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Catalogue description Foreign Office: Consulate and Embassy, Bucharest, Romania (formerly Ottoman Empire): General Correspondence and Various Registers
| Reference: | FO 625 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Foreign Office: Consulate and Embassy, Bucharest, Romania (formerly Ottoman Empire): General Correspondence and Various Registers |
| Description: |
This series contains general correspondence from the British consulate, legation and embassy in Bucharest, Romania (formerly part of the Ottoman Empire). It also includes registers of births, baptisms and deaths. |
| Date: | 1851-1967 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Foreign Office, Consulate, Bucharest, Ottoman Empire, 1851-1866 Foreign Office, Consulate, Bucharest, Romania, 1866-1941 Foreign Office, Consulate, Bucharest, Romania, 1944-1968 Foreign Office, Embassy, Bucharest, Romania, 1964-1968 Foreign Office, Legation, Bucharest, Romania, 1878-1964 |
| Physical description: | 14 box(es) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
A British consulate was established in Bucharest in 1851. After Romania achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1878, the consulate was upgraded to a legation, which in turn became an embassy in 1964. |
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