The phrase 'by appointment of' is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is typically used to indicate that something was appointed by a specific person or entity, usually a person in a position of power. For example: "The official was appointed to his position by appointment of the King."
The Senate has a way of replenishing its ranks quickly, by appointment of the state governor.
He resumed the practice and teaching of medicine and in 1797, by appointment of Pres.
In 1993, Florence received, by appointment of Pope John Paul II Supreme Pontiff, the order of St. Gregory The Great.
He was appointed a federal judge to the U.S. Court of International Trade by President Johnson in 1968, and, by appointment of President Carter, served as Chief Judge from 1977 to his retirement from the federal bench in 1991.
Within 3 years, he became, successively, Tax Commissioner of the City of N.Y., Comm. of Housing & Buildings, & chairman of the N.Y.C. Planning Commission-all by appointment of Mayor William O'Dwyer.
The closest we've come to a dynasty was Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, a dance band (not actually by appointment of Her Majesty the Queen; that self-conferred honorific was meant to charm impressionable Americans) made up of four brothers, and sometimes a sister, who ruled generation after generation wherever it is that dance bands rule.
First, he sells many of his wares by appointment out of Kasteel van 's-Gravenwezel, a 14th-century castle outside of Antwerp, Belgium.
So Ms. Lange designed a maternity line with eight basic samples and worked by appointment out of an office building.
Justices of the court serve six-year terms upon election, however vacancies are filled by appointments of the Governor of Oregon until the next general election when any qualified candidate may run for the position, including the appointee.
In nearby Prospect Heights, she visited A Noble Savage, a by-appointment showroom of vintage goods.
"I think it would be a great taxi, and for Access-a-Ride," the by-appointment program of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
