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ORDER OF THE THISTLE.

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and to enjoy all privileges and immunities thereto belonging, and generally with full power to do andperform all things pertaining to the place, office, and duty of Secretary to that Order, and after havingtaken his Oath fideli Administratione in the said office, to carry the Badge, and to wear the usualhabits, distinctions, and others, which to the Secretary of the said Order do of right belong; and HisMajesty ordains the said Patent to be extracted, and to pass the Seal aforesaid, per Saltum, withoutpassing any other Seal or Register, for doing whereof these presents shall be to the Director of HisMajesty’s Chancellary for writing the same, and to the Keeper of the said Seal, for causing the same tobe appended thereto, a sufficient Warrant. Given at His Majesty’s Court at St. James’s, the tenthday of April 1765, in the fifth year of His Majesty’s reign.

WARRANT FOR ADMINISTERING THE OATH TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ORDER.

“ GEORGE R.

“ Our will and pleasure is, that you forthwith administer to Our trusty and well-beloved GeorgeDrummond, Esq. whom we have thought fit to appoint Secretary to Our Most Ancient and MostNoble Order of the Thistle, such Oath as has been usually taken by the Secretaries to the said Order,and for so doing this shall be your Warrant. Giyen at Our Court at St. James’s, the second day ofMarch 1736-7, in the tenth year of Our reign.

“ By His Majesty’s command,

“ Holles Newcastle.

“ To Our right trusty and right entirely-beloved and Our righttrusty and right well-beloved cousins, the Knights of OurMost Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, or toany two of them.”

FORM OF THE OATH TO BE TAKEN BY HIS MAJESTY’S SECRETARY OF THE MOST ANCIENTAND MOST NOBLE ORDER OF THE THISTLE.

“ I shall bear faith and true allegiance to my Sovereign Lord the King’s most excellent Majesty,Sovereign of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle.

“ I shall faithfully perform the duty of Secretary to the said Most Ancient and Most Noble Order,and will never reveal the secrets of the same.

“ I will be true and faithful to the Knights Brethren of the said Order. I will to the utmost of mypower maintain the honour, right, and privilege of the said Most Ancient and Most Noble Order, sohelp me God.

“ Taken and signed in the presence of the most noble James Dukeof Hamilton and Brandon, and the most noble James Dukeof Atholl, Knights Brethren of the Most Ancient and MostNoble Order of the Thistle, the fifth day of March 1736-7.

Hamilton and Brandon.

Atholl.

“ Then the Badge was put about the Secretary’s neck by his Grace the Duke of Atholl.”—Register,f. 178.

The Oath of the Usher, as administered to Thomas Brand on the 27th November 1714, was thesame, mutatis mutandis, as that of the Secretary.