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Treasury: Expired Commissions: Royal Commission on Honours

Catalogue reference: T 348

What's it about?

T 348

The series comprises all the known surviving working files of the Royal Commission on Honours.

Full description and record details

Reference
T 348
Title
Treasury: Expired Commissions: Royal Commission on Honours
Date
1907-1923
Description

The series comprises all the known surviving working files of the Royal Commission on Honours.

Related material

Selected files of the Political Honours Scrutiny Committee are in T 352

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Royal Commission on Honours, 1922-1923
Physical description
4 file(s)
Access conditions
Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition

Cabinet Office, Ceremonial Secretariat

Custodial history
The records were passed from the Treasury to the Civil Service Department in 1968; then to the Management and Personnel Office in 1981; and to the Cabinet Office in 1982.
Accumulation dates
File series ran from 1922 to 1923
Accruals
No future accruals expected
Selection and destruction information
The files have all been selected in accordance with the published Acquisition Policy paragraphs 2.2.1.1.
Administrative / biographical background

Following some public clamour alleging honours could be purchased the Royal Commission was appointed under the chairmanship of Lord Dunedin to investigate the honours system and to make recommendations. Its report was published as command paper Cmd.1789. The Treasury provided the Secretary to the Royal Commission: J Rae.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15636/

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Treasury: Expired Commissions: Royal Commission on Honours