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Nationality and Naturalisation: Leanse, Morris (known as Maurice Isidore Leanse),...
Catalogue reference: HO 144/2679
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This record is about the Nationality and Naturalisation: Leanse, Morris (known as Maurice Isidore Leanse),... dating from 1923 in the series Home Office: Registered Papers, Supplementary. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 144/2679
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1923
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Description (What the record is about)
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Nationality and Naturalisation: Leanse, Morris (known as Maurice Isidore Leanse), from Lithuania. Resident in London. Certificate 10,390 issued 19 September 1923.
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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)
- 438209
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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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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Closed Until 2010
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Europe and Russia
- Nationality
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4176327/
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HO 144
Home Office: Registered Papers, Supplementary
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