Sir Thomas Wilson

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Sir Thomas Wilson

English politician

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…second holder of this office, Sir Thomas Wilson, established the division of the state papers into foreign and domestic. As departments of state proliferated during the 18th and 19th centuries, they developed their own archives. In 1838 all the public legal archives were placed in a Public Record Office under…
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…second holder of this office, Sir Thomas Wilson, established the division of the state papers into foreign and domestic. As departments of state proliferated during the 18th and 19th centuries, they developed their own archives. In 1838 all the public legal archives were placed in a Public Record Office under…
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