British Record Commission

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The British Record Commission was a 19th-century British government body responsible for overseeing the collection, preservation, and publication of important historical public records.

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Label Occurrences
British Record Commission canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government commission ⓘ
records commission ⓘ
aimedTo centralize scattered public records ⓘ
ensure long-term preservation of key documents ⓘ
improve access to historical records for scholars ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
appointedBy British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
archivesConcerned Chancery records ⓘ
Exchequer records ⓘ
State Paper Office records ⓘ
Tower of London records ⓘ
ecclesiastical records ⓘ
parliamentary records ⓘ
country Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1837 ⓘ
field archival administration ⓘ
historical research ⓘ
public records management ⓘ
hasMainTask advising government on records policy ⓘ
arrangement and calendaring of records ⓘ
collection of public records ⓘ
preservation of public records ⓘ
publication of public records ⓘ
hasMember Keeper of the Records ⓘ
Master of the Rolls ⓘ
antiquaries ⓘ
bishops ⓘ
privy councillors ⓘ
record officers ⓘ
senior judges ⓘ
inception 1800 ⓘ
jurisdiction Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
knownFor controversies over efficiency and accounting ⓘ
early publication of national records ⓘ
laying foundations for the Public Record Office ⓘ
locatedIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
operatedInCentury 19th century ⓘ
19th century in the United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf British public administration ⓘ
produced documentary editions ⓘ
printed volumes of legal records ⓘ
printed volumes of parliamentary records ⓘ
printed volumes of state papers ⓘ
record calendars ⓘ
replacedBy Public Record Office ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Record Commission editors → employer → British Record Commission ⓘ