Royal Warrant - For Letters Patent Appointing a High Court Justice [1983-04-12]
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Title
Royal Warrant - For Letters Patent Appointing a High Court Justice [1983-04-12]
Subject
Great Seal
Judicial Appointments
Description
Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II directing the Lord Chancellor to pass Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm appointing William Macpherson of Cluny as a Justice of the High Court.
Creator
Queen Elizabeth II
Source
C 83/658
Date
1983-04-12
Contributor
Jason Loch
Royal Warrant Item Type Metadata
Transcript
(Sgd.) Elizabeth R
Our will and pleasure is that this pass by immediate Warrant
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 ALL TO WHOM these Presents shall come GREETING: KNOW YE that We do give and grant to Our trusty and well beloved WILLIAM ALAN MACPHERSON OF CLUNY upon whom has been conferred the Territorial Efficiency Decoration one of Our Counsel learned in the Law the Office of one of the JUSTICES OF OUR HIGH COURTTo hold the same so long as he shall well behave himself therein with all wages profits and advantages due and of right belonging thereto. IN WITNESS &c. WITNESS &c.
MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY
This contains Your Majesty’s Grant of the Office of one of the Justices of Your Majesty's High Court unto William Alan Macpherson of Cluny, T. D., Q. C.
Prepared by order of the Right Honourable the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
Received the 11th
day of April 1983
Countersigner
Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone (Lord Chancellor)
Ornamentation
Black and white Royal Arms at the top.
Royal name, appointee's name, and office are capitalized.
Royal name, appointee's name, and office are capitalized.
Collection
Citation
Queen Elizabeth II, “Royal Warrant - For Letters Patent Appointing a High Court Justice [1983-04-12],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/594.
