Arthur I of Creek and Lake

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Arthur
Personal armorial achievement
King of Creek and Lake
Reign14 May 2023 – present
PredecessorChristina I & II
Self (as Lord Protector)
Lord Protector of Creek and Lake
In office
1 May 2023 – 14 May 2023
Prime MinisterPatrick Kenny (acting)
Preceded byChristina I & II (as Queen)
Succeeded bySelf (as King)
Prime Minister of Creek and Lake
In office
15 May 2021 – 1 May 2023
MonarchChristina I & II
Succeeded byPatrick Kenny (acting)
Deputy Prime Minister of Vishwamitra
Assumed office
26 November 2022
Serving with Princess Sarala
MonarchVaruna Sriraya
Prime MinisterFarhaz Hazarika
Baustralian offices
Shadow Secretary of State
for Justice
Assumed office
12 December 2022
MonarchJohn
Prime MinisterSir Oliver Doig
LeaderSir Charles Burgardt
Preceded byRory Leonard
Member of the Parliament of Baustralia
for Gloucester
Assumed office
7 May 2022
MonarchJohn
Prime Minister
Englewood King of Arms
Assumed office
22 November 2022
MonarchJohn
Cycoldian offices
Prime Minister of Cycoldia
In office
14 October 2022 – 1 May 2023
MonarchChristina I
Chief MarshalsMoradin Fenri
Brandon Mierzwa
Preceded byAvery Prasatik
Succeeded byKevon Burnett
Deputy Prime Minister of Cycoldia
In office
5 June 2022 – 14 October 2022
MonarchChristina I
Prime MinisterAvery Prasetik
Chief MarshalsColin Paul
Moradin Fenri
Foreign and Colonial Minister of Cycoldia
In office
28 September 2021 – 1 May 2023
Prime MinisterAvery Prasetik
Self
Preceded byChristopher Tran (as Foreign Minister)
Prime Minister of Sequeria
In office
28 September 2021 – 7 March 2023
MonarchChristina I
Colonial GovernessAmelia Banks
Preceded byNyck Bradaten (as Prime Minister of Richensland)
Succeeded byAmelia Banks
Other Vishwamitran offices
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Assumed office
11 June 2022
Prime MinisterFarhaz Hazarika
DeputyKevin Doan
Manggala Alif Prasetia
Johannes Mattias Toome
Preceded byMatthew Tonna
Minister of External Affairs
Assumed office
18 March 2023
Prime MinisterFarhaz Hazarika
DeputyDevin Purcell
Preceded byRafe Burfield
Chief Herald of Vishwamitra
Assumed office
27 April 2023
Appointed byVaruna Sriraya
Preceded byJayden Dagsa
(as Principal
Heraldic Advisor)
Born2002 (age 22)
Names
Arthur Alexander Asher Foxley Hayden St George
HouseLacey-Scott-FitzLacia
FatherPrince Arthur, Duke of Drednam
MotherPrincess Sophia, Countess Scott
SignatureArthur's signature

Arthur (Alexander Asher Foxley Hayden St George, born 2002) is a micronationalist, statesman, courtier and herald. He is the third and present monarch of the United Kingdom of Creek and Lake, following a half month period of transition as Lord Protector in May 2023 due to the removal of Queen Christina I & II, which occurred during the independence of Creek and Lake from the Cycoldian Imperium.

He also currently serves as the Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs in the State of Vishwamitra, being also the leader of the ruling National People's Congress party and a personal counsel of the Rashtradhyaksh.

Prior to the independence of Creek and Lake from the Imperium, he had served as Prime Minister between May 2021 till May 2023, along with several other cabinet posts under Queen Erica and Queen Christina I & II between 2019 and 2023. He also served as cabinet minister in Cycoldia between April 2021 and May 2023 and as Prime Minister from October 2022 till his resignation in May 2023 due to the independence of Creek and Lake from Cycoldia and the Cycoldian Imperium.

Political career

Creek and Lake

Arthur Lacey-Scott-FitzLacia was created Duke of Highwood, Earl of Derenwater and Baron Drednam through letters patent dated 25 January 2019 by Queen Erica, and was appointed Earl Marshall by letters patent the same day, thereby taking control of all ceremonial and heraldic matters within the nation.

He was subsequently appointed Lord Great Chamberlain by letters patent dated 7 February 2019, thereby acting as a liaison between the Government and the Royal Household. He continued to serve in a ceremonial capacity to the Government and the Royal Household till September 2020, whereby he became a government minister and advisor to the Crown.

He was appointed as Foreign Secretary and the Colonial Secretary in late September 2020, and greatly expanded and modernized the-then Royal Territories of Creek and Lake. Despite serving in HM Government as a member of the United Royalist Party, he remained apolitical. Upon the creation of the United Kingdom of Creek and Lake on 25 January 2021, he took a sojourn and remained out of politics until the (Second) Act of Union was passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Creek on 15 November 2021, thereby becoming involved in the affairs of the state and realm once more in the new United Kingdom of Creek and Lake.

Between November 2021 and May 2022, he served in the cabinet of prime minister Avery Prasatik, holding the portfolio of Lord Chancellor of the Duchy of Creek and Lake, alongside other junior positions. He succeeded Prasatik as Prime Minister on 15 May 2021. He served as prime minister till 1 May 2023, when Queen Christina I & II was declared incapacitated by Parliament and he himself was appointed as Lord Protector, governing the realm till a new monarch could be found. On 14 May, Parliament declared him as the new monarch as King Arthur by the Accession to the Crown Act 2023.

Cycoldia

Upon the union of the Crown of Creek and Lake and that of Cycoldia by the Second Act of Union 2023 on 15 November 2021, he was appointed as the Cycoldian Colonial Governor, administering the affairs of the nation on behalf of the Cycoldian Imperium. He was later naturalized as a Cycoldian citizen on 3 March 2021. On 3 April 2021, he was appointed as President of the Cycoldian College of Arms for his knowledge in heraldry and related matters. On 3 April 2021, he entered government by being elected as a member of the General Assembly of Cycoldia. The next day on 4 April he was appointed as Colonial Minister. On 5 August of that same year, he was created Earl of Glenbrook. Later in September, he was appointed as Foreign Minister, serving concurrently with that of Colonial Minister.

On 21 September 2022, he became a founder member of the Imperial Privy Council of Cycoldia, later leading many of its deliberations. On 14 October 2022, he was appointed as Prime Minister of Cycoldia, following the 2022 Monarchist Party premiership election. For his services to the state, he was created Duke of Glenbrook on 6 November 2022. He served as Prime Minister of Cycoldia until his resignation in May 2023 from all governmental and official posts, alongside his citizenship and other awards and honors.

Vishwamitra

Arthur Lacey-Scott-FitzLacia was first introduced to the State of Vishwamitra in his capacity as a special envoy of Summi Imperatoria Christina I & II of Cycoldia to discuss matters on foreign relations between Cycoldia and her imperium and Vishwamitra. He soon opted to seek citizenship in Vishwamitra and was granted citizenship in February 2022. However, soon after receiving the citizenship, he was appointed as the Cycoldian Ambassador to Vishwamitra and his credentials were not accepted by the Vishwamitran government in addition to the refusal to recognize the states of the imperium. The refusal to accept his credentials became a reason for dispute with the Cycoldian government and soon the Summi Imperatoria issued an order on ceasing relations between Cycoldia and Vishwamitra.

Despite all this, he remained a citizen of Vishwamitra and was granted a special concession by the Cycoldian crown allowing him to keep his dual citizenship. In May 2022, he contested a by-election to the Lok Sabha as an independent candidate but decided to withdraw his nomination after being requested by Rashtradhyaksh Varuna Sriraya. He was then appointed to the prestigious Privy Council on 6 May 2022 and remained its member till his resignation on 9 June 2022. As a privy councilor, he became a close personal counsel to the Rashtradhyaksh and has since been considered one of the top personal advisers to the Rashtradhyaksh.

On 11 June 2022, Prime Minister Farhaz Hazarika carried out a brief reshuffle-cum-expansion of his council of ministers and inducted him as a minister of cabinet rank. He was appointed as the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Law and Justice and in-charge of the Prime Minister's Office. As the parliamentary affairs minister, he played a pivotal role in changing and developing the parliamentary practices and procedures including the implementation of the Parliamentary Standing Orders and also played an important role in bringing up the Law Code, 2021 in his capacity as law and justice minister. He also briefly served as the Minister of External Affairs during the period of leave and subsequent resignation of Liam Alexander.

He led the high-level committee on the restoration of political parties in the nation in August 2022 and was instrumental in the process of lifting the ban on partisan politics. Following the ban being lifted by an act of the parliament, he was chosen to lead the National People's Congress by the party working committee. Under his banner, the party contested the 2022 general election and secured a thumping majority. He contested the election from two seats and was elected unopposed from the prestigious Maligaon constituency. In order to challenge the third consecutive bid of Vishwamitran National Party leader Rory Leonard from the Kalapani constituency, he contested the election from the second seat and was able to win handsomely from the seat. He later resigned from the Maligaon seat.

After his election to the Lok Sabha, he was re-inducted to the union council of ministers of Prime Minister Farhaz Hazarika as the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Law and Justice with the additional charge of the Minister of National Defence. On 26 November 2022, he was appointed as the second Deputy Prime Minister of Vishwamitra to serve alongside Princess Sarala who has held office since 31 July 2022.

On 18 March 2023, he was appointed as Minister of External Affairs. During the 2023 general election, he led the National People's Congress to another majority in the Lok Sabha, contesting and later winning the Srirajya seat against Vishwamitran National Party's leader, Devin Purcell. As Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, he led the parliamentary reforms in the nation in July and August 2023, culminating in the passage of the third edition of the Constitution of Vishwamitra, which signaled the transition of the nation into a parliamentary monarchy.

Titles, styles, and dignities

In Creek and Lake

  • 2002 – 25 January 2019: Mister Arthur Alexander Asher Foxley Hayden St George Lacey-Scott
  • 25 January 2019 – 1 May 2023: His Grace Arthur Alexander Asher Foxley Hayden St George Lacey-Scott, Duke of Highwood KC GCIF GCStO GCRC GCIF GCIC KIC RCC CH CS PC PC(L) IC
  • 1 May – 14 May 2023: His Highness Arthur Alexander Asher Foxley Hayden St George Lacey-Scott, Lord Protector of the United Kingdom of Creek and Lake
  • 14 May 2023 – present: His Majesty The King of the United Kingdom of Creek and Lake

In Baustralia

  • Prior to 7 May 2022: Arthur Alexander Asher Foxley Hayden Saint George Lacey-Scott
  • 7 May – 22 November 2022: The Honourable Arthur Alexander Asher Foxley Hayden Saint George Lacey-Scott MP
  • 22 November – 22 December 2022: Acting Lance Corporal The Honourable Arthur Alexander Asher Foxley Hayden Saint George Lacey-Scott MP BAU DGNS[a]
  • 22 December 2022 – 10 April 2023: Lance Corporal The Honourable Arthur Alexander Asher Foxley Hayden Saint George Lacey-Scott MP BAU DGNS
  • 10 April – 11 May 2023: Acting Highlander The Honourable Arthur Alexander Asher Foxley Hayden Saint George Lacey-Scott MP RBR[b]
  • 11 May – 1 October 2023: Lance Corporal The Honourable Arthur Alexander Asher Foxley Hayden Saint George Lacey-Scott MP RBR
  • 1 October – 25 December 2023: Lance Corporal The Honourable Arthur Alexander Asher Foxley Hayden Saint George Lacey-Scott-FitzLacia MP RBR
  • 25 December 2023 – present: Lance Corporal The Honourable Sir Arthur Alexander Asher Foxley Hayden Saint George Lacey-Scott-FitzLacia Kt OBE MP RBR

In Cycoldia

  • 3 March – 3 April 2021: Mister Arthur Alexander Asher Foxley Hayden St George Lacey-Scott
  • 3 March – 5 August 2021: The Honorable Arthur Alexander Asher Foxley Hayden St George Lacey-Scott
  • 5 August 2021 – 6 November 2022: His Highness Arthur Alexander Asher Foxley Hayden St George Lacey-Scott, Earl of Glenbrook
  • 5 August 2021 – 1 May 2023: His Noble Highness Arthur Alexander Asher Foxley Hayden St George Lacey-Scott, Duke of Glenbrook KIC KOG KNV GCOM CDS GCCNY CC PC

In Vishwamitra

  • 7 January – 5 May 2022: Mister Arthur Alexander Asher Foxley Hayden St George Lacey-Scott
  • 5 May – 11 June 2022: The Most Excellent Arthur Alexander Asher Foxley Hayden St George Lacey-Scott
  • 11 June – 13 August 2022: The Most Honorable Arthur Alexander Asher Foxley Hayden St George Lacey-Scott, Baron Lacey-Scott
  • 13 August – 26 November 2022: His Grace Arthur Alexander Asher Foxley Hayden St George Lacey-Scott, Duke Lacey-Scott
  • 26 November 2022 – present: His Grace The Right Honorable Maha Sri Arthur Alexander Asher Foxley Hayden St George Lacey-Scott, Duke Lacey-Scott, DKO DKII (Purvanchal) SUMV SUMP DUBM SUMM SUBB SURK DPBM DUMP DSUU DS RSP PRS CSP MP

Full title

UKCL

The Most High, Most Mighty and Most Excellent Sovereign Liege Lord Arthur, By the Grace of God, King of the United Kingdom of Creek and Lake, Emperor of Lacia, Sovereign Lord Defender of the Lacian Commonwealth and His other Realms, Territories and Dominions, Sovereign Lord of the Royal Realm, Defender of the Faith

— As King of the United Kingdom of Creek & Lake since 14 May 2023

The Most High, Potent and Noble Prince His Grace Arthur Alexander Asher Foxley Hayden St George Lacey-Scott, Duke of Highwood and Earl of Highwood, Marquess of Drednam, Earl of Derenwater, Earl of Amersham & Dredscott and Earl Lacey, Viscount Asher and Viscount Foxley, Baron Drednam and Baron Lacey-Scott, Principal Knight and Grand Master of the Most Ancient & Most Noble Order of Creek, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Orr, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Creek upon whom hath been conferred the Royal Creekian Chain, Principal Knight Grand Commander and Grand Master of the Most Exalted Imperial Order of the Falcon, Knight Grand-Commander of the Most Eminent Imperial Order of Creek, Principal Knight Grand Companion and Grand Master of the Royal Order of FitzLacia, Companion of the Honorable Order for the Companions of Honor, Companion of the Honorable Order of Merit and Companion of the Most Ancient Order of the Star, One of Her Majesty's Privy Council, One of Her Majesty's Most Excellent Privy Council of Creek, One of Her Majesty's Most Excellent Privy Council of Lake and One of Her Majesty's Most Excellent Imperial Council, Earl Marshall and Lord Great Chamberlain of the United Kingdom of Creek and Lake, Hereditary Registrar of the Royal Court of Ceremony, Hereditary Keeper of the Palace of St Orr

— As Duke of Highwood between 25 January 2019 and 14 May 2023


Vishwamitra

His Excellency The Right Honourable Raj Bhushan Maha Sri Duke Arthur Lacey-Scott-FitzLacia, D.K.O., D.K. II (Purvanchal), S.U.M.V., S.U.M.P., S.U.M.M., S.U.B.B., S.U.R.K., D.P.B.M., D.U.M.P., D.S.U.U., D.S., R.S.P., P.R.S., C.S.P., Recipient of the Royal Vishwamitran Chain, Honorary Officer of the Most Honourable Order of Meritorious Service to Federal Territories of the Queenslandian Capital Territory, Second Deputy Prime Minister of Vishwamitra, Cabinet Minister for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs in the Government of Vishwamitra, and Member of the Lok Sabha.

Honors

UKCL honors

  • Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of Creek (KC, 31 October 2019)
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Orr (GCStO, 1 June 2020)
    • Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Orr (KCStO, 17 February 2019)
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Creek (GCRC, 31 October 2019)
    • Knight Commander of the Royal Order of Creek (KCRC, 23 August 2019)
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Imperial Order of the Falcon (GCIF, 21 September 2019)
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Most Eminent Imperial Order of Creek (GCIC, 6 May 2021)
  • Knight Companion of the Sovereign Imperial Order of the Star of Creek (KIC, 6 May 2021)
  • Royal Creekian Chain (RCC, 25 January 2023)
  • Companion of the Honorable Order for the Companions of Honor (CH, 17 February 2019)
  • Companion of the Most Ancient Order of the Star (CS, 29 September 2019)
  • Recipient of the Coronation Medal of Queen Erica (31 October 2019)
  • Recipient of the Coronation Medal of Queen Christina I & II (15 July 2022)

Cycoldian honors

  • Knight of the Order of Christina I (KCI, 25 December 2021; relinquished 1 May 2023)
  • Knight of the National Order of Valour (KNV, 6 May 2022; relinquished 1 May 2023)
  • Grand Commander of the Order of Merit (GCM, 6 November 2022; relinquished 1 May 2023)
  • Knight of the Order of Grandeur (KOG, 25 December 2021; relinquished 1 May 2023)
  • Commander of the Order of Diplomatic Service (CDS, 6 May 2022; relinquished 1 May 2023)
  • Grand Commander of the Order of the Cycoldian New Years (GCCNY, 1 January 2023; relinquished 1 May 2023)
General Assembly honours
  • Prasatik Assembly Medal (PAM, 22 November 2022; relinquished 1 May 2023)
Cycoldian Imperium honours

Vishwamitran honors

Arthur Lacey-Scott-FitzLacia in ceremonial attire in Vishwamitra.
Former honours

State honors

Territories

Foreign honors

  • Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Indian Peafowl (CIP) (12 December 2023)
  • Knight Commander of the Most Illustrious Order of Panchabhuta (KPB) (12 December 2023)
Queenslandian Territories

Arms

Armorial in Baustralia (2022–present) Armorial as Englewood King of Arms Armorial in Cycoldia
(2019-2023)
Armorial in Vishwamitra (2023–present)

References

Footnotes
  1. From 22 November – 22 December 2022, Arthur held the substantive rank of trooper.
  2. From 10 April – 11 May 2023, Arthur held the substantive rank of lance corporal.
  3. With the Cycoldia, Lacia, Creek & Lake, Jockromasa, and Sequeria clasps