Trusty and Well-beloved We greet you well!
Having received information of the death of Doctor James John Hornby, late Provost of that Our College of Eton, and being well satisfied of the piety, learning and other good abilities of Our Trusty and Well-beloved Edmond Warre, Doctor in Divinity, Companion of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Member of the Fourth Class of Our Royal Victorian Order, We have thought fit to recommend him to you in the most effectual manner to succeed the said James John Hornby as Provost of Our said College; willing and requiring you hereby to elect and admit him the said Edmond Warre accordingly into the place of Provost of Our said College: To have, hold, and enjoy the same with all Rights, Perquisites, and Immunities thereunto belonging in as full and ample manner as the said James John Hornby or any other hath or ought to have enjoyed the same. And so not doubting your ready compliance, We bid you heartily farewell!
Given at Our Court at Sandringham the
Twenty-seventh day of November, 1909, in
the Ninth Year of Our Reign.
The Reverend
Edmond Warre, D. D., C. B., M. V. O.,
To be Provost of Eton College.