Jason Loch 🏳️‍🌈

These Letters Patent have me perplexed. They lack the usual warranty ("By HM's Command" is normally seen on Royal Warrants rather than patents) and they don't bear the surname of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. I also can't make out the seal. 🤔1/2

While falling down the rabbit hole of American Privy Seals, I found this very fancy instrument bearing the Executive Privy Seal of New York. It certifies that a pen was used to sign a bill into law. Note that it's been countersigned by the Secretary to the Governor.

Today, the Letters Patent the Law Officers receive after taking office are somewhat unusual in that they confirm the appointments instead of making them. But a 1936 Warrant for the Solicitor General's patent suggests he *was* appointed by the instrument.🧐1/2

The end of a Parliament traditionally involves two Privy Council meetings. The first approves the legislature's prorogation while the second approves its dissolution. Several days normally elapse between these meetings, but on Nov. 28, 1910, they took place just two hours apart.

TFW you learn that the Cabinet Office hasn't even started the internal review you requested on January 5. 🙃