Record revealed
The 1951 Refugee Convention
The 1951 Refugee Convention defined international obligations to refugees, but also exposed global tensions in a context of decolonisation and ongoing conflict.
Series
Colonial Office: Patronage Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 429
What's it about?
CO 429
This series contains original correspondence relating to patronage.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
-
CO 429
-
Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Patronage Original Correspondence
-
Date (When the record was created)
-
1867-1919
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
This series contains original correspondence relating to patronage.
-
Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
-
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). Each volume with a contents list.
-
Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
-
For later records of the Personnel Division see CO 850
For later records relating to appointments see CO 877
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
-
Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
-
English
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
-
131 volume(s)
-
Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
-
Subject to 30 year closure
-
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))
-
- Topics
- International
-
Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For a register of correspondence see CO 430
-
Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
-
The secretary of state for the colonies originally exercised a very wide patronage. As autonomy grew in the colonies with responsible government, he naturally appointed personnel to fewer offices there. However, when the tropical empire was enlarged at the end of the nineteenth century, there was again need for him to fill large numbers of posts. Most of this patronage work was managed by his assistant private secretaries, but in 1910 a special assistant private secretary was appointed with primary responsibility for patronage.
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4619/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
372,534 records
Within the department: CO
Records of the Colonial Office, Commonwealth and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices,...
You are currently looking at the series: CO 429
Colonial Office: Patronage Original Correspondence
You may be interested in
-
-
Record revealed
Copy of Henry VIII's diplomatic assurances to João III of Portugal
Recently rediscovered, this letter offers new archival evidence into Britain and Portugal's shared history. -
Record revealed
A letter from Gandhi's 'errand boy'
This letter is an example of those in our collection detailing Indian and Pakistani Independence, but from a lesser-known voice, Sudhir Ghosh.
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.