Correspondence and speeches as Governor of Nyasaland (now Malawi) and papers relating to his pension.
Papers of Sir Geoffrey F.T. Colby
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- Dates of Creation1937-1957
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish.
- Physical Description3 boxes
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Administrative / Biographical History
Sir Geoffrey Francis Taylor Colby, CMG (1947) KCMG (1949), was born on the 25 March 1901. He was educated at Charterhouse, and Clare College, Cambridge. He worked in Nigeria as an Administrative Officer (1925); acting Principal Assistant Secretary (1939); Secretary of the Nigeria Supply Board (1942); Director of Supplies (1943); Administrative Secretary (1945), and acting Chief Secretary to the Government and the Governor's Deputy on various occasions (1945-1947). In 1948 he became Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Nyasaland (1948-1956). Sir Colby died on the 22 December 1958.
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Acquisition Information
Donated in 1991.
Note
Collection level description created by Marion Lowman, Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House.
Administrative/Biographical History compiled with reference to Who Was Who(volume V).
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