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Letters patent of Queen Victoria appointing Samuel Gale, John Southerden Burn, George...
Catalogue reference: RG 80/3
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This record is about the Letters patent of Queen Victoria appointing Samuel Gale, John Southerden Burn, George... dating from 1857 Jan 01 in the series General Register Office and successors: Seals and Letters Patent. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- RG 80/3
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1857 Jan 01
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Description (What the record is about)
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Letters patent of Queen Victoria appointing Samuel Gale, John Southerden Burn, George Graham, Robert Lush, William Palmer Parken, Horace Mann and Hull Terrell as commissioners to inquire into the state, custody and authenticity of registers and records of births, baptisms, deaths, burials and marriages (other than parochial registers) in England and Wales
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Population
- Census
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RG 80
General Register Office and successors: Seals and Letters Patent
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General Register Office and successors: Seals and Letters Patent
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Letters patent of Queen Victoria appointing Samuel Gale, John Southerden Burn, George...
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