Series
Treasury: Ceremonial Branch: Royal Victorian Order (V Series) Files
Catalogue reference: T 349
What's it about?
T 349
The series comprises files on revisions of the statutes and administration of the order generally.
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 349
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Title (The name of the record)
- Treasury: Ceremonial Branch: Royal Victorian Order (V Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1912-1995
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series comprises files on revisions of the statutes and administration of the order generally.
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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)
- V series
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 10 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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From 2002 Cabinet Office
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- File series ran from 1896 to 1975
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- The very small number of surviving files have all been selected, reflecting the formulation of policy within this branch of the honours system, in accordance with the published Acquisition Policy paragraph 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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This order was created by Queen Victoria by letters patent in the year 1896. The statutes have been revised at various times . The current statutes provide for five principal classes of members, for officers, and for honorary membership for foreigners nominated by the sovereign; they provide that the Lord Chamberlain shall be Chancellor, the Keeper of the Privy Purse shall be Secretary, that there shall be a Registrar, and a Chaplain. Since 1938 the Chapel of the Savoy in Savoy Hill has been the Chapel of the Order.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15682/
Catalogue hierarchy
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Treasury: Ceremonial Branch: Royal Victorian Order (V Series) Files