Series
Prime Minister's Office: Official Residences, Chequers Estate Files
Catalogue reference: PREM 14
What's it about?
PREM 14
This series comprises files dealing with a wide variety of subjects relating to the Prime Minister's official estate at Chequers, including the day to day administration of the estate, appointments and meetings of trustees, legal and financial...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PREM 14
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Title (The name of the record)
- Prime Minister's Office: Official Residences, Chequers Estate Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1921-1968
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises files dealing with a wide variety of subjects relating to the Prime Minister's official estate at Chequers, including the day to day administration of the estate, appointments and meetings of trustees, legal and financial provision for upkeep of house and estate, and domestic and security arrangements for the house and grounds.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Loose subject and chronological order
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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)
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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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42 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1996 Prime Minister's Office
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No further accruals expected
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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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Chequers is a Tudor mansion in the Chilterns, about three miles from Princes Risborough, Bucks.
In 1909 the property was taken over and restored by Lord Lee of Fareham (the Right Honourable Sir Arthur Hamilton Lee) (1868-1947) and Lady Lee (Dame Ruth Moore Lee), and in 1917 they presented Chequers, together with a maintenance endowment, to serve from 1 January 1921, as a country residence for the Prime Minister of the day. The gift was approved by Parliament in the Chequers Estate Act 1917 (7 & 8 Geo V, c 55), passed on 20 December 1917. In 1921, the Chequers estate of about 1500 acres (600 ha) was added to the gift by Lord Lee.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11907/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: PREM
Records of the Prime Minister's Office
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Prime Minister's Office: Official Residences, Chequers Estate Files