murnb. 16,938. 99 NEMO-ME-IMPUNE-LACESSIT- The Edinburgh Gazette Registered as a Newspaper. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1952. At the Court at St. James's, the 8th day of At the Court at St. James's, the 8th day of February 1952. February 1952. PRESENT, PRESENT, THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT The QUEEN'S Most Excellent Majesty MAJESTY. in Council. His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester. ER Majesty, being this day present in Council, His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. H was pleased to make the following Declara- Lord Chancellor. tion :— Archbishop of York. " Your Royal Highnesses, My Lords, Ladies and Prime Minister. Gentlemen : Lord President. Mr. Speaker of the House of Commons. By the sudden death of my dear Father, I am called to assume the duties and respon- Lord Privy Seal. sibilities of Sovereignty. Earl Marshal. Master of the Horse. At this time of deep sorrow, it is a profound Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry. consolation to me to be assured of the sympathy Lord Chamberlain. which you and all my Peoples feel towards me, Earl of Shaftesbury. to my Mother, and my Sister, and to the other Earl of Home. members of my Family. My Father was our Earl Stanhope. revered and beloved Head, as he was of the Earl De La Warr. wider Family of his subjects ; the grief which Earl of Drogheda. his loss brings is shared among us all. Earl of Bessborough. My heart is too full for me to say more to Earl Winterton. you to-day than that I shall always work, as Earl Howe. my Father did throughout his Reign, to uphold Earl of Listowel. constitutional government and to advance the Earl of Selborne. happiness and prosperity of my Peoples, spread Earl of Halifax. as they are all the world over. I know that in Earl of Gowrie. my resolve to follow his shining example of service Earl Mountbatten of Burma. and devotion, I shall be inspired by the loyalty Earl Jowitt. and affection of those whose Queen I have been Viscount Mersey. called to be, and by the counsel of their elected Viscount Swinton. Parliaments. I -pray that God will help me to Viscount Samuel. discharge worthily this heavy task that has Viscount Davidson. been laid upon me so early in my life." Viscount Weir. Viscount Simon. Whereupon the Lords of the Council made it Viscount Stansgate. their humble request to Her Majesty that Her Viscount Templewood. Majesty's Most Gracious Declaration to Their Viscount Hall. Lordships might be made public, which Her Majesty Viscount Bruce of Melbourne. was pleased to Order accordingly. Viscount Hudson. F. J. FEHNAU. Viscount Waverley..