PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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C.O.
8855 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC-
COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO
Officers.
Joint Office of Secre-
lished.
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who were or might be appointed Officers of the Order..
The joint Office of Secretary and Registrar, tary and Registrar abo- hitherto held ec officio by the Chief Clerk of the Colonial Office, was abolished, and it was provided that there should be the following Officers ap- pointed by the Sovereign, namely:—
Officers.
Badges.
Chancellor.
Privileges of Officers.
A Prelate,
A Chancellor,
A Secretary,
A King of Arms, A Registrar, and
Officers of Arms,
all of whom have appropriate Badges assigned to them.
Mr. Cox (now Sir Charles Cox, K.C.M.G.), who had been Secretary and Registrar from 1872, was appointed to be Chancellor in 1877 under this Statute; and the Sovereign has recently been graciously pleased to approve of his being appointed a Knight Commander with rank as Senior Knight Commander, under the 10th Article of the Statute of 1832 previously referred to.
The Officers are declared to be servants of the Sovereign's Household, and are eligible for appoint- ment to any of the Classes of the Order, and are to enjoy all privileges and exemptions belonging by right or custom to the Esquires of the Sovereign or to the Gentlemen of Her Privy Chamber.
The present Officer of Arms was appointed present ap- under this Statute in 1882, but no others have since
been nominated.
Officer of Arms-only
one at
pointeil.
Precedence.
As in the previous Statutes, it is ordained that the Members of each Class of the Order shall rank next after the Members of the correspond- Members of 3rd Class, ing Class of the Order of the Star of India. the Style, appointed before 4th The reservation with regard to December, 1868. Title, &c., of Members appointed to the 3rd Precedence, inter se, Class before the 4th December, 1868, is con- of Extra Knights Grand tinued. Extra Knights Grand Cross are to rank among each other according to the order of their precedence, next after the Grand Master. Ordi- nary and Honorary Members are to rank together
Cross.
Precedence, inter se, of Ordinary and Honor- ary Members.
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in their respective classes, according to the dates of their respective appointments.
may uso supporters to their arms.
There is the same provision as in previous Knights Grand Cross Statutes, that Knights Grand Cross may use supporters, that Knights Grand Cross and Knights Commanders shall surround their Armorial En-
Armorial Ensigns of signs with the Circle and Motto of the Order, and Knights Commanders, Knights Grand "Cross, suspend thereto a representation of their Badge, and Companions.
and that Companions shall suspend a representa- tion of their Riband and Badge from the lower part of the Escutcheon of their Armorial Ensigns. It is also provided that the Prelate and the Chancellor shall surround their Armorial Ensigns Prelate and Chancellor. with the Motto and Circle of the Order, and suspend thereto a representation of their Badges.
It is provided by these Statutes that the custody of the Seal is to be confided to the Chan- cellor, and that it shall be affixed to all Statutes and other instruments and writings of the Order.
Armorial Ensigns of
Seal.
Return of Insignia.
It has always been a standing provision of the Statutes that on the decease or promotion of a Member, the Insignia should be returned to the Officers of the Order, and by the Statutes of 1877 all persons admitted to the Order are required to execute a formal Covenant for that purpose. The Officers of the Order are required to execute similar Covenants for the 'return of their Officers. Badges.
Return of Badges of
Statute of 6th May,
In 1879 the Sovereign was pleased to approve of the proposal that persons who had rendered 1879. distinguished services in connection with Foreign Affairs should be admitted to the Order on the brought
Foreign services
recommendation of the Secretary of State for Order. Foreign Affairs, and a Statute was accordingly passed on the 6th of May, 1879, for extending the qualifications of persons to be admitted to the Order, and increasing the number of the Ordinary Members from—
35 G.C.M.G. 120 K.C.M.G. 200 C.M.G.
Total.. 355
to
50 G.C.M.G. 150 K.C.M.G.
260 C.M.G.
Total
460
within
the
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