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Series
Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulate, Uruguay (formerly United Provinces of the...
Catalogue reference: FO 505
What's it about?
FO 505
This series contains general correspondence from the British embassy and consulate in Uruguay (part of the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata until 1828).
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 505
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulate, Uruguay (formerly United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata): General Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1823-1965
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence from the British embassy and consulate in Uruguay (part of the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata until 1828).
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Records 1925-1934 have been destroyed.
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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 and Spanish
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Foreign Office, Consulate, Uruguay, 1823-1968
- Foreign Office, Embassy, Uruguay, 1828-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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624 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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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
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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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 consul to Uruguay was raised to rank of consul-general in November 1830.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7819/
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