Royal Warrant - Appointing the Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis [2022-09-20]

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Title

Royal Warrant - Appointing the Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis [2022-09-20]

Subject

Police

Description

Royal Warrant of King Charles III appointing Sir Mark Rowley as Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis.

Creator

King Charles III

Source

FOI request

Date

2022-09-20

Contributor

T. Onslow

Coverage

London

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Transcript

(Sgd.) Charles R

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 Trusty and Well-Beloved Sir Mark Peter Rowley, Knight, upon whom has been conferred the Queen’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service,

Greeting!

WE having great confidence in your knowledge and ability do in pursuance of section 42 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 appoint you the said Sir Mark Peter Rowley to be Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and to execute the duties of chief officer of the Metropolitan Police Force together with such other duties as are specified in the said Act or shall be from time to time directed by one of Our Principal Secretaries of State for the more efficient administration of that Force, for a period of five years commencing on the 12th day of September 2022 until and concluding on the 11th day of September 2027.

GIVEN at Our Court at Saint James’s

on the 20th day of September 2022

In the first year of Our Reign.

By His Majesty’s Command.

(Sgd.) Suella Braverman

L. S.

WARRANT appointing Sir Mark Peter Rowley, Knight, Q.P.M., as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis

Countersigner

Suella Braverman (Secretary of State for the Home Department)

Seal Affixed

Second Seal (Black)

Seal is presumably black because of mourning for Queen Elizabeth II.

Ornamentation

Royal name and title are capitalized.

Incipits are capitalized.

Special Features

Day and month entered by hand.

Files

Citation

King Charles III, “Royal Warrant - Appointing the Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis [2022-09-20],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/98.

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