Catalogue description Treasury and Cabinet Office: Ceremonial Branch, Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals: Files (HDC Series)

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Reference: T 360
Title: Treasury and Cabinet Office: Ceremonial Branch, Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals: Files (HDC Series)
Description:

The Committee was established as a standing body able to address policy issues in the area of honours and awards, and to frame recommendations which would be acceptable to the monarch as the fount of honour.
Date: 1939-1995
Held by: Creating government department or its successor, not available at The National Archives
Former reference in its original department: HDC
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Civil Service Department, Ceremonial Branch, 1968-1981

Treasury, Ceremonial Branch, 1937-1968
Access conditions: Retained by department
Administrative / biographical background:

The Committee was set up by the King in 1939. It was modelled on the similar committees set up in 1935, 1936 and 1937 to deal with honours issues arising from the Silver Jubilee, the Coronation, and with alterations to the insignia of various orders and decorations.

The Committee was formally chaired by the Head of the Home Civil Service, but in practice it has operated mainly by means of the circulation of papers and seldom meets as a committee in plenary session.

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