LETTER, SEPTIMUS BURT, QUEEN'S COUNSEL APPOINTMENT

Letter dated 30 April 1887 from John Bramston, Downing Street, London, advising that a warrant was going to be issued to the Governor of Western Australia for Septimus Burt to be appointed as Queen's Counsel.
Handwritten letter on the front page of a single sheet of white paper folded in half vertically. Signature and part of the date is written in different ink, presumably at a different time to when the text of the letter was completed.
The Queen's Counsel appointment meant that Burt was deemed to represent Queen Victoria in Western Australian courts and that he couldn't accept a case to appear against the Crown unless special permission was granted. The appointment was a mark of distinction which also granted seniority status over ordinary barristers.