Papers of Sir Alexander Nicol A. Waddell

Collection

Speeches, papers and reports on the financial position, rural development, economic aspects and development plan of Sarawak, also the Foochow Chinese, as Governor of Sarawak, 1950-1963.

Dates

Creation: 1950-1963

Extent

2 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Pac. s. 105].

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MSS. Pac. s. 105

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 4716

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Sir Alexander Nicol Anton Waddell DSC KCMG (b 1913) worked as a cadet, British Solomon Islands Protectorate, 1937, then District Officer, 1938 and District Commissioner, 1945. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Australian Navy as lieutenant, 1942-1944, then lieutenant-colonel until 1947. Concurrently, in 1945 he entered the Malayan Civil Service, before taking the post of Administrative Officer, 1946, then Principal Assistant Secretary, 1947-1952, North Borneo. He worked as Colonial Secretary, Gambia, from 1952 and became Chief Secretary, Sierra Leone in 1956. He was Deputy Governor, Sierra Leone, 1958-1960. His final posting was in Sarawak, where he served as Governor and Commander-in-Chief, 1960-1963.

Other Finding Aids

Listed as no. 731 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were deposited at the library by Sir Alexander Waddell through the Oxford Development Records Project in May 1969.

Related Materials

Reports, photocopies of signal books and diaries and a printed pamphlet on the coast-watchers of Choiseul in the Solomon Islands during the Second World War, donated to the library on 17th September 1996.