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Records of High Commissioners
Catalogue reference: Division within DO
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Division within DO
Comprises records of High Commissioners and consulates for the following: Australia, DO 126Canada, DO 127New Zealand, DO 128India, DO 133Pakistan, DO 134Ghana, DO 153Southern Rhodesia and the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, DO...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Division within DO
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of High Commissioners
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1843-1975
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Description (What the record is about)
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Comprises records of High Commissioners and consulates for the following:
- Australia, DO 126
- Canada, DO 127
- New Zealand, DO 128
- India, DO 133
- Pakistan, DO 134
- Ghana, DO 153
- Southern Rhodesia and the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, DO 154
- Tanganyika, DO 185
- Nigeria, DO 186
- Malaya, DO 187
- Maldive Islands, DO 188
- Malta, DO 203
- Cyprus, DO 204
- Zambia, DO 206
- Sierra Leone, DO 223
- Malawi, DO 224
- Ceylon,DO 225
- Kenya, DO 226
- Trinidad and Tobago,DO 227
- Singapore, DO 228
- Brunei,DO 229
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 20 series
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Commonwealth Relations Office records in High Commissions passed to the Commonwealth Office in 1966, and were inherited by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office when it was created in October 1968.
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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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Following the Imperial Conference of 1926 a network of British high commissioners in dominion capitals was gradually established to provide a channel of communication between the British and dominion governments. They were able to deal separately with the different government departments of the dominions concerned, not being restricted, as was the case with ambassadors, to contacts with departments of external affairs. The dominion governments themselves already maintained high commissioners in London. Governors general remained in existence in the dominions to represent the monarch.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C494/
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