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Catalogue description Treasury: Ceremonial Branch: Royal Victorian Order (V Series) Files
| Reference: | T 349 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Treasury: Ceremonial Branch: Royal Victorian Order (V Series) Files |
| Description: |
The series comprises files on revisions of the statutes and administration of the order generally. |
| Date: | 1912-1995 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | V series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 10 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2002 Cabinet Office |
| Accumulation dates: | File series ran from 1896 to 1975 |
| Selection and destruction information: | The very small number of surviving files have all been selected, reflecting the formulation of policy within this branch of the honours system, in accordance with the published Acquisition Policy paragraph 2.2.1.1. |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
This order was created by Queen Victoria by letters patent in the year 1896. The statutes have been revised at various times . The current statutes provide for five principal classes of members, for officers, and for honorary membership for foreigners nominated by the sovereign; they provide that the Lord Chamberlain shall be Chancellor, the Keeper of the Privy Purse shall be Secretary, that there shall be a Registrar, and a Chaplain. Since 1938 the Chapel of the Savoy in Savoy Hill has been the Chapel of the Order. |
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