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Series
Foreign Office and predecessors: Consulate, Seville, Spain: Miscellanea
Catalogue reference: FO 332
What's it about?
FO 332
This series contains miscellanea from the British consulate in Cadiz (moved to Seville in 1907), Spain. Includes a ledger, an entry book and a book of resolutions of the former British factory at Cadiz, 1623 to 1825, Jerez vice-consulate records...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 332
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office and predecessors: Consulate, Seville, Spain: Miscellanea
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Date (When the record was created)
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1623-1962
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains miscellanea from the British consulate in Cadiz (moved to Seville in 1907), Spain. Includes a ledger, an entry book and a book of resolutions of the former British factory at Cadiz, 1623 to 1825, Jerez vice-consulate records during early part of the Spanish Civil War and during the Second World War, 1936 to 1946, war graves correspondence, 1946 and 1948, and births, deaths and marriage files, 1948.
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Foreign Office, Consulate, Cadiz, Spain, 1790-1907
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Seville, Spain, 1907-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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20 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2017 Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7646/
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