Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie, Brechin Castle, Angus, Jan 1964-Sep 1966; Jan 1969-Jun 1976
folder
Held at the Weston Library
Includes:
- compensation for Federal creditors and civil servants
- emigration
- East African mutinies
- economic and other unrealities of the backers of the Rhodesian Front
- Roy Welensky's private meetings with Field
- changing Rhodesian attitudes and the Arundel by-election
- the betrayal of Barotseland (Aug-Oct 1965)
- the qualities of Home and his loss of the Conservative leadership
- the rush for passports, the Lisbon diplomatic appointment, the removal of Benoy, and crossing the Rubicon
- the preference of some for Unilateral Declaration of Independence over negotiated independence
- affairs of the University
- Zambian politics and elections
- the Rhodesian (Zimbabwean) republic
- conduct of the Rhodesian (Zimbabwean) Government
- Barotseland.
Dates
- Creation: Jan 1964-Sep 1966; Jan 1969-Jun 1976
Extent
71 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Welensky Papers 742/2
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk