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Catalogue description Lord Chancellor's Office and Lord Chancellor's Department: Sovereign's Speeches at the Opening and Prorogation of Parliament
| Reference: | LCO 21 |
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| Title: | Lord Chancellor's Office and Lord Chancellor's Department: Sovereign's Speeches at the Opening and Prorogation of Parliament |
| Description: |
This series consists of the sovereign's speeches at the prorogation and opening of Parliament from 1936. 'Prorogation' is the discontinuation of a session of Parliament. |
| Date: | 1936-2002 |
| Related material: |
Some speeches from 1936 are wanting and may be found in Hansard. The Royal Archives at Windsor contain bound volumes of the Sovereign's speeches from the throne for the reigns of Queen Victoria and King George V. There is no similar series for King Edward VII's reign and the only copy held by the Royal Archives is that made at the opening of the first Parliament of his reign on 14th February 1901. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 127 papers and volumes |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
In 1980-2005 Lord Chancellor's Department |
| Accruals: | Series is not accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
There were no prorogation speeches in March 1950, October 1964 and October 1974. |
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