Report 1951-1955 : Royal Commission on Marriage and Divorce.

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Marriage and Divorce.
Date:
1956
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report 1951-1955 : Royal Commission on Marriage and Divorce. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ELIZABETH R. ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas QUEEN, Defender of the Faith, to Our Trusty and Well-beloved Henry Hollingdrake Maddocks, Esquire, upon whom has been conferred the decoration of the Military Cross, Greeting! Know ye that We reposing great trust and confidence in your knowledge and ability do by these Presents appoint you the said Henry Hollingdrake Maddocks to be a Member of the Royal Commission on Marriage and Divorce, in the room of Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir Charles Wilfrid Eee Baronet, upon whom had been conferred the Territorial Decoration, eceased. Given at Our Court at Saint James’s the Twentieth day of May, 1952; In the First Year of Our Reign. By Her Majesty’s Command. Sgd. David Maxwell Fyfe. HENRY HOLLINGDRAKE MADDOCKS, ESQUIRE, M.C. To be a Member of the Royal Commission on Marriage and Divorce. Note.—Mr. Daniel Hopkin accepted an invitation to become a Member but died before the Royal Warrant was signed. Mrs. Mabel Ridealgh resigned in September, 1951. Sir Wilfrid Bennett died on 25th April, 1952. Dr. Violet Roberton died on 3rd October, 1954. Mr. Thomas Young, O.B.E., was promoted to be a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in January, 1953. He was appointed a Sheriff-Substitute of the Sheriffdom of Lanark as from Ist November, 1955. Lord Keith was appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and took the the title of Lord Keith of Avonholm in October, 1953. Mr. James Walker, Q.C., was appointed to be a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland in February, 1954. The honour of a baronetcy was conferred on Sir Russell Brain in June, 1954.