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Foreign and Commonwealth Office and predecessors: British Residency and High Commission,...
Catalogue reference: DO 229
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DO 229
This series contains selected records of the British Residency in Brunei to 1959, and the office of Her Majesty's High Commissioner in the State of Brunei from 1959.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DO 229
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office and predecessors: British Residency and High Commission, Brunei: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1952-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains selected records of the British Residency in Brunei to 1959, and the office of Her Majesty's High Commissioner in the State of Brunei from 1959.
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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)
- 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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- Colonial Office, British Residency, Brunei, 1905-1959
- Commonwealth Relations Office, High Commission, Brunei, 1959-1968
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, High Commission, Brunei, 1968-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 8 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2001 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
- Asia
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Records of the British Residency in Brunei passed to the High Commissioner's Office when it was established in September 1959, when responsibility for UK relations with Brunei passed from the Colonial Office to the Commonwealth Relations Office.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- File series began in 1905
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Occasional further accruals can be expected.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Selected under Acquisition Policy criterion 2.2.1.3, documenting UK relations with the State of Brunei.
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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 State of Brunei was placed under British protection by a treaty of 1888, under which the Sultan of Brunei agreed that the state's foreign relations would be conducted by Britain. A supplementary agreement to this treaty in 1905 provided for a British officer, the Resident, to be the agent and representative of the British government in Brunei. The Resident reported to the British High Commissioner for the Malay States (1905-1948) and then to the Governor of Sarawak (1948-1959).
In September 1959 a new agreement replaced that of 1905. The Sultan promulgated a written constitution, and Britain remained responsible for the defence and foreign relations of Brunei. The office of Resident was terminated, and replaced with a High Commissioner. Brunei resumed full independence from Britain as a member of the Commonwealth in 1984.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15763/
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