Series
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
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- T 348
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Title (The name of the record)
- Treasury: Expired Commissions: Royal Commission on Honours
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1907-1923
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series comprises all the known surviving working files of the Royal Commission on Honours.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Selected files of the Political Honours Scrutiny Committee are in T 352
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Royal Commission on Honours, 1922-1923
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 4 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- 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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Cabinet Office, Ceremonial Secretariat
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- 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.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- File series ran from 1922 to 1923
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- The files have all been selected in accordance with the published Acquisition Policy paragraphs 2.2.1.1.
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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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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.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15636/
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: Expired Commissions: Royal Commission on Honours