Originally Posted by
Blacksheep
I eventually claimed British Citizenship By Descent by proving from my documents that I was the legitimate child of parents who were British by birth and that my father was the legitimate child of a father who was a British citizen by birth. The citizenship law has, since then, become even stricter.
Our youngest was born in Brunei in December 1982 and under the new citizenship law that came into force at midnight on 31st, she would not have acquired British citizenship either by birth or by descent.
While BS is correct in that citizenship is not passed on if the parent is a citizen by descent I believe that service in Crown service supercedes that.
The relevant leaflet is BN6:
BN6 - Children who are born outside the United Kingdom to parents in crown, designated or EC institution service