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Series
Foreign Office, Private Offices: Various Ministers' and Officials' Papers
Catalogue reference: FO 800
What's it about?
FO 800
This series consists of the Private Office papers of Secretaries of State between 1900 and 1935 and from 1938 (with one exception), and of many under Secretaries of State from 1886 to 1948, together with the private papers of many other senior...
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 800
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office, Private Offices: Various Ministers' and Officials' Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1824-1968
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of the Private Office papers of Secretaries of State between 1900 and 1935 and from 1938 (with one exception), and of many under Secretaries of State from 1886 to 1948, together with the private papers of many other senior officials and individuals concerned with foreign affairs. Additionally, there are miscellaneous papers relating to international conferences and to the conduct of foreign affairs between 1831 and 1960. The series also contains papers of Edward Heath while Lord Privy Seal with Foreign Office responsibilities for UK entry into the Common Market 1960-1963, and the papers of Sir William Malkin as the legal adviser to the Foreign Office.
The Private Office papers, which record correspondence between the Secretary of State and the Prime Minister, and between the Secretary of State, the under secretaries of state and all other ministers and senior officials - both at home and abroad - who needed to be kept informed, are fundamental to the conduct of foreign affairs.
Records within this series are available to download as digital microfilm.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The overall arrangement of the series is roughly chronological; within that, the arrangement follows the original order of the creator and may be chronological, or subject based
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For later private office files see FCO 73
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Originals held at (The organisation that holds the original record)
- University of Birmingham Library (pieces 750-851)
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 990 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Available in digital format unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1960 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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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 Private Office of the Secretary of State, and the Private Offices of the under Secretaries of State, evolved with the formalisation of the Foreign Office from the end of the eighteenth century.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8099/
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Foreign Office, Private Offices: Various Ministers' and Officials' Papers
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