Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Embassy, Consulates and Legation,...

FO 204

1822-1973

This series contains archives of the commissioners and plenipotentiaries who during the years 1823 to 1825 negotiated the establishment of commercial and diplomatic relations with Mexico; of the chargés d'affaires who succeeded them; of the legation from 1835 until the severance of relations in 1867; of the special mission which in May 1883 was appointed to negotiate a resumption of relations; of the legation again from November 1884; and of the consular authorities at Tampico and Vera Cruz, 1868 to 1882. There is no correspondence for the period 1935 to 1941.

By year and then (where applicable) by original file number. The item-level catalogue references reflect these file numbers and hence gaps occur in the sequence.

Further legation correspondence, 1835-1866, is among the records of the British and Mexican Mixed Commission in

FO 318

Public Record(s)

English

• Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Embassy, Mexico, 1968-1968
• Foreign Office, Consulates, Mexico, 1823-1867
• Foreign Office, Consulates, Mexico, 1884-1968
• Foreign Office, Embassy, Mexico, 1884-1968
• Foreign Office, Legation, Mexico, 1823-1867

677 files and volumes

Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

Topics

International

Trade and commerce

Americas

British diplomatic and commercial relations with Mexico were established in 1825, from which time to 1835, the UK was represented in Mexico by a charge d'affaires. In 1835, the mission was raised to legation status, but relations were broken off in 1867, until a legation was re-established in 1884. Relations were re-established at embassy level in 1884.