Presscuttings and photographs relating to the Royal Niger Company 1890-1925

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Presscuttings and photographs relating to the Royal Niger Company 1890-1925

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb162-mss.afr.s.2185

1 volume, 1 folder

eng,

The Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House

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SNAC Resource ID: 6287855

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Goldie, George Taubman, Sir, 1846-1925

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George Dashwood Taubman Goldie was born on the Isle of Man in 1846. He entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, obtaining a commission in the Royal Engineers in 1865, which he resigned two years later. In 1877, he entered the Niger River Trade and two years later formed the United African Company, which soon dominated trade on the lower river. Goldie later launched the National African Company. In 1886, this was renamed the Royal Niger Company Chartered & Limited and given political a...

Royal Niger Company Chartered & Limited

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