New Zealand Gazette – 1924 – No. 84

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✨ Governor-General Appointment

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 84

NEW ZEALAND.

COMMISSION passed under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, appointing General Sir CHARLES FERGUSSON, Bart., LL.D., G.C.M.G., K.C.B., D.S.O., M.V.O., to be Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand.

GEORGE R.I.

Dated 20th October, 1924.

George the Fifth, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India: To Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, General on the Retired List and in the Reserve of Officers of Our Army, Doctor of Laws, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion of Our Distinguished Service Order, Member of Our Royal Victorian Order: Greeting.

WE do, by this Our Commission under Our Sign Manual and Signet, appoint you the said Sir Charles Fergusson to be, during Our pleasure, Our Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Dominion of New Zealand, with all the powers, rights, privileges, and advantages to the said office belonging or appertaining.

II. And We do hereby authorize, empower, and command you to exercise and perform all and singular the powers and directions contained in certain Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster the eleventh day of May, 1917, constituting the said Office of Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief or in any other Letters Patent adding to, amending, or substituted for the same, according to such Orders and Instructions as the Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief for the time being hath already received, or as you may hereafter receive from Us.

III. And We do hereby appoint that so soon as you shall have taken the prescribed oaths and have entered upon the duties of your office, this Our present Commission shall supersede Our Commission under Our Sign Manual and Signet, bearing date the fifth day of July, 1920, appointing Our Right Trusty and Right Well-beloved Cousin John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Admiral of Our Fleet, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Member of Our Order of Merit, Knight Grand Cross of Our Royal Victorian Order, to be Our Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Dominion of New Zealand.

IV. And We do hereby command all and singular Our Officers, Ministers, and loving subjects in Our said Dominion, and all others whom it may concern, to take due notice hereof, and to give their ready obedience accordingly.

Given at Our Court at Saint James's, this twentieth day of October, 1924, in the Fifteenth Year of Our Reign.

By His Majesty's Command,

J. H. THOMAS.

COMMISSION appointing General Sir CHARLES FERGUSSON, Bart., LL.D., G.C.M.G., K.C.B., D.S.O., M.V.O., to be Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief, Dominion of New Zealand.

By Authority: W. A. G. SKINNER, Government Printer, Wellington.

Price, 6d.]

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🏛️ Publication of Commission Appointing Governor-General (continued from previous page)

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated20 October 1924
KeywordsGovernor-General, Commission, Appointment, Publication
👱🏽 Names

Charles Fergusson (General Sir, Bart., LL.D., G.C.M.G., K.C.B., D.S.O., M.V.O.), Appointed Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief
John Rushworth Jellicoe (Viscount, Admiral of the Fleet, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, Member of the Order of Merit, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order), Previous Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief

👩‍💼 Officials

J. H. Thomas

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