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Colonial Defence Committee, and Committee of Imperial Defence, Colonial Defence Committee...
Catalogue reference: CAB 7
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CAB 7
This series consists of the records of four different bodies: minutes, reports and correspondence of the first Colonial Defence Committee, minutes and papers of the the Royal Commission appointed to enquire into the Defence of British Possessions...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CAB 7
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Defence Committee, and Committee of Imperial Defence, Colonial Defence Committee later Oversea Defence Committee: Minutes, Reports and Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1877-1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of the records of four different bodies: minutes, reports and correspondence of the first Colonial Defence Committee, minutes and papers of the the Royal Commission appointed to enquire into the Defence of British Possessions and Commerce Abroad (Carnarvon Commission), minutes and papers of the second Colonial Defence Committee, and minutes and papers of the CID's Colonial Defence Committee, later renamed the Oversea Defence Committee, Additionally, there are War Office memoranda on colonial defences and various related reports.
Topics covered by the first Colonial Defence Committee were defence of the colonies and seaborne trade and the defence of colonial ports. The Royal Commission appointed to enquire into Defence of British Possessions and Commerce Abroad (Carnarvon Commission) addressed matters of colonial defence, issues arising from the international crisis, seaborne trade, and specifically the defence and provision of coaling stations in the colonies.
Topics covered by the second Defence Committee and by the CID's Defence Committee, later the Oversea Defence Committee, included those which occupied the Committee's predecessors, together with the composition and organisation of local forces and the provision for overseas commands, principally in non-self governing territories.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Records of the War Cabinet, Oversea Defence Committee after August 1939 continue in CAB 94
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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)
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LF and ROC file series
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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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- Colonial Defence Committee, 1878-1879
- Colonial Defence Committee, 1885-1904
- Committee of Imperial Defence, Colonial Defence Committee, 1904-1911
- Committee of Imperial Defence, Oversea Defence Committee, 1911-1939
- Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the Defence of British Possessions and Commerce Abroad, 1877-1900
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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18 volume(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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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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1925-1929
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No future accruals expected
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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 minutes and papers of these committees were circulated to all ministers, to the First Sea Lord, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, the Chief of Naval War Staff and the Director of Military Operations, and to any other naval and military officers and other official who attended the meetings.
Copies were also sent to permanent secretaries of the Treasury, Foreign Office, Colonial and India Office who needed to be kept informed of decisions taken by the Committee.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Command Papers, Accounts and Papers, Papers relating to HM Colonial Possessions C.5249, 1888
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3814/
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