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Coll 29/45(3) 'Conditions of service of personnel serving in the Persian Gulf (Policy and Superior staff)' [270r] (539/669)
The record is made up of 1 file (333 folios). It was created in 3 Feb 1947-16 Apr 1948. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE
The 20 th day of May, 1943
Present
THE KING’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY
IN COUNCIL
Whereas His Majesty maintains a Foreign Office and Diplomatic Service,
including a Commercial Diplomatic Service, and a Consular Service:
And whereas it is expedient to establish a single Service to take the place
of the said Services:
NOW, THEREFORE, His Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of
His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered as follows: —
Article 1 .
As from the date of this Order the Foreign Office and Diplomatic Service,
the Commercial Diplomatic Service and the Consular Service shall be amal
gamated and form a single Service, which shall be known as " His Majesty’s
Foreign Service ” and shall discharge the functions of the Services aforesaid.
Article 2 .
As from the date of this Order, the following persons shall become members
of His Majesty’s Foreign Service in a grade determined by His Majesty's
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (hereinafter referred to as the Foreign
Secretary) to be equivalent to the substantive rank which they held imme
diately before the said Order in the Services mentioned below:—
(а) all members of the Foreign Office and Diplomatic Service;
( б ) all members of the Commercial Diplomatic Sendee;
(c) all members of the Consular Service.
Article 3 .
( 1 ) As from such date or dates (not being dates later than two years after
the end of the war period) as the Foreign Secretary may determine, such of
the following persons, as the Foreign Secretary may direct (not being members
of the Foreign Office and Diplomatic Service, Commercial Diplomatic Service
or the Consular Service but being persons in whose favour the Civil Service
Commissioners have issued or are prepared to issue their certificate of qualifica
tion) shall became members of His Majesty’s Foreign Service in a grade deter
mined by the Foreign Secretary to be equivalent to the last substantive rank
in the Foreign Office, Department of Overseas Trade, Diplomatic Mission or
Consulate as the case may be, which they held immediately before becoming
members of His Majesty’s Foreign Service:—
(a) Civil Servants who are, at the date of the direction of the Foreign
Secretary incorporating them in the Foreign Service, employed in the
Foreign Office or in the Department of Overseas Trade;
(b) persons who are, at the date of the direction of the Foreign Secretary
incorporating them in the Foreign Service, employed as subordinate
members of the staffs of His Majesty’s Diplomatic Missions or Consulates;
(c) other Civil Servants who are, at the date of the direction of the Foreign
Secretary incorporating them in the Foreign Service, or have been,
employed overseas under the Foreign Office or the Department of Over
seas Trade.
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The file concerns conditions of employment at the British Consulates in Iran and in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The file is compiled when, after Indian Independence, the Foreign Office was planning to take over certain posts previously administered by the Government of India.
The file contains:
- conditions of employment of the Indian Political service The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. officers, ministerial officers, and menial staff, in 1947
- administration and control of British relations with the Arab States in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. after Indian Independence, 1947
- booklet containing Foreign Service Regulations, 1943 (ff 229-304)
- memorandum on the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , containing in an appendix Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. structure, staff duties, list of officers
- transfer of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. administration
- application of the Premature Retirement Rules 1937 to officers of Indian Political Service The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. serving in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
- correspondence with officers on appointments, conditions of employment, and applications for leave.
The file is composed of correspondence between Commonwealth Relations Office, the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Foreign Office, and the Secretary of State for India. The file includes extracts from The London Gazette.
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- 1 file (333 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 334; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Title
- Coll 29/45(3) 'Conditions of service of personnel serving in the Persian Gulf (Policy and Superior staff)'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:63v, 70r:334v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence