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Alexander Rex

ALEXANDER THE FIRST, by the Grace of God of Hanover and Varennes King, Duke of Gottingen, Defender of the Faith, unto Our trusty and beloved Counsellor Christopher McQueeny, Archdeacon of Bergen, and unto all of Our loving subjects whatsoever to whom these Presents shall come, Greetings.

WHEREAS We did by an Order given in Our Most Honourable Privy Council, bearing date at Our Court of Saint George's Palace the Twenty-first day of April, in the Year of Our Lord Two-thousand and eight, constitute, erect, and establish the Justiciar to be Our principal and foremost minister, providing also that the same officer should advise Us upon the appointment of all of Our diverse other ministers, and upon the general conduct of Our Government in and over this Realm of Hanover; and yet the same office of Justiciar aforesaid, as We are informed, shall stand vacant by the determination of Our High Court of Parliament:

KNOW YE NOW that We, of Our especial grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, and of Our Prerogative Royal in this respect, very much confiding in his fidelity, prudence, provident circumspection, and industry, have thought fit to appoint and constitute the same Christopher McQueeny, Archdeacon of Bergen, aforesaid to be Our Justiciar, enjoying all powers, privileges, and preeminences to the said office under the Laws and Customs of Our Kingdom of Hanover properly appertaining:

AND WE DO strictly enjoining command that he should present himself before Us on the Fifth day of May instant, when it shall be Our gracious pleasure to sit together with the Prelates, Great Men, and Peers of Our Realm in full Parliament, forasmuch as We do evince and design therein to appoint him unto the same office of Justiciar aforesaid, in meet obedience to the Laws and Constitutions of Our Realm.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent, and the Great Seal of Our Kingdom of Hanover to be hereunto affixed, Witness Ourself at Our Court at St. George's this Fifth Day of May, in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight, and in the Fourth Year of Our Reign.

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