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Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Embassy, Legation and Consulates,...
Catalogue reference: FO 252
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FO 252
This series contains general correspondence from the British legation and consulate in Guatemala (formerly part of the Federation of Central America). Also includes copies of the more important telegrams, despatches, etc., sent and received by...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 252
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Embassy, Legation and Consulates, Guatemala (including Federation of Central America and successor States): General Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1825-1970
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence from the British legation and consulate in Guatemala (formerly part of the Federation of Central America). Also includes copies of the more important telegrams, despatches, etc., sent and received by consular officers in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras.
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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 and Spanish
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Foreign Office, Consulate, El Salvador, 1840-1968
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Federation of Central America, 1821-1840
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Guatemala, 1840-1968
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Nicaragua, 1840-1968
- Foreign Office, Consulates, Honduras, 1840-1968
- Foreign Office, Embassy, Guatemala, 1962-1963
- Foreign Office, Legation, Federation of Central America, 1821-1840
- Foreign Office, Legation, Guatemala, 1840-1962
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 804 volume(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
- Additional safe handling procedures are in place. Records must be ordered in advance.
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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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
- Americas
- Communications
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Federation of Central America was formed in 1821 from four territories in the region newly independent of Spanish colonial rule. Honduras and Nicaragua left the federation in 1838 and Guatemala and El Salvador followed in 1839/1840, leading to the dissolution of the federation.
The minister of the British legation at Guatemala was set in authority over the consular officers in Nicaragua, Salvador and Honduras. The Legation was raised in status to an Embassy in 1962, but in July 1963 diplomatic relations between Britain and Guatemala were severed. British representation was reduced to consular level. Relations were subsequently broken completely and the consulate closed in 1981, and were not restored until 1986 when a British Embassy was opened in Guatemala. Between 1981 and 1986 British interests in Guatemala were handled by a British interests section in the Swiss Embassy.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7566/
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