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Catalogue description Foreign and Commonwealth Office: British Embassy, Santiago, Chile: Registered Files
| Reference: | FCO 100 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Foreign and Commonwealth Office: British Embassy, Santiago, Chile: Registered Files |
| Description: |
This series contains records created by the British Embassy in Santiago, Chile |
| Date: | 1975 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Embassy, Chile, 1968- |
| Physical description: | 2 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
from 2008 Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Selection and destruction information: | Selected under Acquisition Policy criterion 2.2.1.3, documenting the development of UK diplomatic relations with Chile. Policy files documenting developments not reflected in FCO Headquarters files selected. |
| Accruals: | Occasional further accruals can be expected |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Britain granted diplomatic recognition of the Republic of Chile in 1841. The bulk of diplomatic work carried out was consular and commercial, and although the consul general was in Santiago, most of the work fell to the consul in Valparaiso, in view of the significance of British involvement in Chile's maritime trade. The first British representative to be designated ambassador was Sir Henry Getty Chilton in July 1930 and an Embassy was first established in 1932. |
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