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Series
Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Gibraltar and General Department and predecessors:...
Catalogue reference: FCO 86
What's it about?
FCO 86
This series contains selected records of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Dependent Territories Administrative Staffing Unit, and its successor. The records cover responsibilities for the appointment of governors and administrative staff and...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FCO 86
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Gibraltar and General Department and predecessors: Registered Files (HX Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1970-1977
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains selected records of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Dependent Territories Administrative Staffing Unit, and its successor. The records cover responsibilities for the appointment of governors and administrative staff and general staffing questions in the Dependent Territories, and the provision of advice on constitutional and related questions. From May 1972 the series also includes records relating to Gibraltar.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For earlier files relating to Gibraltar, see FCO 83
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- HX file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Dependent Territories Administration Staffing Unit, 1969-1971
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Dependent Territories General Department, 1971-1972
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Gibraltar and General Department, 1972-1977
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 416 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2002 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
- Europe and Russia
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- Series ran 1969-1977
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Annual accruals from 1970 can be expected. No files were selected for permanent preservation from 1969.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Records selected under Acquisition Policy criteria 2.2.1.3, documenting policy matters concerning the UK dependent territories generally, including appointments and staffing matters, allowances, government housing, and constitutional matters. Policy and precedent files only retained, routine and case files destroyed. Files showing the development of UK relations with Gibraltar from May 1972 selected.
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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 Dependent Territories Administrative Staffing Unit was established in 1969 to manage appointments and staffing matters in the remaining Dependent Territories, and to provide general advice on constitutional and related questions in the Dependent Territories.
In 1971 the unit was formed into a department, the Dependent Territories General Department, and then in May 1972 was absorbed into the Gibraltar and General Department. The new department continued to use the HX file series, which from 1 May 1972 therefore also contains records relating to Gibraltar.
This arrangement continued until 1977, when the department was abolished. Functions relating to Gibraltar passed to the Southern European Department, and the general functions to the new Hong Kong and General Department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15736/
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