Papers of Sir Thomas Scrivenor

Papers and speeches, 1953-64, including: addresses to the Non-European Affairs Committee of the Rotary Club, and to the Institute of International Affairs on the administration of High Commission territories; notes on the economic development of the territories; correspondence with Christopher Mayhew concerning the prohibition of Patrick Duncan from the High Commission Territories; satirical verses on the South African scene composed by Sir Thomas.

Sir Thomas Vaisey Scrivenor was the Deputy High Commissioner for Basutoland, the Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland, 1953-1960. He had formerly worked for the Colonial Service in Tanzania, Palestine, Malta and Nigeria.

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Sir Thomas Vaisey Scrivenor was the Deputy High Commissioner for Basutoland, the Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland, 1953-1960. He had formerly worked for the Colonial Service in Tanzania, Palestine, Malta and Nigeria.

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* Records of Patrick Duncan, Borthwick Institute, GB 193 DU.
* Diaries and correspondence, 1930-39, Oxford University, Bodleian Library Special Collections MSS Brit Emp s 369, 376-79.

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