An Alien, now residing at Desborough in the County of Northampton,
has presented to me, the Right Honourable Herbert Henry Asquith,
one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, a Memorial, Praying for a Certificate of Naturalization, and alleging that he is a
subject of the German Empire, having been born at Solingen, Kreis Solingen, Regierungsbezirk Dusseldorf Rheinish Provinz, and is the son of Philip and Wilhemine Hief, both German subjects = of the age of thirty three years = a watchmaker and jeweller = unmarried =
and
and that in the period of eight years preceding his application has resided for five years within the United Kingdom, and intends, when naturalized, to reside therein:
And whereas I have inquired into the circumstances of the case, and have received such evidence as I have deemed necessary for proving the truth of the allegations contained in such Memorial, so far as the same relate to the Memorialist:
Now in the pursuance of the authority given to me by the said Acts, I grant to the aforesaid
this Certificate, and declare that he is hereby naturalized as a British Subject, and that upon taking the Oath of Allegiance, he shall in the United Kingdom be entitled to all the political and other rights, powers and privileges, and be subject to all obligations, to which a natural-born British Subject is entitled or subject in the United Kingdom: with this qualification, that he shall not, when within the limits of the Foreign State of which is was a Subject previously to his obtaining this Certificate of Naturalisation, be deemed to be a British Subject, unless he has ceased to be a Subject of that State in pursuance of the laws thereof, or in pursuance of a Treaty to that effect.
In witness whereof I have hereto subscribed my Name this 12th day of April 1893
(Sd) H.H.Asquith.
I, Julius Rudolf Hief of Desborough in the country of Northampton, watchmaker & jeweller
do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Her Heirs and Successors, according to law.
So help me GOD.
(signed)
J.R.Hief.
Sworn and subscribed this 18th
day of April 1893 before me
G.H. C. Holden de Crespigny
Justice of the Peace
[or other official title].
Coy Northampton