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Catalogue description Treasury: Ceremonial Branch: Life Peerages (LP Series) Files
| Reference: | T 346 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Treasury: Ceremonial Branch: Life Peerages (LP Series) Files |
| Description: |
Life peerages have been created to enable senior judges to sit in the House of Lords Judicial Committee since 1876; this file series dates however, from the passing of the Life Peerages Act 1958, and deals with referrals to the Political Honours Scrutiny Committee, and with the conferral of peerages under the 1958 Act. |
| Date: | 1953-1996 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | LP file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Treasury, Ceremonial Branch, 1937-1968 |
| Physical description: | 43 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2003 Cabinet Office |
| Custodial history: | The files were passed from the Civil Service Department to the Manpower and Personnel Office in 1981, and thence to the Cabinet Office in 1982 |
| Accumulation dates: | 1958- |
| Selection and destruction information: | All files from this very small series containing original correspondence have been preserved, in accordance with the published Acquisition Policy, paragraphs 2.2.1.1. |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
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