FRAMED DOCUMENT : LETTER OF APPOINTMENT DATED 25TH DAY OF DECEMBER 1871

Henry John Reynolds Moreton, 3rd Earl of Ducie 13 November 1857 – 1911†

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THE RIGHT HONORABLE HENRY JOHN EARL OF DUCIE LORD LIEUTENANT OF THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER AND OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF THE CITY OF GLOUCESTER AND OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL

TO FRANCIS DALE FAGART   GENTLEMAN

BY ORDER OF THE ACT OF PARLIAMENT PAFSED IN THE FORTY SECOND YEAR OF THE REIGN OF HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE THIRD INSTITUTED AN ACT FOR AMENDING THE LAW RELATING TO THE MILITIA IN ENGLAND AND FOR AUGMENTING THE MILITIA AND OF THE SEVERAL OTHER ACTS OF PARLIAMENT NOW IN FORCE RELATING TO THE MILITIA IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITIAN AND IRELAND AND OF ALL AND EVERY OTHER POWER AND POWERS ME HEREUNTO ENABLING I THE SAID HENRY JOHN EARL OF DUCIE HAVING RECEIVED HER MAJESTY'S APPROVAL OF YOU  DO HEREBY CONSTITUTE APPROVAL AND GIVE COMMIFSION TO YOU THE SAID FRANCIS DALE FAGART TO BE LIEUTENANT-SUPERNUMERARY IN THE ROYAL SOUTH GLOUCESTER LIGHT INFANTRY REGIMENT OF MILITIA.  AND YOU ARE HEREBY AUTHORISED AND REQUIRED CAREFULLY AND DILIGENTLY TO DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF SUCH LIEUTENANT BY TRAINING EXERCISING AND WELL DISCIPLINING THE MEN ARMED AND ARRAYED AND TO BE ARMED AND ARRAYED IN THE SAID REGIMENT.  AND I HEREBY IN HER MAJESTY'S NAME COMMAND BOTH THE INFERIOR OFFICERS AND PRIVATE MEN TO OBEY YOU AS THEIR LIEUTENANT AND YOU ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO OBSERVE AND FOLLOW SUCH ORDERS AS YOU SHALL RECEIVE FROM YOUR COLONEL OR OTHER OFFICER HAVING COMMAND OVER YOU AND IN ALL THINGS CONFORM YOURSELF TO THE DUTY OF LIEUTENANT IN THE MILITIA FORCES RAISED OR TO BE RAISED WITHIN THE SAID COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER AND THE SAID CITIES OF GLOUCESTER AND BRISTOL ACCORDING TO THE RULES ORDERS AND DIRECTIONS OF THE SAID ACTS OF PARLIAMENT AND OF ALL OTHER LAWS MADE OR TO BE MADE RESPECTING THE SAID MILITIA.

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND THIS TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF DECEMBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE.

DUCIE