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Colonial Office and Commonwealth Office: Office of the Her Majesty's Commissioner,...

Catalogue reference: CO 1063

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CO 1063

This series contains records produced by the office of Her Majesty's Commissioner in Swaziland.

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Reference
CO 1063
Title
Colonial Office and Commonwealth Office: Office of the Her Majesty's Commissioner, Swaziland: Registered Files
Date
1966-1968
Description

This series contains records produced by the office of Her Majesty's Commissioner in Swaziland.

Related material

Earlier records of the High Commissioner for South Africa concerning Swazialand are in DO 119

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Her Majesty's Commissioner, Swaziland, 1963-1968
Physical description
8 file(s)
Access conditions
Subject to 30 year closure
Immediate source of acquisition

From 2001 Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Subjects
Topics
International
Africa
Custodial history
Records of the Colonial Office passed into the custody of the Commonwealth Office when it was created in August 1966, and thence into the custody of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in October 1968.
Accumulation dates
File series ran from 1963 to 1968
Accruals
Series is accruing
Selection and destruction information
Selected under Acquisition Policy criterion 2.2.1.3, documenting UK relations with Swaziland.
Administrative / biographical background

Under the Swaziland Order in Council of December 1963, responsibility for the administration of Swaziland passed from the High Commissioner to South Africa to the newly created post of Her Majesty's Commissioner in Swaziland. This arrangement continued until Swaziland attained independence as a Kingdom within the Commonwealth in September 1968. From this time the UK representative in Swaziland was designated High Commissioner.

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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15667/

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