b'Member News November 2022 5HM The QueenRemembering our Patron,HM The Queen April 1926September 2022By Anne Locker MCLIP, Library and Archives ManagerQueen Elizabeth II became Patron of the IET in 1952. Her involvement with the world of engineering, however, went beyond this one official role. She was interested in the contributions of engineering and technology to the modern world, from her voluntary work in the Second World War to the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, launched in 2012. HM The Queen during IEE centenary celebrations at the Royal Festival Hall, 1971The first royal Patron of the Council agreed toThis interest in science andQueen was also Patron of the Institution was Kingsend a petition prayingengineering began early.the Institution of Mechanical George V. The then Institutionthat Her Majesty wouldDuring the Second World War,Engineers, the Institution of of Electrical Engineersgraciously assent to bethe young Princess ElizabethCivil Engineers, the Royal petitioned His Majesty inPatron of the Institution.joined the Auxiliary TerritorialAeronautical Society, the 1921, and his patronage wasThe Council preparedService (ATS) and trained asRoyal Society and many other granted at the same timea Loyal Address for thea driver and mechanic. Afterorganisations devoted to as the first Royal Charter. Incoronation, engrossedthe war, her grandmother,science and technology.1936, Edward VIII consentedon vellum and illuminatedQueen Mary, was keen thatIf you have attended a formal to become Patron, and thisand it was put on displayshe learnt more about the UKs was continued by George VIin the library before beingengineering and manufacturingdinner at IET London: Savoy when Edward VIII abdicated. presented to the Queen.industry and arranged aPlace, you may remember a The address emphasisedseries of visits. Accompaniedtoast to The Queen, the Duke On Elizabeth IIs accessionHer Majestys connectionby Queen Mary and Carolineof Lancaster.to the throne in 1952,to engineering: Haslett (also a member of theThis toast is traditionally used IEE), Princess Elizabeth visitedin the county of Lancashire, a hosiery factory, Batterseaand its also used at Savoy Power Station, the GECPlace because the freehold The members of this Institution, whichResearch Laboratories andis owned by the Duchy of Johnson and Phillips, electricalLancaster, and that title is exists to promote the advancement ofengineers and cable makers.one attached to the Crown. electrical science and engineering andDuring her time as Patron,Following the accession to the their applications, are much encouragedthe Queen attended severalthrone of King Charles III, the new toast will be to The King, by the stimulating interest which Yourhistoric events. In 1965, thethe Duke of Lancaster.Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh Majesty so consistently shows in theand Lord MountbattenToday, the IET joins means by which science can be appliedattended a reception at the to alleviate the conditions under whichScience Museum for thethe global engineering newly formed Council ofcommunity in mankind must live, as exemplified in theEngineering Institutions, nowremembering the life industries and services of our country,the Engineering Council. of Queen Elizabeth II as well as in the homes of your people. In 1971, she attended aand her loyal service conversazione at the Royalto engineering over Festival Hall to celebrate the IEEs centenary. Thethe past 70 years.'