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Case of Brian Donald Brown (formerly Hume): British citizen serving life sentence...
Catalogue reference: HO 343/117
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This record is about the Case of Brian Donald Brown (formerly Hume): British citizen serving life sentence... dating from 1974 Jan 01 - 1986 Dec 31 in the series Home Office: Mental Patients (MNP Symbol Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 343/117
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1974 Jan 01 - 1986 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Case of Brian Donald Brown (formerly Hume): British citizen serving life sentence in Switzerland and admitted to Broadmoor Hospital in 1976
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- MNP 74 0001/0021/020
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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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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Closed Until 2015
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Europe and Russia
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11231139/
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HO 343
Home Office: Mental Patients (MNP Symbol Series) Files
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