Royal Institute of International Affairs: Commonwealth Conference, Nigeria, 1962 1962

Robinson, Kenneth Ernest, b 1914

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Kenneth Ernest Robinson b 1914; educated at Monoux Grammar School, Walthamstow; Hertford College, Oxford; Beit Senior Scholar in Colonial History; Colonial Office, 1936-1948; Fellow of Nuffield College and Reader in Commonwealth Government, Oxford, 1948-1957; Director, Institute of Commonwealth Studies and Professor of Commonwealth Affairs, University. of London, 1957-1965; Vice-Chancellor, University of Hong Kong, 1965-1972; Hallsworth Research Fellow, University of Manchester, 1972-1974; Direc...

Royal Institute of International Affairs.

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The Royal Institute of International Affairs, also known as Chatham House, is one of the world's leading institutes for the analysis of international issues. Founded in 1920, the Institute works to stimulate debate and research on political, business, security and other key issues in the international arena. It does this through its research, meetings, conferences and publications as well as through its library and information centre and expert interviews for the media. From the guid...

Carrington, Charles, 1897-1990

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Charles Edmund Carrington (1897-1990), writer, lecturer and biographer of Rudyard Kipling, was born in West Bromwich on 21 April 1897. His father, the Revd C. W. Carrington, had a living there, but in 1903 moved to be the Headmaster of Christ's College, Christchurch, New Zealand, where Charles was educated. During World War I, he enlisted in 1914, was commissioned in 1915, saw service in France and Italy, and was awarded the Military Cross. He entered Christ Church, Oxford, and grad...

EEC, European Economic Community

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies

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In contrast to its brief period of political unity the Caribbean region has produced pressure groups of a more enduring nature. The Caribbean Conference of Churches is an ecumenical body founded in 1971 and concerned with problems of human rights and poverty in the region, whilst the Caribbean Youth Conference was an organisation bringing together national youth organisations for educational and exchange purposes. This collection holds a small quantity of materials from the 1980s dealing with th...