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Series
Henderson Papers
Catalogue reference: FO 357
What's it about?
FO 357
This series contains correspondence, entry books and miscellaneous papers of James Henderson, sometime British consul general in Colombia.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 357
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Title (The name of the record)
- Henderson Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1818-1831
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains correspondence, entry books and miscellaneous papers of James Henderson, sometime British consul general in Colombia.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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for letters of the British legation in Columbia FO 854
See also:
for the British Consulate and legation in Columbia FO 138
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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)
- Henderson, James, 1783-1848
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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12 bundle(s)
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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
- Americas
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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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James Henderson was born in c.1783 somewhere in Cumberland or Westmorland. On 11th March 1819 he sailed to Rio de Janeiro, where he waited on the British representative, Henry Chamberlaine, with a letter of introduction from a "nobleman", probably Viscount Lowther. He failed to gain a public appointment but decided to remain in the country anyway for the purpose of study. He published several works on the subject.
In 1823 he was appointed as commissioner and consul general for Colombia and resident at Bogota. He resigned from these posts in 1836 and eventually settled in Madrid, dying there on 18th September 1848.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7671/
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