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Catalogue description Foreign Office: Consulate, Tananarive, Madagascar and Embassy, Malagasy Republic: General Correspondence and Entry Books
| Reference: | FO 710 |
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| Title: | Foreign Office: Consulate, Tananarive, Madagascar and Embassy, Malagasy Republic: General Correspondence and Entry Books |
| Description: |
This series contains general correspondence and entry books of out-letters from the British consulate in Tananarive, Madagascar and, from 1962, files of the British embassy. Also includes registers of births, 1865 to 1868. |
| Date: | 1862-1972 |
| Separated material: |
Archives 1921 to 1941 inclusive have been destroyed. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Foreign Office, Consulate, Tananarive, Madagascar, 1862-1968 Foreign Office, Embassy, Malagasy Republic, 1962-1968 |
| Physical description: | 52 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1962 Foreign Office |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Madagascar became a colony of France in 1896, and British representation on the island from that time until 1960 was at consular level. In 1958 the colony adopted republican status and its name was changed to the Malagasy Republic, which became independent of France in June 1960. British representation was raised to embassy level in 1962. The name Madagascar was re-instated in 1975. |
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