New Zealand Gazette – 1936 – No. 89

Page 2439

✨ Proclamation of King George VI

Numbr. 89.

2439

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1936.

THE following Proclamation was publicly made on the fourteenth day of December,
one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, in the front of Parliament Buildings,
Wellington, in the presence of His Excellency the Governor-General and a large
concourse of citizens :—

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Instrument of Abdication dated the tenth day of December
instant His former Majesty King Edward the Eighth did declare his
irrevocable determination to renounce the Throne for himself and his descendants,
and the said Instrument of Abdication has now taken effect, whereby the Imperial
Crown of Great Britain, Ireland and all other His former Majesty's Dominions
is now solely and rightfully come to the High and Mighty Prince Albert Frederick
Arthur George:

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 Albert Frederick Arthur George
is now become our only lawful and rightful liege Lord George the Sixth 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 George the
Sixth with long and happy years to reign over us.

Given at Wellington in the Dominion of New Zealand, this
fourteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six.

GALWAY, Governor-General.
MICHAEL JOSEPH SAVAGE.

PETER FRASER. DANIEL GILES SULLIVAN.
HENRY GREATHEAD REX MASON. HUBERT THOMAS ARMSTRONG.
ROBERT SEMPLE. WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY.
PATRICK CHARLES WEBB. FREDERICK JONES.
WILLIAM LEE MARTIN. FRANK LANGSTONE.
MARK FAGAN. MICHAEL MYERS, C.J.
ADAM HAMILTON. APIRANA TURUPA NGATA.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

By Authority: G. H. LONEY, Government Printer, Wellington.
Price 6d.]

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🏛️ Proclamation of King George VI

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated14 December 1936
KeywordsProclamation, Abdication, King George VI, Monarchy
👱🏽 Names

King Edward (Eighth), Abdicated the throne
Albert Frederick Arthur George (Prince), Proclaimed as King George VI

👩‍💼 Officials

George Vere Arundell, Viscount Galway, Governor-General
Michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister
Peter Fraser
Daniel Giles Sullivan
Henry Greathead Rex Mason
Hubert Thomas Armstrong
Robert Semple
William Edward Parry
Patrick Charles Webb
Frederick Jones
William Lee Martin
Frank Langstone
Mark Fagan
Michael Myers, C.J.
Adam Hamilton
Apirana Turupa Ngata

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