Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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foreign affairs ministry government department

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office was the United Kingdom government department responsible for protecting and promoting British interests worldwide through diplomacy and international relations before its merger into the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Foreign Office	9
Foreign Office of the United Kingdom	2
Department for International Development	1
Foreign & Commonwealth Office	1
Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	foreign affairs ministry ⓘ government department ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ surface form: Foreign & Commonwealth Office Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ surface form: Foreign Office
appliesToJurisdiction	United Kingdom ⓘ
architect	George Gilbert Scott ⓘ
budgetFiscalYear	multi-billion-pound annual budget ⓘ
buildingStyle	Victorian architecture (main building) ⓘ
coatOfArms	Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Royal Arms of the United Kingdom
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved	2020 ⓘ
employs	civil servants ⓘ diplomats ⓘ
fieldOfWork	diplomacy ⓘ foreign policy ⓘ international relations ⓘ
formedByMergerOf	Commonwealth Relations Office ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth Office Foreign and Commonwealth Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Foreign Office
hasPart	United Kingdom consulates-general ⓘ surface form: British consulates British embassies ⓘ United Kingdom high commissions ⓘ surface form: British high commissions UK Diplomatic Service ⓘ
headquartersLocation	King Charles Street, London ⓘ surface form: King Charles Street London, England ⓘ surface form: London
inception	1968-10-17 ⓘ
jurisdictionIncludes	British Overseas Territories ⓘ surface form: British Overseas Territories (in foreign relations)
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	City of Westminster ⓘ England ⓘ
mergedWith	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ⓘ surface form: Department for International Development
mergerDate	2020-09-02 ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
parentOrganization	UK government ⓘ surface form: Government of the United Kingdom
partOf	British Cabinet ⓘ surface form: Cabinet of the United Kingdom
precededBy	Commonwealth Relations Office ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth Office Foreign and Commonwealth Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Foreign Office
replacedBy	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ⓘ
responsibleFor	diplomatic service of the United Kingdom ⓘ foreign relations of the United Kingdom ⓘ international development policy coordination (pre-2020, partially) ⓘ promotion of British interests abroad ⓘ protection of British citizens overseas ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
shortName	FCO ⓘ
subordinateTo	Cabinet Office ⓘ Prime Minister ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
usedFlag	Union Flag ⓘ
website	https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-office ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office → alsoKnownAs → Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Office

Foreign and Commonwealth Office → alsoKnownAs → Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign & Commonwealth Office

CRO → coordinatesWith → Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ

subject surface form: Commonwealth Relations Office

this entity surface form: Foreign Office

Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs → departmentFormedByMergerOf → Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Department for International Development

Dominions Office → distinctFrom → Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Office

Eric Drummond → employer → Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Office of the United Kingdom

CRO → followedBy → Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ

subject surface form: Commonwealth Relations Office

Foreign and Commonwealth Office → formedByMergerOf → Foreign and Commonwealth Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office → formedByMergerOf → Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ

Foreign relations of the United Kingdom (historical) → hasKeyInstitution → Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ

Commonwealth Relations Office → hasSuccessor → Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ

Balfour Declaration → issuedBy → Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Office of the United Kingdom

CRO → mergedInto → Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ

subject surface form: Commonwealth Relations Office

Commonwealth Relations Office → mergedWith → Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Office

Commonwealth Relations Office → mergerResult → Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ

Four Power Agreement on Berlin (1971) → negotiatedBy → Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom

Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations → officeMergedInto → Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ

Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations → officeMergedWith → Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Office

Foreign and Commonwealth Office → precededBy → Foreign and Commonwealth Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Office

Secretary of State for the Southern Department → reorganizedInto → Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Office

Commonwealth Relations Office → replacedBy → Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ

Government Code and Cypher School → subordinateTo → Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Office

George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews → workedFor → Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ