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Foreign Office: Consulate and Embassy, Bucharest, Romania (formerly Ottoman Empire):...
Catalogue reference: FO 625
What's it about?
FO 625
This series contains general correspondence from the British consulate, legation and embassy in Bucharest, Romania (formerly part of the Ottoman Empire). It also includes registers of births, baptisms and deaths.
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 625
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Consulate and Embassy, Bucharest, Romania (formerly Ottoman Empire): General Correspondence and Various Registers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1851-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence from the British consulate, legation and embassy in Bucharest, Romania (formerly part of the Ottoman Empire). It also includes registers of births, baptisms and deaths.
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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, Bucharest, Ottoman Empire, 1851-1866
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Bucharest, Romania, 1866-1941
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Bucharest, Romania, 1944-1968
- Foreign Office, Embassy, Bucharest, Romania, 1964-1968
- Foreign Office, Legation, Bucharest, Romania, 1878-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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14 box(es)
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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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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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A British consulate was established in Bucharest in 1851. After Romania achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1878, the consulate was upgraded to a legation, which in turn became an embassy in 1964.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7926/
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Foreign Office: Consulate and Embassy, Bucharest, Romania (formerly Ottoman Empire): General Correspondence and Various Registers
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