Catalogue description Treasury: Ceremonial Branch, Imperial Service Order (ISO Series) Files

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Details of T 359
Reference: T 359
Title: Treasury: Ceremonial Branch, Imperial Service Order (ISO Series) Files
Description:

The series comprises files on the administration of the order. The current statutes provide for the awards of Companionships and Medals for meritorious service for specified periods of years in the UK Home Civil Service or in the Civil Services of self-governing Commonwealth countries which acknowledge the Queen; for numerical limits to the numbers of Companions and Medals; and that the Secretary to the Order shall be the person for the time being holding the office of Head of the UK Home Civil Service.

Date: 1902-1995
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 32 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2004 Cabinet Office
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

King Edward VII created and constituted this civil order of distinction by warrant under the royal sign manual in the year 1902; the statutes have been revised at various times.

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