Series
Welsh Office: Office for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales 1969: Records
Catalogue reference: BD 67
What's it about?
BD 67
This series consists of records of the Office for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales. It contains minutes and papers of the committee set up to organise the Investiture and some of its sub-committees. Also included are some of the working...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BD 67
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Title (The name of the record)
- Welsh Office: Office for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales 1969: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1906-1975
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of records of the Office for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales. It contains minutes and papers of the committee set up to organise the Investiture and some of its sub-committees. Also included are some of the working papers created in the Investiture Office. The vast majority of the files are from 1967 to 1969.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Former reference number; it is not known whether these W references were added retrospectively.
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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)
- W file 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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Welsh Office, Office for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, 1967-1969
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 137 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1999-2004 National Assembly for Wales
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- The files were created in London but transferred to the Welsh Office in Cardiff when the committee was wound up in 1970.
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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)
- Most records were selected.
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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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In 1967, the Secretary of State for Wales set up a committee to organise the celebrations surrounding the investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester. At the same time a small office was established to provide secretarial and other services to the committee. The committee and the office were accommodated in London.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2843/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: BD
Records created or inherited by the Welsh Office and the Wales Office
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Welsh Office: Office for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales 1969: Records