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appointment of a governor, for proclamations, parades, 

 drills, etc. Here the proclamation of the death of our 

 good Queen Victoria, on January 22, 1901, was made, 

 together with that of the accession of our gracious Sovereign 

 Edward VII as follows : — 



PROCLAMATION. 



By His Excellency Robert Armitage Stemdale, Esquire, Governor 

 and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of St. Helena, etc., etc., etc. 

 Whereas it has pleased Almighty God to call to His mercy our late 

 Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, of blessed and glorious memory, 

 by whose decease the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom of 

 Great Britain and Ireland, and all other Her late Majesty's dominions, 

 is solely and rightfully come to the High and Mighty Prince Albert 

 Edward. 



We, Robert Armitage Stemdale, Governor and Commander-in- 

 Chief of the island of Saint Helena ; John Garroway, Lord Bishop of 

 Saint Helena; Thomas Juhan Penrhys Evans, Lieut. -Col. R.M.L.I. 

 commanding the troops in St. Helena; 



George Nathaniel Moss, Member of the Executive Council of St. 

 Helena ; 



William Joseph Williams, Member of the Executive Council and 

 Sheriff of St. Helena; 



Therefore do now hereby with one full voice and consent of 

 tongue and heart publish and proclaim that the High and Mighty 

 Prince Albert Edward is now by the death of our late Sovereign, of 

 happy and glorious memory, become our only lawful and rightful 

 liege Lord Edward the Seventh, by the grace of God King of the 

 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of the 

 Faith, Emperor of India, and supreme Lord in and over this ancient 

 Colony of the Island of Saint Helena, to whom we do acknowledge 

 all faith and constant obedience, with all hearty and humble affection, 

 beseeching God by whom Kings and Queens do reign to bless the 

 Royal Prince Edward the Seventh with long and happy years to 

 reign over us. 



God Save the King. 

 Given under my hand and public seal of the island of St. 

 Helena this 26th day of January, 1901. 



(Signed) R. A. Sterndale, 



Governor. 

 By command of His Excellency the Governor. 



(Signed) Robt. R. Bruce, 



For Colonial Secretary. 



The message sent by His Most Gracious Majesty to his 

 colonists was : — 



To my people beyond the seas. The countless messages of loyal 

 sympathy which I have received from every part of my dominions 

 over the seas testifj- to the universal grief in which the whole_^Empire 



