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Central Administrative Records
Catalogue reference: Division within LCO
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Division within LCO
Central administrative records of the Lord Chancellor's Office, particularly in relation to appointments. Comprises: Unregistered papers of the Lord Chancellor's Office, 1872 to 1889, LCO 1.Registered files from 1882, LCO 2.Northern Ireland...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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Division within LCO
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Title (The name of the record)
- Central Administrative Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1793-2006
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Description (What the record is about)
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Central administrative records of the Lord Chancellor's Office, particularly in relation to appointments.
Comprises:
- Unregistered papers of the Lord Chancellor's Office, 1872 to 1889, LCO 1.
- Registered files from 1882, LCO 2.
- Northern Ireland registered files, LCO 58.
- Lord Chancellors' notebooks, LCO 44.
- Establishment files, containing papers from 1916, LCO 4.
- Returns of Crown livings, LCO 5.
- Record cards of applicants for legal appointments, 1921-2000, LCO 22.
- Files on administration and appointments of justices of the peace, LCO 34.
- Appointment and removal instruments for justices of the peace, LCO 52.
- Personal and disciplinary staff files, LCO 33.
- Sovereign's speeches at the opening and prorogation of Parliament, LCO 21.
- Records of Adjustment Offices relating to Liabilities War Time Adjustment Acts, LCO 26.
- European and International Policy registered files (EI series), LCO 64.
- Administration and Policy registered files (Numbers series), LCO 65.
- Human Resources registered files (P series), LCO 66.
- Public Records Administration and Policy registered files (PR series), LCO 67.
- Financial Administration and Policy registered files (FL series), LCO 68.
- Justices of the Peace Administration and Interests registered files (JP series), LCO 69
- Management Services registered files (MS series), LCO 70.
- Accommodation registered files (A Symbol Series), LCO 71.
- Administration and Policy registered files (DL series), LCO 72.
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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21 series
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Descriptions of this series to November 1951, arranged by subject, are in P Polden, Guide to the Records of the Lord Chancellor's Department (HMSO, 1988).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1039/
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30,054 records
Within the department: LCO
Records of the Lord Chancellor's Office and of various legal commissions and committees
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