(d. 1981), River Superintendent and Chief Harbour Master of the Port of London Authority, as Commander of the Royal Order of the North Star (7th June 1954), on the occasion of the State Visit of the King and Queen of Sweden, with the letter from Queen Elizabeth II's Secretary, Sir Michael Edward Adeane (1910-1984), from 1972 life Baron, giving permission to wear the order on certain occasions connected with the Swedish Royal Family, Embassy or Armed Services, or for example at a Memorial Service exclusively connected with Sweden (Buckingham Palace, 16th August 1954), a forwarding letter from the Swedish Embassy (17th February 1955), and a printed notice about returning the decorations on appointment to a higher rank in the order or on death, in Swedish, French and English, the diploma with engraved Royal Arms of Sweden and wafer seal of the Order of the Knights of the Seraphim, 1 side folio and conjugate blank, King Gustaf VI was a distinguished scholar and authority on Chinese art and archaeology. In 1905 he married Princess Margaret of Connaught (1882-1920) and in 1925 Lady Louisa (1889-1966), sister of Earl Mountbatten of Burma. As a boy apprentice, Commander Coleman sailed three times round the Horn in the three-masted barque 'Inverlyon' of Aberdeen, and won the D.S.C. in the Royal Navy Submarine service. He retired in 1923 to become a harbour inspector with the P.L.A., which he served for 36 years till he retired again in 1959. His colleagues knew him for his imperturbable manner and his expeditious, if unorthodox, methods of handling meetings.

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Letter of Appointment, in Swedish with translation, naming Commander Arthur Mallorie Coleman, O.B.E, D.S.C., R.N. (retd.), (1882- 1973, from 1950 King of Sweden)]

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1954

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