Royal Commission - Notable Royal Commissions - United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Royal Commission for inquiring into the nature and extent of the Instruction afforded by the several Institutions in Ireland established for the purpose of Education (1824)
Royal Commission on Railway Gauges (1845)
Royal Commission on the Poorer Classes in Ireland 1833
Royal Commission of Inquiry into Children's Employment (1840)
Royal Commission on the British Museum (1847–49)
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 (1850) planned the Great Exhibition and still exists as a charitable body endowed by the proceeds
Royal Commission on the City of London (1853–54) led to the establishment of the Metropolitan Board of Works, the first London-wide local government body.
Royal Commission on the Health of the Army (1856–57) based on Florence Nightingale's reports on medical care during the Crimean War
Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom (1859)
Royal Commission on Transportation and Penal servitude (1863)
Royal Commission on Capital Punishment 1864-1866
Clarendon Commission (1861–64) looked into nine old public schools
Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (1869)
Royal Commission on the Working of the Penal Servitude Actc &c (1878)
Napier Commission (1883–84), formally the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Condition of Crofters and Cottars in the Highlands and Islands....
Royal Commission on Secondary Education (Bryce Commission) (1895)
Royal Commission on Sewage Disposal (1898 - 1912)
Royal Commission on the control of the feeble-minded (1904)
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (1908)
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress 1909
Royal Commission on the University of Durham (1935) — Lord Moyne
Redcliffe-Maud Commission (1966–69) on local government
Royal Commission on Trade Unions and Employers' Associations (1968)
Royal Commission on the Constitution (1969–73), also known as the "Kilbrandon Commission" or the "Crowther Commission"
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (1970-2011)
Royal Commission on the Press, United Kingdom (1947–49), (1961–62), (1974–77)
Benson Commission, or the Royal Commission on Legal Services (1976)
Pearson commission (1973–78), Royal Commission on Civil Liability and Compensation for Personal Injury
Royal Commission on Criminal Procedure (1981)
Royal Commission on Criminal Justice (1991)
Royal Commission on Long Term Care for the Elderly (1998)