House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW 3rd June 1998 The Queen has been pleased to order a Congé d’Elire to pass the Great Seal of the Realm empowering the Provost and Chapter of the Cathedral and Collegiate Church of Southwark to elect a Bishop of the See of Southwark, the same being void by the resignation of the Right Reverend Robert Kerr Williamson, lately Bishop thereof; and Her Majesty has been pleased to recommend to the said Provost and Chapter the Right Reverend Thomas Frederick Butler, Ph.D., M.Sc., Bishop of Leicester, to be by them elected Bishop of the said See. C. I. P. Denyer