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Excerpt from An Index to Changes of Name: Under Authority of Act of Parliament or Royal Licence and Including Irregular Changes From I George III to 64 Victoria, 1760 to 1901 The compilation of the present index was commenced several years ago, and has proved a longer and more tedious task than at the outset was anticipated. It was at first intended to include only changes of name effected under the royal sign manual, or by the authority of a private act of parliament. But so many changes have been effected irregularly within the last half century, that it was thought it would be a matter of some practical utility if they also could be included, even though they were without authority, and this accordingly has been done, though it has somewhat delayed the completion of the index, and added in no small degree to the labour of compiling it. But if it adds to the utility of the index, the compilers will be fully satisfied. The sources from which this index has been compiled are several. Primarily it is based on the Changes of Name by Royal licence. For this purpose the volumes of the London Gazette, and also the Dublin Gazette from 1760 to 1901 were examined, but it must be remembered that not all Royal licences are advertised in the Gazettes, though the vast majority are so advertised for obvious reasons of convenience, and often also in the Times and other newspapers. Registration at Heralds College only, is a sufficient compliance with the Royal licence granted. Next, this list comprises those names changed under the authority of Private Acts of Parliament, a method now but little resorted to. In this list they, as a rule, are indicated simply by the usual references of year of the reign and chapter by which such Acts are usually referred to, but occasionally also the reference to the Index to Private Acts of Parliament is also quoted. The next class are those changes made, suo motu, without any licence or Act of Parliament, and these, which are usually evidenced by deeds poll and simple advertisement, have been taken chiefly from the columns of the "Times" though, as this method of irregular change did not become frequent till somewhat less than 50 years ago, it was not thought necessary to search the "Times" before the year 1861. These changes are indicated by the word "Times," and the date of issue, and when accompanied by a deed poll, that fact is indicated by the initials d.p. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.