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Series
Colonial Office: Cyprus, Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 67
What's it about?
CO 67
This series contains original correspondence relating to Cyprus. From 1878 to 1880 these are records of the Foreign Office.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 67
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Cyprus, Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1878-1951
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence relating to Cyprus. From 1878 to 1880 these are records of the Foreign Office.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Bound volumes arranged chronologically within the following subject headings: Despatches (letters of the Governors), Offices (letters of government departments and other organisations), and Individuals (arranged alphabetically). Early volumes (1878-1880) described as Despatches to and from High Commissioners. Each volume with a contents list, or a précis of each letter giving name of correspondent, date of letter and subject matter. From 1925/6 arrangement is by subject files.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For earlier correspondence relating to Cyprus see FO 78
For correspondence from 1951 onwards see CO 926
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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, 1854-1966
- Foreign Office, 1782-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 373 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- 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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- Topics
- International
- Europe and Russia
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For registers of this correspondence see CO 512
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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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Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire, Cyprus was handed over to Britain by Turkey for administrative purposes in 1878. Responsibility for Cyprus affairs was transferred from the Foreign Office to the Colonial Office on 6 December 1880. Cyprus became an independent republic on 16 August 1960 and a member of the Commonwealth on 13 March 1961.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4258/
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