Papers of Lady Rankine

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Afr. s. 2281
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1956
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 15 ff.

Scope and Content

Xerox copy of a typescript account by Lady Rankine of the visit of HM Queen Elizabeth II to Western Nigeria, February 1956.

Administrative / Biographical History

Janet Grace, Lady Rankine (d 1976) was the wife of Sir John Rankine (1907-1987), knight and colonial administrator and daughter of Major R.L. Austin of Clifton, Bristol.

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Note

Collection level description created by Paul Davidson, Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House.

Other Finding Aids

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Conditions Governing Use

No reproduction or publication of papers without permission. Contact the library in the first instance.

Related Material

Papers of Sir John Rankine, mostly correspondence and papers concerning colonial administration, 1952-1962 (ref. MSS. Afr. s. 2237).