Alien Office

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London, United Kingdom

The office to which travellers arriving in the United Kingdom reported, founded in 1793.

The Alien Office for foreign travellers was founded in the wake of the wave of immigration triggered by the French Revolution. The office moved to 20 Crown Street in Whitehall in 1798. Johann Conrad Fischer registered at the office in 1814 and 1825.

Traveljournal 1814

Registration at the Alien Office and a programme for a rainy day, 24 August 1814

Traveljournal 1825

London highlights, 9 June 1825

Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.

wikipedia-(en)

Cite as: Alien Office. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/places/gfa-places-1614, viewed on 2 August 2025.

[[title]] — Satirical depiction of the deportation of Baron Ferdinand de Geramb (hand-coloured engraving by Charles Williams, 1812)