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Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulate, Beirut, Lebanon (formerly Ottoman Empire):...

Catalogue reference: FO 226

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FO 226

This series contains correspondence and letter books of the consulate, consulate general, and British military force in Syria,1840 to 1841; and letter books of Colonel A J Fraser, while on special service in Syria, 1860, and as British...

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Reference
FO 226
Title
Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulate, Beirut, Lebanon (formerly Ottoman Empire): General Correspondence and Letter Books
Date
1810-1955
Description

This series contains correspondence and letter books of the consulate, consulate general, and British military force in Syria,1840 to 1841; and letter books of Colonel A J Fraser, while on special service in Syria, 1860, and as British representative on the European Commission in Syria, 1861 to 1862; files of correspondence of the consulate general, 1810 to 1914; files of the Beirut Legation, 1942 to 1945; and two files of the Spears Mission, 1942.

Related material

For further records of the Spears Mission see WO 202

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • European Commission in Syria, 1861-1862
  • Foreign Office, Consulate, Beirut, Lebanon, 1920-1968
  • Foreign Office, Embassy, Lebanon, 1942-1968
  • War Office, Spears Mission to Syria and Lebanon, 1942-1942
Physical description
315 files and volumes
Access conditions
Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Subjects
Topics
International
Middle East
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7540/

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