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Privy Council: Executive Coronation Committees: Minutes and Papers

Catalogue reference: PC 22

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PC 22

This series consists of minutes and papers of the Privy Council Executive Coronation Committees formed to make the arrangements for the coronations of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, George V and Queen Mary, George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and...

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Reference
PC 22
Title
Privy Council: Executive Coronation Committees: Minutes and Papers
Date
1831-1953
Description

This series consists of minutes and papers of the Privy Council Executive Coronation Committees formed to make the arrangements for the coronations of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, George V and Queen Mary, George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and Queen Elizabeth II.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
12 volume(s)
Access conditions
Subject to 30 year closure
Subjects
Topics
Royalty
Events and exhibitions
Custodial history
Probably held by the Privy Council Office until the creation of the Ceremonial Branch in the Treasury in 1937; the Treasury until the transfer of the Ceremonial Branch to the Civil Service Department in 1968; the Civil Service Department until the transfer of the Ceremonial Branch to the Cabinet Office in 1982.
Accumulation dates
File series ran from 1901 to 1902
Accruals
Series is not accruing
Selection and destruction information
Four volumes of minutes and papers have survived, and they have all been selected for preservation in accordance with the published Acquisition Policy, being records of one of the fundamental constitutional procedures of the state.
Administrative / biographical background

The Executive Coronation Committee was constituted under the chairmanship of the Earl Marshall the Duke of Norfolk, to make the arrangements for the coronation of King Edward VII in 1901.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15683/

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