ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, to all to whom these presents shall come,
Greeting!
WHEREAS there are certain lands (“the Lands”) belonging to Us in right of Our Crown which are more particularly described in the Schedule to this Our Warrant;
AND WHEREAS section 79(1) of the Land Registration Act 2002 allows Us to grant to Ourself an estate in fee simple absolute in possession out of land belonging to Us which is not held for such an estate (therein referred to as “demesne land”);
AND WHEREAS Our Secretary of State manages the Lands for Us in accordance with section 21 or 22 of the Crown Lands Act 1851, or has directed the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England to do so on his behalf under section 34 of the National Heritage Act 1983 or has authorised Historic Royal Palaces (a body corporate incorporated by Our Royal Charter sealed on 6th March 1998 and amended as allowed by Us in Council on 10th October 2006) to do so on his behalf under the Contracting Out (Functions in relation to the Management of Crown Lands) Orders 1998 and 2003;
AND WHEREAS We desire the Lands to be registered on the register of title kept by the Chief Land Registrar at Our Land Registry;
NOW it has been represented to Us that it would be desirable for Our Secretary of State to have Our Royal Authority to grant on Our behalf to Ourself an estate in fee simple in possession of the Lands under section 79 of the Land Registration Act 2002, to facilitate registration of the Lands;
AND WHEREAS under section 1 of the Somerset House Act 1984 Our Secretary of State has power to grant a lease of any part of Somerset House;
AND IT HAS been represented to Us that it would be desirable for Our Secretary of State to have Our Royal Authority to exercise on Our behalf such powers of leasing in respect of the Lands as We may Ourselves lawfully exercise under section 5 of the Crown Lands Act 1702, to facilitate more effective management of the Lands, but without limiting his power under the Somerset House Act 1984.
NOW KNOW YE that We, taking such representations into Our Royal consideration, do by this Warrant under Our Royal Sign Manual Will and Ordain as follows:-
1. Our Secretary of State may grant on Our behalf to Ourself an estate in fee simple in possession of the Lands or any part of them under section 79 of the Land Registration Act 2002.
2. Our Secretary of State may exercise on Our behalf such powers of leasing in respect of the Lands as We may Ourselves lawfully exercise under section 5 of the Crown Lands Act 1702, including power to vary any lease so granted to the extent that We Ourselves could lawfully do and to exercise all such powers under or in respect of any such lease as we Ourselves might lawfully exercise, without limitation to his power to grant a lease of any part of Somerset House under section 1 of the Somerset House Act 1984.
SCHEDULE
THE LANDS the subject of this Our Warrant are:
Our Royal Parks and other gardens and open spaces owned by Us and managed by Our Secretary of State:
Bushy Park (excluding Barton’s Cottage, Hawthorn Lodge, the Royal Paddocks and Rose Cottage); Greenwich Park; Kew Green; The Green Park; Hyde Park; Kensington Gardens; The Regent’s Park and Primrose Hill; Richmond Park; St James’s Park;
Grosvenor Square Gardens and Canning Green; St Margaret’s Church Green; Poets’ Green; the Longford River (except the part in Hampton Court Home Park but including Watermill House);
Other lands owned by Us and managed by Our Secretary of State:
The Fusiliers’ Building at the Tower of London
Somerset House;
Marlborough House;
9 St Mark’s Place, Windsor; Waterworks Cottage, Windsor;
Royal Palaces occupied by Us, Members of Our Royal Family and Our Royal Household:
Buckingham Palace, Mews and Gardens; Clarence House with Marlborough House Mews; Hampton Court Palace Mews and Paddocks; Barton’s Cottage, Hawthorn Cottage, the Royal Paddocks and Rose Cottage in Bushy Park; Ivy Cottage and Laurel Cottage (but not the Stud House or The Pavillion) at Hampton Court Palace; Kensington Palace (except the State Apartments and Orangery); St James’s Palace; Windsor Castle, Mews and Home and Great Parks;
Other Royal Palaces owned by Us and managed by Historic Royal Palaces on behalf of Our Secretary of State:
The Banqueting House, Whitehall; Hampton Court Palace (including the two car parks to the north of Kingston Bridge and to the West of the River Thames, and the bell mouth access and parking area outside Kingston Gate) and Home Park (including the Longford River within the Home Park but excluding the Stud House, The Pavilion, Ivy Cottage and Laurel Cottage); Kensington Palace, State Apartments (and associated offices) and Orangery, together with the outside formal garden areas; Kew Palace and Queen Charlotte’s Cottage; the Tower of London (except the Fusiliers’ Building;
Other lands owned by Us and managed by the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England on behalf of Our Secretary of State:
Berwick Ramparts; Calshot Castle; Carisbrooke Castle; Carlisle Castle; Chester Castle; Dartmouth Castle; Deal Castle; Dover Castle; Dover Archcliffe Fort; Hurst Castle; Jewel Tower, Westminster; Landguard Fort, Felixstowe; Plymouth Citadel; Portland Castle; Garrison Church Portsmouth; Scarborough Castle; Tilbury Fort; Tynemouth Castle; Upnor Castle; Walmer Castle; Yarmouth Castle, Isle of Wight.
AND these presents shall be to all who shall or may be concerned with the Lands a sufficient Warrant.
Given at Our Court at Saint James’s this Twelfth day of July 2010 in the fifty-ninth year of Our Reign.
By Her Majesty’s Command
Ken Clarke C.