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Series
Admiralty: Letters Patent, Lord High Admiral and Lords of Admiralty Appointments
Catalogue reference: ADM 4
What's it about?
ADM 4
Letters patent appointing the Lord High Admiral and the Lords of the Admiralty. The series includes a register of the patents from 1945 to 1964.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 4
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Letters Patent, Lord High Admiral and Lords of Admiralty Appointments
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1707-1964
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Description (What the record is about)
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Letters patent appointing the Lord High Admiral and the Lords of the Admiralty. The series includes a register of the patents from 1945 to 1964.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 410 case(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1713/
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