Lord Privy Seal
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Lord Privy Seal
First recorded in 1550–60
Example Sentences
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The Lord Privy Seal, who is responsible for procedure, told peers the Lords had become "far too much a House of the south-east of England".
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2024
In response to questions from peers, the Lord Privy Seal, Lord True, said he would not comment on "specific circumstances", and the Royal Household would need to be consulted about any change.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2022
The issue of government intervention was raised a month later, on 29 June, 1981 by the Lord Privy Seal, Sir Ian Gilmour, in a letter to NI Secretary of State, Humphrey Atkins.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2012
Back home, the future earl was elected Joint Master of the Middleton Hounds, a lifetime ambition, and, in the Baldwin government, became Lord Privy Seal.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Lord Privy Seal was beneath a tall cresset in the stern of his barge, looking across the night and the winter river.
From The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court by Ford, Ford Madox
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