Laird's Patent Act 1851
WHEREAS by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing Date at Westminster the Tenth Day of July in the Seventh Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, Her said Majesty did give and grant unto John Laird of Birkenhead in the County of Chester, Shipbuilder, his Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, Her especial Licence, full Power, sole Privilege, and Authority, that he the said John Laird, his Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, and every of them, by h...