The statutes of the most distinguished order of St. Michael and St. George

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Victoria R.

Victoria, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, Sovereign and Chief of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, to all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting.

Whereas by Letters-Patent under the great seal of the Preamble. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, on the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and in the fourteenth year of Our Reign, We have ordained, directed, and appointed, that the order of Knighthood instituted by Our Royal Grandfather and Predecessor, King George the Third, by Letters-Patent bearing date the twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, in the fifty-eighth year of his reign, and therein designated as the Distinguised Order Of Saint Michael And Saint George. [Excerpt]