Series
Lord Chancellor's Office and Lord Chancellor's Department: Sovereign's Speeches at...
Catalogue reference: LCO 21
What's it about?
LCO 21
This series consists of the sovereign's speeches at the prorogation and opening of Parliament from 1936. 'Prorogation' is the discontinuation of a session of Parliament.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- LCO 21
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Title (The name of the record)
- Lord Chancellor's Office and Lord Chancellor's Department: Sovereign's Speeches at the Opening and Prorogation of Parliament
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1936-2002
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of the sovereign's speeches at the prorogation and opening of Parliament from 1936. 'Prorogation' is the discontinuation of a session of Parliament.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Some speeches from 1936 are wanting and may be found in Hansard. The Royal Archives at Windsor contain bound volumes of the Sovereign's speeches from the throne for the reigns of Queen Victoria and King George V. There is no similar series for King Edward VII's reign and the only copy held by the Royal Archives is that made at the opening of the first Parliament of his reign on 14th February 1901.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 127 papers and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1980-2005 Lord Chancellor's Department
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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There were no prorogation speeches in March 1950, October 1964 and October 1974.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10259/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: LCO
Records of the Lord Chancellor's Office and of various legal commissions and committees
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Lord Chancellor's Office and Lord Chancellor's Department: Sovereign's Speeches at the Opening and Prorogation of Parliament