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Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Embassy and Legation, Rio de...
Catalogue reference: FO 743
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FO 743
This series contains registers of correspondence, a register of births, and files of correspondence of the British embassy and legation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Includes material relating to the disappearance of Colonel Fawcett, various notes...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 743
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Embassy and Legation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: General Correspondence and Registers of Births and Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1815-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registers of correspondence, a register of births, and files of correspondence of the British embassy and legation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Includes material relating to the disappearance of Colonel Fawcett, various notes and memoranda by Roger Casement, consul and council and committee files of the British Community.
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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 and Portuguese
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Embassy, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1968-1972
- Foreign Office, Embassy, Brazil, 1803-1968
- Foreign Office, Legation, Brazil, 1815-1950
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 43 files and volumes
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
- Additional safe handling procedures are in place. Records must be ordered in advance.
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2001 Foreign and Commonwealth 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
- Americas
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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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The Brazilian seat of government moved from Rio de Janeiro to the new city of Brasilia in 1960. A British embassy was built in Brasilia, and for a time Britain operated two embassies in Brazil, with Brasilia acting as the summer residence, and Rio de Janeiro the winter residence, of the ambassador. In 1972 the status of the office in Rio de Janeiro was downgraded to that of a consulate general.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8044/
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