The Orders of Knighthood, British and Foreign: With a Brief Review of the Titles of Rank and Merit in Ancient Hindusthan ...

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Página 134 - The Knights Commanders shall, from the publication of the present instrument, be entitled severally to assume the distinctive appellation of knighthood, and shall bear the badge and ensign assigned as the distinctions of the second class of the Order, on their being duly invested with the same ; that is to say, each Knight Commander shall wear the appropriate badge or cognizance...
Página 109 - ... to His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, in order that he may cause the usual Warrant to be prepared for the Royal Sign Manual, and take such other steps as may be necessary for carrying His Majesty's pleasure into effect accordingly.
Página 171 - It is ordained that the names of those upon whom We may be pleased to confer the decoration shall be published in the " London Gazette," and a registry thereof kept in the office of Our Secretary of State for War.
Página 173 - Forces, may deem that all are equally brave and distinguished, and that no special selection can be made by them : then in such case, the Admiral, General, or other Officer commanding, may direct, that for any such body of Seamen or Marines, or for every troop or company...
Página 110 - Sovereign by whom the order is conferred. 3. The intention of a foreign Sovereign to confer upon a British subject the insignia of an order, must be notified to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, either through the British Minister accredited at the court of such foreign Sovereign, or through his Minister accredited at the court of Her Majesty.
Página 212 - And We do hereby give and grant unto you full Power and Authority to suspend any of the Members of Our said Council, from sitting, voting and assisting therein, if you shall find just Cause for so doing.
Página 163 - Services, and are graciously pleased to make, ordain and establish the following rules and ordinances for the government of the same, which shall from henceforth be inviolably observed and kept: Firstly. It is ordained, that the distinction shall be styled and designated
Página 111 - Gazette," stating the service for which the Foreign Order has been conferred. 7. The warrant signifying Her Majesty's permission may, at the request and at the expense of the person who has obtained" it, be registered in the College of Arms.
Página 173 - In order to make such additional provision as shall effectually preserve pure this most honourable distinction, it is ordained, that if any person on whom such distinction shall...
Página 172 - It is ordained, with a view to place all persons on a perfectly equal footing in relation to eligibility for the Decoration, that neither rank, nor long service, nor wounds, nor any other circumstance or condition whatsoever, save the merit of conspicuous bravery shall be held to establish a sufficient claim to the honour.

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