The royal sign-manual is the signature of the sovereign, by the affixing of which the monarch expresses their pleasure either by order, commission, or warrant . A sign-manual warrant may be either an executive act (for example, an appointment to an office), or an authority for affixing the Great Seal of the pertinent realm . The sign-manual is also used to give power to make and ratify treaties . Sign manual , with or without hyphen, is an old term for a handwritten signature in general. It is also referred to as sign manual and signet .
17-609: Drummond Street may refer to: Drummond Street, Edinburgh , a street in the Old Town of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Drummond Street, London , a street in Camden, London, United Kingdom Drummond Street, Montreal , a street in downtown Montreal, Canada Drummond Street, Melbourne , a street in the inner suburb of Carlton in Melbourne, Australia [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
34-414: A principal secretary of state or other responsible minister. In some cases, the use of the sign-manual has been dispensed with and a stamp affixed in lieu thereof, as in the case of George IV , whose bodily infirmity made the act of signing difficult and painful during the last weeks of his life. The Royal Signature by Commission Act 1830 ( 11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4 . c. 23) was passed providing that
51-485: A euphemism for a visit to Rutherford's public-house in Drummond Street, otherwise (also euphemistically) known as "The Pump". The premises were remodelled in 1899 and had a U-shaped bar. The internal fittings were lost in further modernization. The property is now an Italian restaurant, the decor of which is in homage to Stevenson's Treasure Island . Surviving from 1899 is the timber Ionic pilastered frontage with
68-547: A stamp might be affixed in lieu of the sign-manual, but the sovereign had to express his consent to each separate use of the stamp, the stamped document being attested by a confidential servant and several officers of State. According to article 47 of the constitution of the Netherlands , all Acts of Parliament and Royal Decrees have to be signed by the King and by one or more Ministers or State Secretaries (called
85-580: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Drummond Street, Edinburgh Drummond Street is a street just outside Edinburgh 's Old Town , near the famous Royal Mile and Holyrood . The street connects the South Bridge ( A7 ), where it is opposite the Old College , and the Pleasance . The street is paved with granite setts . It
102-399: Is in an area with several University properties and is home to many students as well as pubs and restaurants. Originally called Back Wall as the street was just outside the city wall , it was from the 1850s named after George Drummond . One famous former resident is David Bowie , who shared a small basement flat in Drummond Street with the mime artist Lindsay Kemp for several months in
119-847: The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons , in March 1859. Gamgee recognised that the Drummond Street location was not ideal and by 1862 had moved his college to the west side of Lothian Road on a site now occupied by the Caledonian Hotel. Dr. John Smith , with his friends Frances Imlach, Peter Orphoot and Robert Nasmyth, opened the Edinburgh Dental Dispensary at 1 Drummond Street in January 1860. In 1862 it moved to premises in Cockburn Street . At
136-535: The Great Seal without the need for the signature of the monarch, because royal authority for issuing the letters patent had already been given by means of the warrant. Those letters patent finish with the words "By warrant under the King/Queen's Sign Manual", to signify that they do not bear the sign-manual themselves, having already been approved by warrant signed by the sovereign. Other letters patent, due to
153-591: The early 1970s. The street is the site of the former Drummond Street Surgical Hospital which was built in 1853 by David Bryce as an addition to the Royal Infirmary in Infirmary Street. The February 1850 Monthly Journal of Medical Science records the plans for building the hospital as follows: The new building will stand upon an elevated piece of ground, presenting every facility for drainage, and will front Drummond Street. It will supersede
170-533: The nature of their contents (such as those that authorise the expenditure of money, or those that signify royal assent to Acts of Parliament ), require the royal sign-manual to be affixed directly to them. Such letters patent contain, at the bottom, the words: "By the King/Queen Him/Herself, signed with His/Her own hand". The royal sign-manual is usually placed by the sovereign at the top of the document. These papers usually must be countersigned by
187-493: The necessity for several out-buildings, in which surgical cases are at present rather uncomfortably accommodated, and which will be removed. The surgical hospital, in its new form, will contain beds for 200 patients. At the junction of Drummond Street and the Pleasance can be found some vestiges of a bastion of the Flodden Wall . The wall travels from that bastion along the north side of the street. The section fronting
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#1732791998409204-561: The old surgical hospital has been reduced to four feet in height but still comprises the stones of the original. On 4 November 1857, John Gamgee set up the New Edinburgh Veterinary College , one of three veterinary colleges being established in Edinburgh at the time, in stable courtyard premises at 6 Drummond Street. The college received its royal sign manual , necessary to allow students to be examined by
221-438: The prince should sign "George P R", the initials standing for Princeps Regens meaning prince regent . Some letters patent are not signed by the monarch in person. Instead, the monarch signs a warrant authorizing the preparation of the letters patent (traditionally written in ceremonial calligraphy on vellum ) and approving the draft text of the letters patent. Then, once the letters patent are prepared, they are sealed with
238-412: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about roads and streets with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drummond_Street&oldid=534262900 " Category : Road disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
255-597: The signs-manual of both Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II read Elizabeth R . When the British monarch was also Emperor or Empress of India , the sign manual ended with R I , for Rex Imperator or Regina Imperatrix ( king-emperor or queen-empress ). When the future George IV , then the Prince of Wales , became regent on behalf of his incapacitated father, George III , the Regency Act 1811 expressly directed that
272-487: The trademark of Rutherford and Company (dated 1834) in an arched panel above. A former first floor café on the corner with Nicolson Street is reputedly where J. K. Rowling began writing the Harry Potter series. Royal sign manual The royal sign-manual usually consists of the sovereign's regnal name (without number, if otherwise used), followed by the letter R for Rex (king) or Regina (queen). Thus,
289-644: The west end of the street was Rutherford's Bar, patronized in the time of Robert Louis Stevenson and by members of The Speculative Society at the University. Their weekly meetings were held on Tuesdays, officially from 8 p.m. to midnight. Lord Guthrie , joint president of the Society with Stevenson in the years 1872–1873 and 1873–1874, recalls in his personal memoirs of Stevenson: About nine we adjourned for half an hour, when most members left "to buy pencils", as they gravely informed any new-comer,
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