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Series
Commonwealth Relations Office and Successors: High Commission and Consular Archives,...
Catalogue reference: DO 225
What's it about?
DO 225
This series consists of records detailing the work of the UK High Commission in Colombo, responsible for the conduct of UK relations with Ceylon, and consular activities.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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DO 225
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Title (The name of the record)
- Commonwealth Relations Office and Successors: High Commission and Consular Archives, Ceylon: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1955-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of records detailing the work of the UK High Commission in Colombo, responsible for the conduct of UK relations with Ceylon, and consular activities.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Commonwealth Office, High Commission for Ceylon, 1966-1968
- Commonwealth Relations Office, High Commission for Ceylon, 1948-1966
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, High Commission for Ceylon, 1968-1972
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, High Commission for Sri Lanka, 1972-1972
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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21 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- International
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Records of high commissions in the Commonwealth Relations Office passed to the custody of the Commonwealth Office on its creation in August 1966, and thence to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from October 1968.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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File series began in 1948
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The High Commission in Colombo was established from February 1948 when Ceylon became a fully independent self-governing member of the Commonwealth. Ceylon became a republic in 1972, at which time it was re-named Sri Lanka.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15653/
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Commonwealth Relations Office and Successors: High Commission and Consular Archives, Ceylon: Registered Files
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