Papers of Sir Geoffrey F.T. Colby 1937-1957

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Papers of Sir Geoffrey F.T. Colby 1937-1957

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The Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House

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Colby, Geoffrey, Sir, 1901-1958

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Geoffrey Francis Taylor Colby

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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 ...

Great Britain Colonial Administrative Service

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