The Registrar of the Peerage is responsible for maintaining and updating the

Roll of the Peerage The Roll of the Peerage is a public record registering British peerage, peers in the peerages of Peerage of England, England, Peerage of Scotland, Scotland, Peerage of Ireland, Ireland, Peerage of Great Britain, Great Britain and the Peerage of th ...

History

The Roll of the Peerage was created by warrant under the

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in 2004 to work similarly to the

Official Roll of the Baronetage The Official Roll of the Baronetage is an official list of baronets kept by the Lord Chancellor; an abridged version is published online by the Standing Council of the Baronetage. Any person who wishes to claim succession to a baronetcy must prod ...

. The warrant provided for the

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to appoint a Registrar, which has always been the Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, and has been held in conjunction to that of Registrar of the Baronetage. There is also an Assistant Registrar who deputises for the Registrar, and examine succession claims while also maintaining and upkeeping the Roll. This role is held in conjunction with that of Deputy Head of the

Crown Office The Crown Office, also known (especially in official papers) as the Crown Office in Chancery, is a section of the Ministry of Justice (formerly the Lord Chancellor's Department). It has custody of the Great Seal of the Realm, and has certain ad ...

List of Registrars

References

{{reflist Crown Office English law Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom) Civil Service (United Kingdom) Peerages in the United Kingdom