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Colonial Office

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Date: 1854-1966
History: Became an independent office in 1854. Responsible for administering all aspects of government in the Empire's colonies. In Aug 1966 it merged with the Commonwealth Relations Office to form the Commonwealth Office.
Functions, occupations and activities: Government (central)
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C277262
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1845-2000: Colonial Office and successors: Annual Reports
The National Archives, Kew
CO 1071
2
1835-2012: Foreign and Commonwealth Office and predecessors: Records of Former Colonial Administrations: Migrated Archives
The National Archives, Kew
FCO 141
3
1900-1940: Colonial Office: Registers and Indexes of Maps and Plans
CO 1072
4
1900-1905: War Office and Colonial Office: Civilian Claims to Military Compensation Boards, South African War
The National Archives, Kew
WO 148
5
1815-1986: Colonial Office and successors: Photographic Collection
The National Archives, Kew
CO 1069
6
1955-1993: Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Office of the Governor of Gibraltar: Correspondence Files
FCO 193
7
1879-1952: Photographs Extracted from CO series
The National Archives, Kew
CN 3
8
1798-1949: Colonial Office and predecessors: Ceylon, Original Correspondence
The National Archives, Kew
CO 54
9
1878-1951: Colonial Office: Cyprus, Original Correspondence
The National Archives, Kew
CO 67
10
1778-1951: Colonial Office and predecessors: Mauritius, Original Correspondence
The National Archives, Kew
CO 167
11
1878-1951: Colonial Office: Cyprus Register of Correspondence
The National Archives, Kew
CO 512
12
1904-1908: Colonial Office: South Africa, Intercolonial Council Original Correspondence
The National Archives, Kew
CO 527
13
1902-1903: Colonial Office: South Africa Railways Original Correspondence
The National Archives, Kew
CO 528
14
1904-1908: Colonial Office: South Africa, Intercolonial Council Register of Correspondence
The National Archives, Kew
CO 634
15
1904-1908: Colonial Office: South Africa, Intercolonial Council Register of Out-letters
The National Archives, Kew
CO 635
16
1903: Colonial Office: South Africa Railways Register of Correspondence
The National Archives, Kew
CO 636
17
1903: South Africa Railways Register of Out-letters
The National Archives, Kew
CO 637
18
1919-2004: Colonial Office: Palestine Original Correspondence and Other Records
The National Archives, Kew
CO 733
19
1927-1964: Colonial Office: East Africa: Original Correspondence
The National Archives, Kew
CO 822
20
1843-1970: War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Confidential Print Eastern
The National Archives, Kew
CO 882
21
1570-1990: Records of the Colonial Office, Commonwealth and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, Empire Marketing Board, and related bodies
The National Archives, Kew
CO
22
1821-1867: Colonial Office and Foreign Office: Consulate, Algiers, Algeria: General Correspondence, Series II
The National Archives, Kew
FO 112
23
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
24
1825-1873: Colonial Office: Secret Service Activities Abroad, Letterbook
The National Archives, Kew
HD 4
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Commonwealth Office
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