Royal Letter- Recommending a Provost of Eton College [2024-04-18]
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(Sgd.) Charles R
Trusty and Well-beloved we greet you well!
Having received information of the resignation, with effect from and on the thirty-first day of August two thousand and twenty-four, of Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Counsellor William Arthur Baron Waldegrave of North Hill, and good abilities of Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir Nicholas David Coleridge, Knight; Commander of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, We have thought fit to recommend him to you in the most effectual manner to succeed the said William Arthur Baron Waldegrave of North Hill as Provost of Our said College of Eton, on and from the first day of September two thousand and twenty-four. Willing and requiring you hereby to elect and admit him the said Sir Nicholas David Coleridge accordingly into the place of Provost of Our said College of Eton: to have, hold and enjoy the same with all Rights, Perquisites and Immunities thereunto belonging in as full and ample manner as the said William Arthur
To Our Trusty and Well-beloved the Vice-Provost and Fellows of Our College of Eton
ELECTION of Sir Nicholas David Coleridge, Knight, C.B.E., as Provost of Eton College
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Baron Waldegrave of North Hill or any other hath or ought to have enjoyed the same. And so, not doubting of your ready compliance, We bid you heartily farewell!
GIVEN at Our Court at Saint James’s
The 18th day of April 2024
In the second year of Our Reign.
By His Majesty’s Command.
(Sgd.) Alex Chalk
L. S.
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Unlike earlier examples of this instrument (cf. the 1909 Royal Letter recommending Edmond Warre), the superscription explicitly says it is for the election of the Crown's candidate. And while previous instruments referenced the "piety, learning and other good abilities" of the Crown's nominee, this one simply mentions his "good abilities" (the reference to piety and learning continued to be included even after laymen started assuming the role).
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