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Foreign Office: Consulate and Legation, Greece (formerly Ottoman Empire): General...

Catalogue reference: FO 286

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FO 286

This series contains general correspondence from the British legation and consulates in Greece.

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Reference

FO 286

Title
Foreign Office: Consulate and Legation, Greece (formerly Ottoman Empire): General Correspondence
Date

1813-1973

Description

This series contains general correspondence from the British legation and consulates in Greece.

Arrangement
Arrangement

Arranged largely by date. The arrangement within each year varies.

  • FO 286/1-630 (up to October 1917): papers bound in volumes differentiated according to provenance, e.g. To Consuls, From Greek Government, etc.
  • FO 286/631-717 (1917-1919): files arranged in file number order and bound into volumes; a single sequence of item numbers applies across this range of pieces.
  • FO 286/718-1084 (1920-1929): files grouped under subject letters or (from 1923) letters and numbers and bound into volumes; when these records were originally listed, only selected files were described individually.
  • FO 286/1085-1145 (1930-1937): files arranged in file number order but not bound into volumes; as not all files have survived, gaps appear in the sequence of item numbers.
  • FO 286/1146-1461 (from 1942): files arranged in file number order but not bound into volumes; each file or part of multi-part file is a separate piece.

Separated material

Correspondence for the period 1938 to 1941 has not survived. Legation correspondence for 1915 and the first six months of 1916 and for 1918 was also missing at transfer.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Foreign Office, Consulates, Greece, 1828-1968
  • Foreign Office, Consulates, Greece, Ottoman Empire, 1813-1828
  • Foreign Office, Legation, Greece, Ottoman Empire, 1813-1828
Physical description

1461 boxes, files and rolls

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

Subjects
Topics
International
Europe and Russia
Middle East
Accruals

Series is accruing

Unpublished finding aids
For registers to 1860-1920 correspondence see FO 381 A list of the original prefix letters and numbers and the subjects allotted to them in 1923, with subsequent alterations - showing the years (in brackets) in which the changes took place is available in the reading rooms at The National Archives.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7600/

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