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Commonwealth Office

This page summarises records created by this Organisation

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date:	1966-1968
History:	Created on 1 August 1966 by merger of the Colonial Office and the Commonwealth Relations Office. On 17 October 1968 it merged with the Foreign Office to form the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (central)
References:	IC; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C276248

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1845-2000: Colonial Office and successors: Annual Reports	The National Archives, Kew	CO 1071
2	1878-2022: Records of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and predecessors	The National Archives, Kew	FCO
3	1835-2012: Foreign and Commonwealth Office and predecessors: Records of Former Colonial Administrations: Migrated Archives	The National Archives, Kew	FCO 141
4	1815-1986: Colonial Office and successors: Photographic Collection	The National Archives, Kew	CO 1069
5	1964-1968: Commonwealth Office: Office of the British Special Representative	The National Archives, Kew	DO 232
6	1942-1962: Commonwealth Relations Office and Commonwealth Office: Security and Intelligence Liaison: Registered Files (G(P) and PG Series)	The National Archives, Kew	DO 231
7	1955-1993: Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Office of the Governor of Gibraltar: Correspondence Files		FCO 193
8	1595-1984: Records of the Chief Clerk's and General Departments
9	1919-2004: Colonial Office: Palestine Original Correspondence and Other Records	The National Archives, Kew	CO 733
10	1897-1973: Colonial Office: Public Relations Department, later Information Department: Registered Files	The National Archives, Kew	CO 875
11	1838-1956: Colonial Office: Confidential Print Middle East	The National Archives, Kew	CO 935
12	1946-1965: Colonial Office: Federation of Malaya: Sessional Papers	The National Archives, Kew	CO 941
13	1570-1990: Records of the Colonial Office, Commonwealth and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, Empire Marketing Board, and related bodies	The National Archives, Kew	CO
14	1843-1990: Records created or inherited by the Dominions Office, and of the Commonwealth Relations and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices	The National Archives, Kew	DO

Related record creators
	Record creator	Description of relationship	Dates	Category of relationship
1	Colonial Office	Successor/Predecessor		See Also
2	Commonwealth Relations Office	Successor/Predecessor		See Also
3	Diplomatic Service Administration Office	Successor/Predecessor		See Also
4	Foreign and Commonwealth Office	Successor/Predecessor		See Also