New Zealand Gazette – 1936 – No. 7

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✨ Proclamation of King Edward VIII



THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.
WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1936.
THE following Proclamation was publicly made on the twenty-third day of January,
one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, in the front of Parliament Buildings,
Wellington, in the presence of the Prime Minister and a large concourse of citizens:
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it hath pleased Almighty God to call to His mercy our late Sovereign
Lord King George the Fifth, of Blessed and Glorious Memory, by whose decease
the Imperial Crown of Great Britain, Ireland and all other His late Majesty's dominions
is solely and rightfully come to the High and Mighty Prince Edward Albert Christian
George Andrew Patrick David:
We, therefore, George Vere Arundell, Viscount Galway, the Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, Michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister of the said Dominion,
and the Members of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, assisted by Members
of both Houses of the General Assembly, Judges and Magistrates, Ministers of Religion,
Mayors, Chairmen and Members of Local Bodies, and numerous other representative
European and Maori citizens here present, do now hereby, with one voice and consent
of tongue and heart, publish and proclaim that the High and Mighty Prince Edward
Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David is now, by the death of our late Sovereign
of Happy Memory, become our only lawful and rightful Liege Lord Edward the Eighth,
by the grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas
King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India: To whom we do acknowledge all faith
and constant obedience, with all hearty and humble affection; beseeching God, by whom
kings and queens do reign, to bless the Royal Prince Edward the Eighth with long and
happy years to reign over us.
Given at Wellington in the Dominion of New Zealand, this
twenty-third day of January, in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and thirty-six.
GALWAY, Governor-General.
M. J. SAVAGE.
P. FRASER.
W. NASH.
D. G. SULLIVAN.
H. G. R. MASON.
H. T. ARMSTRONG.
W. E. PARRY.
F. JONES.
W. LEE MARTIN.
FRANK LANGSTONE.
MARK FAGAN.
MICHAEL MYERS, C.J.
F. H. D. BELL.
A. T. NGATA.
GOD SAVE THE KING!
By Authority: G. H. LONEY, Government Printer, Wellington.



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🏛️ Proclamation of King Edward VIII

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
23 January 1936
Proclamation, King Edward VIII, Sovereign, Succession
  • Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David (King), Proclaimed as King Edward VIII

  • George Vere Arundell, Viscount Galway, Governor-General
  • Michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister
  • P. Fraser
  • W. Nash
  • D. G. Sullivan
  • H. G. R. Mason
  • H. T. Armstrong
  • W. E. Parry
  • F. Jones
  • W. Lee Martin
  • Frank Langstone
  • Mark Fagan
  • Michael Myers, Chief Justice
  • F. H. D. Bell
  • A. T. Ngata