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The Office of
Lord Warden |
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| Admiral of the Fleet the
Lord Boyce KG, GCB, OBE, DL |
| Lord
Warden and Admiral of the Cinque Ports |
The Lord Warden, Admiral of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle
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| Admiral of the Fleet the
Lord Boyce, KG, GCB, OBE, DL. |
Born in 1943,
Lord Boyce was educated at Hurstpierpoint College and the Britannia Royal
Naval College, Dartmouth. He joined the Royal Navy in 1961 and rose to
the position of First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, in 1998.
He served as Chief of the Defence Staff and Aide-de-Camp to H.M. the Queen
from February, 2001. On his retirement, in 2003, Admiral Sir Michael Boyce
was created a Life Peer (with the title Baron Boyce of Pimlico in the
City of Westminster) and he now sits as a cross-bencher in the House of
Lords. In April 2011 he was created a Knight Companion of the Order of
the Garter. The Lord Warden was appointed by The Queen, on the advice
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| The Lord Warden attends Brightlingsea
Choosing Day....Monday 3 December 2018 |
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Aboard the Sailing Smack Priscilla....
The Lord Warden meets apprentices of the Pioneer Sailing Trust, who worked
on the restoration |
The Lord Warden receives oysters from The Deputy |
....and a picture from the Immediate Past Deputy |
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| The Deputy meets The Lord Warden
at Sandwich opening of the Boat Shed....Saturday 2 July 2016 |
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| The Lord Warden at Brightlingsea |
The Cinque
Port Liberty of Brightlingsea was delighted to welcome Admiral the Lord
Boyce to the Choosing Day ceremony on Monday 2nd December 2013. This was
only the second time that a Lord Warden had attended the historic ceremony,
the first time was in 1924 when Earl Beauchamp was present. |
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The Lord Warden with our Deputy Roger Tabor and the
Mayor of Sandwich Councillor Bernard Butcher
with Assistants to the Deputy John Cole and Peter Beadles |
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During the
2013 Choosing Day Lord Boyce was made an Honorary Freeman.
He addressed the outgoing Deputy Bob Holland and the body of Freemen in
a packed All Saints’ Church. The Lord Warden witnessed the Choosing
(election) of the new Deputy, Roger Tabor.
The Lord Warden was taken to the Hard and the Georgian
Cinque Port Wreckhouse by the Deputy and shown where his predecessors
exercised their Right of Wreck. Admiral Boyce then attended the Choosing
Day Lunch where he again addressed the Freemen. He was given gifts of
oysters and a book of photographs of Brightlingsea by former Deputy Bob
Holland, and then a framed picture of Brightlingsea’s Cinque Port
heraldic arms of 1804 by the Deputy Roger Tabor and Lady Deputy Liz Artindale.
It was a great occasion to have the Lord Warden in our
midst in his Cinque Port of Brightlingsea.
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Addressing the Freemen at their Lunch |
180 Freemen and guests sat down to a four course lunch |
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| The Cinque Port Liberty of Brightlingsea
was further honoured when the Lord Warden, Admiral Lord Boyce
took part in Brightlingsea’s “Blessing & Reclaiming of the
Waters” on Sunday 1st June 2014. The Lord Warden headed the procession
accompanied by his wife followed by the Deputy and Lady Deputy. “The
Blessing of the Waters” which had been held for centuries in Brightlingsea
was revived by our Deputy Roger Tabor.
As Admiral of the Cinque Ports, the Lord Boyce raised his personal standard
on the Skillinger sailing smack ‘Pioneer’. Following the service,
‘Pioneer’ led Brightlingsea’s fleet of wooden heritage
smacks and sailing barge in Beating the Bounds of Brightlingsea Creek.
To mark Brightlingsea’s West Ness Point (Bateman’s Tower)
a dredge was made, then the Lord Warden was presented with a tankard with
which he made the traditional Beating of Bound’s toast “Gang
Ho!”
Across the centuries Lord Wardens have supported Brightlingsea in retaining
its rights to use of its waters in its Liberty, so Admiral Boyce’s
presence kept alive this historic connection.
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| The Lord Warden’s
Installation 2005 |
The Lord Warden
was installed in office at a session of the Grand Court of Shepway, held
in Dover on Tuesday 12 April 2005. Our Deputy Michael Hindley was fortunate
to be invited to the Installation, an ancient ceremony of The Court of
Shepway, sitting in the Ancient Priory of St Martin, Dover. The photo's
below were taken at a lunch, hosted by The Mayor of Sandwich. |
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Our Deputy Michael with The Mayor of Sandwich Brian Scott |
Our Deputy Michael with The Mayor of Sandwich and Assistant Tony Morris |
From L to R: Lord Boyce's partner, Fleur Rutherford, Deputy Michael, Lord
Boyce, Jacque Collyer-Smith
Mayoress of Sandwich Beryl Scott and Assistant Tony Morris |
Deputy Michael with Cadet Tim Weaver, a Sandwich Technical College student
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The Cinque Ports patch worn on the cadet uniforms |
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| Photographs by Jacque and Peter
Collyer-Smith |
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