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Colonial Office and successors: Governor, The Bahamas: Registered Files

Catalogue reference: CO 1067

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CO 1067

This series contains registered files produced in the office of the Governor of the Bahamas.

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Reference
CO 1067
Title
Colonial Office and successors: Governor, The Bahamas: Registered Files
Date
1964-1971
Description

This series contains registered files produced in the office of the Governor of the Bahamas.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • Colonial Office, Governor, The Bahamas, 1717-1966
  • Commonwealth Office, Governor, The Bahamas, 1966-1968
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Governor, The Bahamas, 1968-1973
Physical description
10 file(s)
Access conditions
Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition

From 2001 Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Subjects
Topics
International
Caribbean
Accruals
Series is accruing
Selection and destruction information
Selected under Acquisition Policy criterion 2.2.1.3, documenting UK relations with The Bahamas in the period leading up to independence.
Administrative / biographical background

A governor had been selected from among the British settlers in the Bahamas before 1670, a move confirmed by the Lords Proprietors of Carolina who were granted control of the islands in that year. The islands became a Crown Colony in 1717, when a Governor was first appointed from London. The Bahamas were lost to British control between 1776 and 1783, after which time control from London was reasserted. The Governor continued to represent the UK in the Bahamas until independence was granted in 1973.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15764/

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