Series
Loraine Papers
Catalogue reference: FO 1011
Date: 1836-1973
This series contains both personal and official papers, including photograph albums, of the diplomat Sir Percy Loraine (1880-1961). It includes...
Series
Colonial Office and Commonwealth Office: Defence and General Department and successors:...
Catalogue reference: CO 1032
What's it about?
CO 1032
This series contains registered files of the Defence and General Department and successors on general subjects affecting more than one colony, which were not allocated to other subject departments.Subjects handled by the General departments...
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 1032
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office and Commonwealth Office: Defence and General Department and successors: Registered Files, General Colonial Policy (GEN Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1949-1968
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files of the Defence and General Department and successors on general subjects affecting more than one colony, which were not allocated to other subject departments.
Subjects handled by the General departments include: war graves and memorials in the colonies; war pensions; constitutional questions and colonial legislation; ceremonial matters, flags and precedence; consular matters; the deportation of UK and colonial citizens from foreign countries; passports and visas; colonial development; immigration into the UK and emigration; dangerous drugs; and a small amount of miscellaneous international business, including papers for Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conferences.
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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)
- GEN file series
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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, Aden and General Department, 1959-1961
- Colonial Office, Defence and General Department, 1948-1955
- Colonial Office, General Department, 1955-1961
- Colonial Office, International Relations and General Department, 1961-1966
- Commonwealth Office, International and General Department, 1966-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 514 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1981 Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals are expected.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5221/
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