The London Gazette , front page from Monday 3 - 10 September 1666, reporting on the Great Fire of London. (Click image to enlarge and read)

The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the United Kingdom government, and the most important among such official journals in the UK, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published. The London Gazette is the oldest surviving English newspaper and the oldest continuously-published newspaper in the United Kingdom, having been first published on 7 November 1665. It is not a conventional newspaper offering general news coverage, and does not have a large circulation. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (800x1119, 191 KB) Summary The London Gazette, front page from Monday 3 - 10 September 1666, reporting on the Fire of London. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (800x1119, 191 KB) Summary The London Gazette, front page from Monday 3 - 10 September 1666, reporting on the Fire of London. ... Detail of painting from 1666 of the Great Fire of London by an unknown artist, depicting the fire as it would have appeared on the evening of Tuesday, 4 September from a boat in the vicinity of Tower Wharf. ... The agencies responsible for the government of the United Kingdom consist of a number of ministerial departments (usually headed by a Secretary of State) and non-ministerial departments headed by senior civil servants. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1665 (MDCLXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ...

Other official newspapers of the UK government are the Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes, which, apart from reproducing certain materials of nationwide interest published in the London Gazette, also contain publications specific to Scotland and Northern Ireland, respectively. The Edinburgh Gazette, along with the London Gazette and the Belfast Gazette, is an official newspaper of the United Kingdom government. ... This article is about the country. ... Northern Ireland (Irish: ) is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ...

In turn, the London Gazette not only carries notices of UK-wide interest, but also those relating specifically to entities or people in England. However, certain notices that are only of specific interest to Scotland or Northern Ireland are also required to be published in the London Gazette. For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... Northern Ireland (Irish: ) is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ...

Today

In 2006 the London Gazette is still published each weekday, except for Bank Holidays. Notices for the following, among others, are published: This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

• Granting of Royal Assent to bills of the Parliament of the United Kingdom or of the Scottish Parliament
• The issuance of writs of election when a vacancy occurs in the House of Commons
• Appointments to certain public offices
• Corporate and personal insolvency
• Granting of awards of honours and military medals
• Changes of names or of coats of arms
• Royal Proclamations and other Declarations

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History

The London Gazette, dated 14-17 May 1705 detailing the return of John Leake from Gibraltar after the Battle of Cabrita point.

The London Gazette was first published as the Oxford Gazette on 7 November 1665. Charles II and the Royal Court had moved to Oxford to escape the Great Plague of London, and courtiers were unwilling to touch, let alone read, London newspapers for fear of contagion. The Gazette was "Published by Authority" by Henry Muddiman, and its first publication is noted by Samuel Pepys in his diary. The King returned to London as the plague dissipated, and the Gazette moved too, with the first issue of the London Gazette (labeled No. 24) being published on 5 February 1666. The Gazette was not a newspaper in the modern sense: it was sent in manuscript by post to subscribers, not printed for sale to the general public. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 399 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (745 × 1119 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 399 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (745 × 1119 pixel, file size: 1. ... John Leake (Rotherhithe, July 4, 1656 - Greenwich, August 21, 1720) was one of the most prominent English admirals of his time. ... The London Gazette, dated 14-17 May 1705 detailing the return of Leake from Gibraltar after the battle. ... is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1665 (MDCLXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. ... Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ... A bill of mortality for the plague year of 1665. ... A courtier is a person who attends upon, and thus receives a privileged position from, a powerful person, usually a head of state. ... Henry Muddiman (1629–1692) was a English journalist and publisher active after the restoration of the monarchy. ... Samuel Pepys, FRS (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, who is now most famous for his diary. ... == c programming[[a--203. ... is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1666 is often called Annus Mirabilis. ...

Her Majesty's Stationery Office took over the publication of the Gazette in 1889.

Traditions

In time of war, dispatches from the various conflicts are published in the London Gazette. People referred to are said to have been mentioned in dispatches. When members of the armed forces are promoted, and these promotions are published here, the person is said to have been “gazetted”. For other uses, see War (disambiguation). ... Mentioned in Dispatches (MID) is a military award for gallantry or otherwise commendable service. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Being "gazetted" (or "in the gazette") sometimes also meant having official notice of one's bankruptcy published, as in the classic ten-line poem comparing the stolid yeomen of 1743 to the lavishly-spending faux-genteel farmers of 1843:

Old Style: Man, to the plough

Wife, to the cow

Girl, to the yarn

Boy, to the barn

And your rent will be netted.

New Style: Man, Tally Ho!

Miss, piano

Wife, silk and satin

Boy, Greek and Latin

And you'll all be Gazetted."

The phrase "gazetted fortune hunter" is also probably derived from this. Notices of engagement and marriage also used to be published in the Gazette.

See also

• Belfast Gazette in Northern Ireland
• Dublin Gazette in Ireland
• Edinburgh Gazette in Scotland
• Official Journal of the European Union

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Colonial Gazettes

There are equivalent Government Gazettes for the following current/former colonies or protectorates. They are available at the National Archives. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about states protected and/or dominated by a foreign power. ... The National Archives is a British Governmental organisation created in April 2003. ...

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References

External links

• London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes