MS 433 01 02
Reference code
MS 433 01 02
Title
Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger's Abyssinian dispatches to the Foreign Office
Level
Sub-series
Date
1909-1919
Extent & medium
8 bound volumes and one unbound file
Content description
The volumes contain photocopies of confidential print relating to Abyssinia which is held at the National Archives. The papers consists of dispatches Wilfred G. Thesiger sent home to the Foreign Office from Addis Ababa where he was Consul-General between 1909 and 1914 and provide a complete picture of Wilfred G. Thesiger’s contribution to British Policy.
They were compiled by his son Wilfred P. Thesiger.
They were compiled by his son Wilfred P. Thesiger.
Arrangement
The volumes have been arranged in chronological order
Existence and location of originals
The original Foreign Office papers are held in the National Archive reference number: FO 401 and FO 371
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- Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger's Abyssinian dispatches to the Foreign Office: Vol. I, MS 433 01 02 01, (1909)
- Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger's Abyssinian dispatches to the Foreign Office: Vol. II, MS 433 01 02 02, (1910-1911)
- Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger's Abyssinian dispatches to the Foreign Office: Vol. III, MS 433 01 02 03, (1912-1913)
- Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger's Abyssinian dispatches to the Foreign Office: Vol. IV, MS 433 01 02 04, (1914-1915)
- Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger's Abyssinian dispatches to the Foreign Office: Vol. V, MS 433 01 02 05, (1916)
- Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger's Abyssinian dispatches to the Foreign Office: Vol. VI, MS 433 01 02 06, (1916)
- Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger's Abyssinian dispatches to the Foreign Office: Vol. VII, MS 433 01 02 07, (1917)
- Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger's Abyssinian dispatches to the Foreign Office: Vol. VII, MS 433 01 02 08, (1918-1919)
- Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger's Abyssinian dispatches to the Foreign Office: Miscellaneous, MS 433 01 02 09, (1910-1912)