Catalogue description Central Administrative Records

Details of Division within LCO
Reference: Division within LCO
Title: Central Administrative Records
Description:

Central administrative records of the Lord Chancellor's Office, particularly in relation to appointments.

Comprises:

  • Unregistered papers of the Lord Chancellor's Office, 1872 to 1889, LCO 1.
  • Registered files from 1882, LCO 2.
  • Northern Ireland registered files, LCO 58.
  • Lord Chancellors' notebooks, LCO 44.
  • Establishment files, containing papers from 1916, LCO 4.
  • Returns of Crown livings, LCO 5.
  • Record cards of applicants for legal appointments, 1921-2000, LCO 22.
  • Files on administration and appointments of justices of the peace, LCO 34.
  • Appointment and removal instruments for justices of the peace, LCO 52.
  • Personal and disciplinary staff files, LCO 33.
  • Sovereign's speeches at the opening and prorogation of Parliament, LCO 21.
  • Records of Adjustment Offices relating to Liabilities War Time Adjustment Acts, LCO 26.
  • European and International Policy registered files (EI series), LCO 64.
  • Administration and Policy registered files (Numbers series), LCO 65.
  • Human Resources registered files (P series), LCO 66.
  • Public Records Administration and Policy registered files (PR series), LCO 67.
  • Financial Administration and Policy registered files (FL series), LCO 68.
  • Justices of the Peace Administration and Interests registered files (JP series), LCO 69
  • Management Services registered files (MS series), LCO 70.
  • Accommodation registered files (A Symbol Series), LCO 71.
  • Administration and Policy registered files (DL series), LCO 72.
Date: 1793-2006
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 21 series
Publication note:

Descriptions of this series to November 1951, arranged by subject, are in P Polden, Guide to the Records of the Lord Chancellor's Department (HMSO, 1988).

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