The Records of the Foreign Office, 1782-1968

The Records of the Foreign Office, 1782-1968
Title The Records of the Foreign Office, 1782-1968 PDF eBook
Author Great Britain. Public Record Office
Publisher Public Record Office Publications
Pages 360
Release 2002
Genre Political Science
ISBN

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Consists of photocopies of extracts from "The records of the Foreign Office, 1782-1968", revised by Michael Roper.

The Records of the War Office and Related Departments, 1660-1964

The Records of the War Office and Related Departments, 1660-1964
Title The Records of the War Office and Related Departments, 1660-1964 PDF eBook
Author Michael Roper
Publisher Public Record Office Publications
Pages 404
Release 1998
Genre History
ISBN 9781873162453

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This guide covers the period from the Restoration of Charles II to the establishment of the Ministry of Defence in 1964. It includes the records of the Board of Ordnance, military intelligence and military aviation.

The Records of the Foreign Office, 1782-1968

The Records of the Foreign Office, 1782-1968
Title The Records of the Foreign Office, 1782-1968 PDF eBook
Author Great Britain. Public Record Office
Publisher Public Record Office Publications
Pages 356
Release 2002
Genre Political Science
ISBN 9781903365335

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Consists of photocopies of extracts from "The records of the Foreign Office, 1782-1968", revised by Michael Roper.

The British Consular Service in the Aegean and the Collection of Antiquities for the British Museum

The British Consular Service in the Aegean and the Collection of Antiquities for the British Museum
Title The British Consular Service in the Aegean and the Collection of Antiquities for the British Museum PDF eBook
Author Lucia Patrizio Gunning
Publisher Routledge
Pages 211
Release 2016-12-05
Genre History
ISBN 1351893599

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The book tells the story of how the British consular service in the Aegean, in the years of the British protectorate of the Ionian Islands (1815-1864) became an agency for the retrieval, excavation and collection of antiquities eventually destined for the British Museum. Exploring the historical, political and diplomatic circumstances that allowed the consular service to develop from a chartered company into a state run institution under the direction of the Foreign Office, it provides a unique perspective on the intersection of state policy, private ambition, and the collecting of antiquities. Drawing extensively on consular correspondence, the study sets out several challenges to current views. For those interested in the history of travel in the Levant, or more generally in the Grand Tour, the book presents an alternative point of view that challenges the travellers' descriptions of the region. The book also intersects with British diplomatic history, providing an insight into the consuls in both their official and private circumstances, and comparing their situation under the Levant Company with that of the Foreign Office run consular service. The complex political situation in the Aegean at the time of the take over of the service is examined along with the political and commercial roles of the consuls, their daily dealings with the Greeks and Ionians, and also with the Ottoman authorities. Through private correspondence, it shows how the consuls' reflected the belief that Greek, Egyptian, Babylonian, Roman and other antiquities would be better looked after in a British, French, German or American museum, than by the people, and in the countries, they were created for. In particular, the book illuminates the public/private nature of the consuls' role, the way they worked with, but independently of, government, and it reveals how Britain was able to acquire major pieces of sculpture from the nineteenth century Aegean.

Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII.

Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII.
Title Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII. PDF eBook
Author Great Britain. Public Record Office
Publisher
Pages 1176
Release 1864
Genre Great Britain
ISBN

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The Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1854-1946

The Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1854-1946
Title The Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1854-1946 PDF eBook
Author Keith Neilson
Publisher Routledge
Pages 381
Release 2008-11-19
Genre History
ISBN 1134231393

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Chief among the personnel at the Foreign Office is the Permanent Under-secretary, the senior civil servant who oversees the department and advises the Foreign Secretary. This book is a study of the twelve men who held this Office from 1854–1946.

English Archives

English Archives
Title English Archives PDF eBook
Author Richard Olney
Publisher Liverpool University Press
Pages 280
Release 2023-02-15
Genre History
ISBN 1837646600

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England is remarkable for the wealth and variety of its archival heritage – the records created and preserved by institutions, organisations and individuals. This is the first book to treat the history of English records creation and record-keeping from the perspective of the archives themselves. Beginning in the early Middle Ages and ending in modern times, it draws on the author’s extensive knowledge and experience as both archivist and historian, and presents the subject in a very readable and lively way. Some archives, notably those of government and the Established Church, have remarkably continuous histories. But all have suffered over time from periods of neglect and decay, and some have come to sudden and violent ends. Among the destructive episodes discussed in the book are the Viking raids of the Anglo-Saxon period, the Norman Conquest, the Peasants’ Revolt, the dissolution of the monasteries and the bombing raids of the Second World War. Archivists and historians have a shared interest in the protection and study of the country’s surviving records. This book has been written for members of both professions, but also for every reader who cares about the preservation of England’s past.