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Foreign Office and predecessor: Embassy, Consulate and Legation, Denmark: General...

Catalogue reference: FO 211

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FO 211

This series contains registers of correspondence of the British embassy, legation and consulate in Denmark. Includes a volume of marriage affidavits, 1853 to 1870.

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Reference

FO 211

Title
Foreign Office and predecessor: Embassy, Consulate and Legation, Denmark: General Correspondence
Date

1781-1957

Description

This series contains registers of correspondence of the British embassy, legation and consulate in Denmark. Includes a volume of marriage affidavits, 1853 to 1870.

Arrangement

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

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Foreign Office, Consulate, Denmark, 1782-1968
  • Foreign Office, Embassy, Denmark, 1782-1968
  • Foreign Office, Legation, Denmark, 1782-1968
  • Northern Department, Consulate, Denmark, 1780-1782
  • Northern Department, Embassy, Denmark, 1781-1782
  • Northern Department, Legation, Denmark, 1780-1782
Physical description

847 files and volumes

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

Subjects
Topics
International
Litigation
Marriage and divorce
Europe and Russia
Administrative / biographical background

The British mission was withdrawn from Denmark from 1940 to 1945.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7525/

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