Lords Sitting of 20 June 1837

DEMISE OF HIS MAJESTY KING WILLIAM THE FOURTH.
Their Lordships met this morning at a quarter past ten o'clock, in consequence of the DEATH of his MAJESTY, King William IV, which took place at Windsor, at twelve minutes past two o'clock, on this day, their Lordships were immediately summoned in pursuance of the 7th and 8th, William III, c. 15. The Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Marquess of Lansdowne, the Bishop of Salisbury, the Earl of Chichester, Viscount Strangford, and Lord Kenyon were present, and after prayers had been read by the Bishop of Salisbury, all took the oath of allegiance to her Majesty as Queen Victoria.
Their Lordships adjourned till three o'clock, and at that period a great number of Peers took the oath of allegiance.