Archive of Sir Geoffrey Colby, Governor of Nyasaland (Malawi), including correspondence on federation, as well as speeches and papers on Governor's pensions.
Dates
- Creation: 1937-1957
Extent
0.18 linear metres (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Afr. s. 2200/1, folder 1, fol. 1].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Afr. s. 2200/1-3
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 1278
Abstract
Archive of Sir Geoffrey Francis Taylor Colby.
Biographical / Historical
Sir Geoffrey Francis Taylor Colby was born on 25 Mar 1901 and educated at Charterhouse, Godalming, Surrey, and Clare College, Cambridge. He entered the British Colonial Administrative Service in Nigeria in 1925 as an Administrative Officer and went on to serve as: Principal Assistant Secretary (acting) (1939); Secretary, Nigeria Supply Board (1942); Director of Supplies (1943); Administrative Secretary, Nigeria (1945); Acting Chief Secretary to Government and Governor's Deputy, on various occasions (1945-1947), and Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Nyasaland (Malawi) (1948-1956). He was awarded the CMG (1947) and the KCMG (1949). He married Lilian Florence Illingworth, and they had two daughters. Sir Colby died on 22 Dec 1958. Compiled with reference to A Biographical Dictionary of the British Colonial Service 1939-1966 by A.H.M. Kirk-Greene (1991).
Other Finding Aids
The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated in Jul 1991 by his daughter.
- Title
- Archive of Sir Geoffrey Francis Taylor Colby
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Original Catalogue by Clare Brown; Collection Level Description by Marion Lowman.
- Date
- 1996; EAD version 2023
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Edition statement
- Second edition.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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