BLUNDELL, Sir Michael, 1977-c. 1985
folder
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- (fols. i-x) address card, correspondence with the Oxford Development Records Project (ODRP), press cuttings, and detailed curriculum vitae
- (fols. 1-54) transcripts of five tape-recorded interviews with Marion Doro in Nairobi, 1977-1978.
Dates
- Creation: 1977-c. 1985
Extent
54 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Afr. s. 1717 (14)
Biographical / Historical
Career details:
- government minister: arrived in Kenya, 1925
- farm manager, Solai, 1927-1948
- Member of Legislative Council for Rift Valley, 1948-1954
- member of Emergency War Cabinet, 1954-1955
- Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Water Development, 1955-1959, initiated the Swynnerton Plan
- Minister of Agriculture, 1961-1962
- Chairman of Egerton Agricultural College, Njoro, 1962-1972.
Repository Details
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