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Catalogue description Colonial Office: Patronage Original Correspondence
| Reference: | CO 429 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Colonial Office: Patronage Original Correspondence |
| Description: |
This series contains original correspondence relating to patronage. |
| Date: | 1867-1919 |
| Arrangement: |
Bound volumes arranged chronologically within the following subject headings: Despatches (letters of the governors), Offices (letters of government departments and other organisations) and Individuals (arranged alphabetically). Each volume with a contents list. |
| Related material: |
For later records of the Personnel Division see CO 850 For later records relating to appointments see CO 877 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 131 volume(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Unpublished finding aids: |
For a register of correspondence see CO 430 |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The secretary of state for the colonies originally exercised a very wide patronage. As autonomy grew in the colonies with responsible government, he naturally appointed personnel to fewer offices there. However, when the tropical empire was enlarged at the end of the nineteenth century, there was again need for him to fill large numbers of posts. Most of this patronage work was managed by his assistant private secetaries, but in 1910 a special assistant private secreary was appointed with primary responsibility for patronage. |
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