Charity Commissioners

British  

plural noun

1. (in Britain) members of a commission constituted to keep a register of charities and control charitable trusts

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Charity Commissioners

The Charity Commissioners reported it to be satisfactorily and ably conducted.

From Rides on Railways by Samuel Sidney

The Governors at once requested permission from the Charity Commissioners to suspend for six months the post of Usher and to appoint a temporary Assistant to take the work.

From A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 by Edward Allen Bell

The reverend gentleman was interrupted by a messenger, who informed him that the Charity Commissioners requested his presence at the inn, where they were holding a sitting.

From Crotchet Castle by Thomas Love Peacock

Any endowment of a charity other than a building held in part only for some of the purposes aforesaid, will be dealt with by the Charity Commissioners on the application of any person interested.

From Churchwardens' Manual their duties, powers, rights, and privilages by George Henry Sumner

From the Report of the Charity Commissioners it appears that the Goldsmiths' charitable funds, exclusive of gifts by Sir Martin Bowes, amount to £2,013 per annum.

From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury

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