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Series
Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulate, Thailand (formerly Siam): General Correspondence...
Catalogue reference: FO 628
What's it about?
FO 628
This series contains general correspondence and various registers from the British consulate in Siam (later Thailand). Includes registers of mortgages, land transactions, etc., 1865 to 1941.
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 628
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulate, Thailand (formerly Siam): General Correspondence and Various Registers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1856-1958
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence and various registers from the British consulate in Siam (later Thailand). Includes registers of mortgages, land transactions, etc., 1865 to 1941.
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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, Consulates, Siam, 1856-1939
- Foreign Office, Consulates, Thailand, 1939-1968
- Foreign Office, Embassy, Siam, 1856-1939
- Foreign Office, Embassy, Thailand, 1939-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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99 boxes and files
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
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Additional safe handling procedures are in place. Records must be ordered in advance.
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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
- Asia
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7929/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: FO
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Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulate, Thailand (formerly Siam): General Correspondence and Various Registers
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