Division
Commissioners for Inquiry into Charities
Catalogue reference: Division within CHAR
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Division within CHAR
Records of the Charity Commissioners, 1818 to 1850, are in CHAR 2 together with a few records of the special commission of 1849.
Full description and record details
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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 CHAR
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Title (The name of the record)
- Commissioners for Inquiry into Charities
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Date (When the record was created)
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1812-c1850
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Charity Commissioners, 1818 to 1850, are in CHAR 2 together with a few records of the special commission of 1849.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Commissioners for Inquiry into Charities, 1818-1841
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 series
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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The duties of the Commissioners for Enquiry into Charities, appointed under the provisions of statutes 58 Geo III C 91 and 59 Geo III C 81, were to examine and investigate the state of charities. They also made suggestions and recommendations on such matters as the correction of irregularities or possible administrative improvements. By the Charity Estates (England) Act 1819 they were also enabled to certify a particular charity to the Attorney General in order that he might commence legal proceedings in equity to remedy abuse, misconduct, etc, in the management of a trust. The commissioners also prepared reports on the results of their investigations and these were printed and published as Parliamentary Papers from 1819 to 1840.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1349/
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Commissioners for Inquiry into Charities