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Tenterden Papers
Catalogue reference: FO 363
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FO 363
This series contains letters to Lord Tenterden as under secretary of state for foreign affairs and drafts of letters written by him.
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FO 363
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Title (The name of the record)
- Tenterden Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1873-1882
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains letters to Lord Tenterden as under secretary of state for foreign affairs and drafts of letters written by him.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Abbott, Charles Stuart Aubrey, 1834-1882
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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5 volume(s)
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- Topics
- International
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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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Charles Stuart Aubrey Abbott, 3rd baron Tenterden was born on 26th December 1834, the son of the Hon. Charles Abbott. He was educated at Eton and entered the Foreign Office in 1854. In 1866 he was appointed precis writer to Lord Stanley at the Foreign Office, and in 1871 went to Washington as secretary to the joint High Commissioner there. From 1871-1873 he was assistant under secretary of state for foreign affairs.
In 1873 he became permanent under secretary of state for Foreign Affairs, holding this post until his death on 22nd September 1882. In 1878 he had a brief spell as a royal commissioner at the Paris Exhibition.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7677/
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