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Series
Foreign Office: Consulate, Tananarive, Madagascar and Embassy, Malagasy Republic:...
Catalogue reference: FO 710
What's it about?
FO 710
This series contains general correspondence and entry books of out-letters from the British consulate in Tananarive, Madagascar and, from 1962, files of the British embassy. Also includes registers of births, 1865 to 1868.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 710
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Consulate, Tananarive, Madagascar and Embassy, Malagasy Republic: General Correspondence and Entry Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1862-1972
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence and entry books of out-letters from the British consulate in Tananarive, Madagascar and, from 1962, files of the British embassy. Also includes registers of births, 1865 to 1868.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Archives 1921 to 1941 inclusive 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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Foreign Office, Consulate, Tananarive, Madagascar, 1862-1968
- Foreign Office, Embassy, Malagasy Republic, 1962-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 52 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1962 Foreign Office
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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
- Africa
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- 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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Madagascar became a colony of France in 1896, and British representation on the island from that time until 1960 was at consular level. In 1958 the colony adopted republican status and its name was changed to the Malagasy Republic, which became independent of France in June 1960. British representation was raised to embassy level in 1962. The name Madagascar was re-instated in 1975.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8011/
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