Sentence examples for royal appointment from inspiring English sources
The position is a royal appointment.
He or she is then to select a cabinet, which will be subject to royal appointment.
The post of Met commissioner is technically made by royal appointment.
Goldie's Band: By Royal Appointment starts on BBC 2 on 22 February.
While they are by royal appointment, Bentley and Skinner did not make the crown.
Anthony Fortescue was the High Sheriff of Cornwall, a Royal appointment made annually, dating back to Saxon times.
In addition, there are two royal appointments: the Lord Great Chamberlain, currently the Marquess of Cholmondeley, is appointed as the Queen's representative in Parliament, while the post of Earl Marshal remains purely hereditary; the office has been held since 1672 by the Dukes of Norfolk and is responsible for ceremonies such as the State Opening of Parliament.
Gregory VII, though defending the independence of the church, was in fact tolerant of royal appointments that were free from simony.
He held royal appointments as musical composer to the king (from 1661) and as music master to the royal family (from 1662).
After receiving several lucrative royal appointments, he bought the manor of Hale, Hampshire, in 1715 and rebuilt the house and church.
That job, and later royal appointments, required considerable business acumen — recording, auditing, supervising — and this is a matter that scholars have taken seriously in trying to mount a portrait of Chaucer's personality.
