Series
Treasury: Ceremonial Branch: Life Peerages (LP Series) Files
Catalogue reference: T 346
What's it about?
T 346
Life peerages have been created to enable senior judges to sit in the House of Lords Judicial Committee since 1876; this file series dates however, from the passing of the Life Peerages Act 1958, and deals with referrals to the Political Honours...
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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T 346
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Title (The name of the record)
- Treasury: Ceremonial Branch: Life Peerages (LP Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1953-1996
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Description (What the record is about)
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Life peerages have been created to enable senior judges to sit in the House of Lords Judicial Committee since 1876; this file series dates however, from the passing of the Life Peerages Act 1958, and deals with referrals to the Political Honours Scrutiny Committee, and with the conferral of peerages under the 1958 Act.
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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)
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LP file series
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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)
- Treasury, Ceremonial Branch, 1937-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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43 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2003 Cabinet Office
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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The files were passed from the Civil Service Department to the Manpower and Personnel Office in 1981, and thence to the Cabinet Office in 1982
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1958-
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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All files from this very small series containing original correspondence have been preserved, in accordance with the published Acquisition Policy, paragraphs 2.2.1.1.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15634/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: T
Records created or inherited by HM Treasury
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Treasury: Ceremonial Branch: Life Peerages (LP Series) Files