Catalogue description Foreign Office: Legation, Sofia, Bulgaria: Various Papers
Reference: | FO 864 |
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Title: | Foreign Office: Legation, Sofia, Bulgaria: Various Papers |
Description: |
This series contains various papers from the British legation in Sofia, Bulgaria. |
Date: | 1934-1956 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Foreign Office, Legation, Bulgaria, 1908-1962 |
Physical description: | 17 files and volumes |
Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1982 Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
Accruals: | Series is accruing. |
Administrative / biographical background: |
William Gifford Palgrave, was appointed agent and consul-general to Bulgaria on 20 June 1879. He was replaced on 26 November 1879 by Frank C. Lascelles. The agency became a legation in 1908 with George Buchanan as Minister. In 1964 the legation became an embassy with William Harpham as Ambassador. |
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