Addresses of welcome presented to Sir John Valentine W. Shaw 1947

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Addresses of welcome presented to Sir John Valentine W. Shaw 1947

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The Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House

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Great Britain Colonial Administrative Service

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Shaw John Valentine Wistar 1894-1982

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John Valentine W. Shaw

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Sir John Valentine Wistar Shaw, CMG (1942) Kt Bach (1946), KCMG (1947), was born in 1894 and educated at Repton School, Derbyshire. After military service (1914-1919) he joined the Colonial Administrative Service in the Gold Coast working as Assistant District Commissioner (1921), District Commissioner (1925) and Assistant Secretary (1928). Shaw transferred to Palestine in 1935, working as Assistant Secretary (1935), Senior Assistant Secretary (1938) and Departmental Chief Secretary (1939). Afte...