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Southern Department and Foreign Office: Consulate and Legation, Kingdom of the Two...
Catalogue reference: FO 165
What's it about?
FO 165
This series contains embassy and consular correspondence between London and Sicily and Naples, 1808-1860, and papers of the envoy to Sicily and Naples, William Hamilton, which mainly cover 1764-1801, but which also include a few papers dating from 1704.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 165
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Title (The name of the record)
- Southern Department and Foreign Office: Consulate and Legation, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (formerly Kingdoms of Sicily and Naples): General Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1764-1860
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains embassy and consular correspondence between London and Sicily and Naples, 1808-1860, and papers of the envoy to Sicily and Naples, William Hamilton, which mainly cover 1764-1801, but which also include a few papers dating from 1704.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For Andrew Snape Douglas's collection of correspondance, when Secretary of Legation and Charge d'Affairs, 1811-1822, see PRO 30/7
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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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- Foreign Office, Consulate, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1815-1860
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Naples, 1782-1815
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Sicily, 1782-1815
- Foreign Office, Legation, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1815-1860
- Foreign Office, Legation, Naples, 1782-1815
- Foreign Office, Legation, Sicily, 1782-1815
- Southern Department, Consulate, Naples, 1764-1782
- Southern Department, Consulate, Sicily, 1764-1782
- Southern Department, Legation, Naples, 1764-1782
- Southern Department, Legation, Sicily, 1764-1782
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 170 volume(s)
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- The Hamilton papers were acquired by purchase in 1964.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7479/
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Southern Department and Foreign Office: Consulate and Legation, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (formerly Kingdoms of Sicily and Naples): General Correspondence
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