Treasury: Ceremonial Branch: The Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George...

T 347

1903-1968

The series comprises files on the administration of the order. The current statutes provide that the ordinary members shall have performed high or confidential service overseas, and that the Secretary to the Order shall be the person for the time being holding the office of Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. The statutes also provide that the dean shall be the person holding for the time being the office of Dean of the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul in London and the south west chapel of the cathedral is at the disposal of the order.

M and G file series

Public Record(s)

English

12 file(s)

Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

From 2002 Cabinet Office

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

Series is accruing

The very small number of surviving files have all been selected, in accordance with the published Acquisition Policy paragraphs 2.2.1.1.

King George III created and constituted this order of knighthood by letters patent in the year 1818; the statutes were revised in 1850, and have been considerably further revised at various times during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. The statutes provide for three principal classes of members and for overall limits to the numbers in each of these three classes, for officers, for additional members invested for certain specific past events, and for honorary membership for citizens outside the Sovereign's realms.