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'File 15/18 FOREIGN AND POLITICAL DEPARTMENT CIRCULARS RECEIVED FROM THE GOVT OF INDIA.' [25r] (47/370)
The record is made up of 1 file (185 folios). It was created in 19 Nov 1928-2 Nov 1944. 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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FOREIGN AND POLITICAL DEPARTMENT.
NOTIFICATION.
Simla, the 24th April 1930.
No- 257-H.—The following Regulations,
respecting Foreign Orders and Medals, which
have been recently revised by Command of His
Majesty the King-Emperor of India, are
published for general information. These
Regulations supersede those published in the
Notification by the Government of India in the
Foreign and Political Department, No. 310-H.,
dated the 22nd May 1928.
A
Regulations respecting Foreign Orders and
Medals applicable to Persons in the Service
of the Crown,
v ' ^ .
Orders.
1. NO person in the Service of the Crown
shall accept or wear the Insignia of any Foreign
Order without having previously obtained His
Majesty's permission to do so, signified either :
(a) By Warrant under the Royal Sign-
Manual, or
{b) By restricted permission conveyed
through the Keeper of His Majesty's
Privy Purse.
2. "When permission is given by Warrant
under the Royal Sign-Manual, the Insignia of
the Foreign Order may be worn at all times and
without any restriction.
When restricted permission is given the In
signia may only be worn on the occasions speci
fied in the terms of the letter from the Keeper
of His Majesty's Privy Purse conveying the Royal
sanction.
3. Full and unrestricted permission by
Warrant under the Royal Sign-Manual is con
templated in the following cases :—
For a Decoration conferred—
(a) For distinguished services in the saving
of life ;
(&) On an Officer in His Majesty's Naval,
Military or Air Forces lent to a
Foreign Government ; on an Officer
in His Majesty's Naval, Military or
Air Forces attached.by His Majesty's
Government to a Foreign Navy, Army
or Air Force during hostilities ; or
on any British Official lent to a
Foreign Government and not in
receipt of any emoluments from
British public funds during the period
of such loan.
4. .Restricted permission is particularly con
templated for Decorations which have been con
ferred in recognition of personal attention to a
foreign Sovereign, the Head of a Foreign State,
or a member of a foreign Royal Family, on the
occasion of State or official visits by such per
sonages.
5. Restricted permission will also be given
for Decorations conferred in the following
cases :—
(1) On British Ambassadors or Ministers
abroad when the King pays a State
visit to the country to which they are
accredited ;
{Note. —A State visit is defined as one on
which the King is accompanied by a Minister or
High Official in attendance.)
(2) On Members of Deputations of British
Regiments to Foreign Heads of
States ;
(3) On Members of Special Missions when
the King is represented at a Foreign
Coronation, Wedding, Funeral, or
similar occasion ; or on any Diplo
matic Representative when specially
accredited to represent His Majesty
on such occasions (but not on the
members of his Staff),
Restricted permission will not be given to—
(a) British Ambassadors or Ministers
abroad when leaving.
(&) British Officers attending Foreign
Manoeuvres ;
(c) Naval Officers of British Squadrons
visiting Foreign Waters.
6. Both in the case of full and of restricted
permission the matter will be submitted to the
King by His Majesty's Principal Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, who shall be under
no obligation to consider applications for per
mission unless the desire of the Head of a Foreign
State to confer upon a British subject the In
signia of an Order is notified to him before the
Order is conferred, either through the British
Diplomatic Representative accredited to the Head
of the Foreign State, or through the Diplomatic
Representative of the latter at the Court of St.
James.
In no case can applications be considered in
respect of decorations conferred more than five
years previously, or offered in connexion with
services or events so long prior to the nomina
tion.
7. When His Majesty's Principal Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs shall have taken the
King's pleasure on any such application, and
shall have obtained His Majesty's permission for
the person in whose favour it has been made to
wear the Insignia of a Foreign Order, he shall
signify the same to His Majesty's Principal Sec
retary of State for the Home Department, in
order that he may cause a Warrant, if it be a
case for the issue of a Warrant as defined in
Rule 2, to be prepared for the Royal Sign-
Manual.
When such Warrant shall have been signed
by the King, a notification thereof shall be in
serted in the " Gazette
Persons in whose favour such Warrants are
issued will be required to pay to His Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for the Home De
partment a stamp duty of 10s.
8. The Warrant signifying His Majesty's
permission may, at the request and at the expense
of the person who has obtained it, be registered
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The file contains Government of India circular letters, memoranda and notices issued mainly by the Foreign and Political Department. These were sent to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire who forwarded them to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain and others. The circulars contain instructions, information and guidance on a wide range of topics. Most circulars are about the staffing and financing of departments and offices of the Government of India. Topics addressed include the following:
- The grant of an exemption to British consular and political officers stationed in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , from payment of rent for their accommodation, 1929;
- Revised regulations regarding the wearing of foreign orders, decorations and medals by both Government of India officers and British subjects, 1930;
- An instruction to review local expenditure and actively reduce costs as part of a drive for retrenchment of expenditure by all departments and offices of the Government of India, 1930;
- Notice of a new declaration to be made to Persian Customs by foreign travellers and pilgrims entering Persia, about the amount of foreign money in their possession, under a new Persian Foreign Exchange Law, 1931.
There are also several circulars in the file that communicate official British foreign policy in other parts of the world during periods of disturbance, so that British officials elsewhere would be able to counteract any inaccurate reports in circulation. Included are circulars about British occupied Palestine in 1928-1929, as follows:
- Printed circular memoranda from the Colonial Office, London, 1928, entitled ‘The Western or Wailing Wall in Jerusalem’, ‘Disturbances in Palestine’ and ‘Arming of Jews’;
- Circular telegram from the British High Commissioner, Jerusalem, 1929, about the reaction of the Arab population in Jerusalem to his instructions temporarily regulating religious observance at the wailing or western wall , pending a British Government enquiry into the existing rights of Muslims and Jews.
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- 1 file (185 folios)
- Arrangement
File papers are arranged chronologically. They are followed by file notes (folios 184-188), which include a chronological list of documents in the file dated 1938 onwards (folios 109-182), together with their unique document reference numbers to help identify them. The list also records the folio number and a simple reference number from 37 to 65 that has been written on many documents, usually the circulation slips, in red or blue crayon and encircled, to help locate them in the file.
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Foliation is written in pencil in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the second folio, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 189. Some of the parts of the file have been paginated, which means that there are a number of folio numbers missing from the sequence. Foliation omissions: f 7, f 11, f 13, f 15, ff 76-77, ff 166-169. Foliation errors: f 3 is followed by f 3A, f 123 is followed by ff 123A-C. Folio 94 is folded.
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- Title
- 'File 15/18 FOREIGN AND POLITICAL DEPARTMENT CIRCULARS RECEIVED FROM THE GOVT OF INDIA.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:3v, 3ar:3av, 4r:6v, 8r:10v, 12r:12v, 14r:14v, 16r:75v, 78r:118v, 120v:123v, 123ar:123cv, 124r:132v, 133v:165v, 170r:188v, back-i, back
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