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Records of Private Office and Private Papers
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Records of private offices and private papers comprising the correspondence of foreign secretaries and under secretaries, senior officials and diplomats. Private office papers of secretaries of state since 1900, with one exception, and under...
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Division within FO
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of Private Office and Private Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1636-1973
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of private offices and private papers comprising the correspondence of foreign secretaries and under secretaries, senior officials and diplomats.
Private office papers of secretaries of state since 1900, with one exception, and under secretaries since 1886 are in FO 800, together with private papers of many other senior officials and diplomats. Correspondence concerning ambassadors and senior diplomats is in FO 794 and miscellaneous private collections are in FO 323.
Other FO series of private papers:
- Ampthill Papers, FO 918.
- Aston Papers, FO 355.
- Bloomfield Papers, FO 356.
- Butler, FO 1109.
- Clarendon, FO 361.
- Cowley Papers, FO 519.
- Cromer Papers, FO 633.
- Eden, FO 954.
- Granville, FO 362.
- Hammond Papers, FO 391.
- Henderson Papers, FO 357.
- Hertslet Papers, FO 351.
- Hervey Papers, FO 528.
- Howard de Walden Papers, FO 360.
- Jackson Papers, FO 353.
- Jordan Papers, FO 350.
- Loraine Papers, FO 1011.
- Malet Papers, FO 343.
- Pierrepont Papers, FO 334.
- Pottinger Papers, FO 705.
- Simmons Papers, FO 358.
- Stratford Canning Papers, FO 352.
- Stuart de Rothesay Papers, FO 342.
- Tenterden Papers, FO 363.
- Thornton Papers, FO 933.
- William White Papers, FO 364.
- Woodbine Parish Papers, FO 354.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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30 series
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A considerable amount of correspondence between the secretary of state for foreign affairs and heads of missions was carried on in a series of semi-official 'private' letters. Before 1900 no attempt was made to retain these in the Foreign Office when a secretary of state left office and they must now be sought in various private collections. Similarly under secretaries also carried on a 'private' correspondence.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- For a detailed analysis of private collections in the Public Record Office relating to foreign affairs see Appendix III ofThe Records of the Foreign Office 1782-1939, (PRO Handbooks, XIII, 1969)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C651/
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