Procedure: committee formed, 28 December 1706, Edinburgh

Att Edinburgh the Twentie fourth day of October J^aj vij^c and Six years

A1706/10/8

A1706/10/8¹

Letter: royal

Letter from the Queen adding the Earle of Dallhousie to the Councell

Letter from the Queens Majestie to the Councell adding the Earle of Dallhousie to the Councell Read and ordered to be recorded, And his lordship being present, did qualifie himselfe to her Majestie as a Privie Councellor by Swearing the oath of alleadgance and Subscribeing the Samen with the Assureance, And the Lord Chancellor did administrat to his lordship the oath de fidelii And therafter his lordship took his place att the Board accordingly, Follows the tenor of her Majesties letter
Sic Suprascribitur
Anne Regina
Right trustie and right well beloved Cousine and Councellor, Right trustie and intirely beloved Cousine and Councellor, Right trustie and Right well beloved Cousines and Councellors, Right trustie and well beloved Cousins Cousins and Councellors, Right trustie and well beloved Councellors, and trustie and well beloved Councellors, Wee greet yow well; Wheras in consideration of the Loyaltie and abilities of our right trustie and well beloved Cousine […] Earle of Dallhousie, wee have thought fitt to add him to our privie² Councell there, These are therfor to authorize and requyre yow to admitt and receive him into that our privie Councell In the ordinary forme and methode in Such cases accustomed, For doeing wherof this Shall be your warrant, And So wee bid yow heartily fairwell: Given att our Court att Kinsingtoun the Twentie third day of March 1705/6. And of our reigne the Fyfth year, By her Majesties Command Sic Subscribitur Mar.