DS, signed “Edward RI,” three pages, 8 x 12.75, September 16, 1936. Mandate for the consecration of Lucien Charles Usher-Wilson to be a Bishop. In part: “Whereas by ‘The Bishops in Foreign Countries Act, 1841’…you, the said Cosmo Gordon, Archbishop of Canterbury, have humbly applied to Us for Our Licence by Warrant…authorising and empowering you to consecrate the Reverend Lucien Charles Usher-Wilson, Clerk in Holy Orders, Bachelor of Arts, Missioner at Jinja and Rural Dean of Busoga in the Diocese of Uganda, a British Subject, to be a Bishop of the Church of England…We do…empower you, the said Archbishop, to consecrate the said Lucien Charles Usher-Wilson, to be a Bishop of the Church of England to the intent that he should exercise the functions of his office on the Upper Nile.” Black-bordered embossed paper seal and ribbon remain affixed to upper left. A tear to the left edge of the first page and trivial edge separations at storage folds, otherwise fine condition. The only such document we have ever offered. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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