British West Africa / Liberia

BRA 165

Vintage Snapshots Album. 9 Photographs, British Soldier in West Africa, 1942-43. Names of British soldiers and local natives on reverse.of each. Size approx 10.5cm x 9cm.

Price: $90.00

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Photo album belonging to a British diplomat working with Lord Milverton in Lagos, Nigeria, 1946-1950.(Perhaps his secretary Richard Peel) 209 photos, all but 32 show Nigeria and South Africa. Meeting with various dignitaries, residence in Buea, Government House in Lagos, YWCA, visit of the Belgian Prince Regent, official tour of creeks, war canoes, Lord and Lady Milvertons farewell visit to Ibadan, H.E Mr. G. Beresfor Stooke's tours of the northern provinces, swearing in ceremony of H. E. Sir John Macpherson K.C.M.G. at Government house, tour of South Africa and Victoria Falls, safari and more. Many photos with legible captions.

Price: $900.00

Note: BRA 162BRA 162Arthur Frederick Richards, 1st Baron Milverton (21 February 1885 – 27 October 1978) was born in Bristol in 1885, the son of William Richards. He was educated at Clifton College in Bristol, and graduated from Christ Church, Oxford, in 1907 with a BA. Richards entered the Malayan Civil Service in 1908. By 1921, he had become the Acting 1st Assistant Colonial Secretary for the Straits Settlements. He served as Acting Under-Secretary of the Federated Malay States in 1926, and became full Under-Secretary from 1927 to 1929. He was the Acting General Advisor in Johore between 1929 and 1920, and from 1930 to 1933 he served as the Governor of Northern Borneo. BRA 162BRA 162BRA 162Following this, he served as Governor of the Gambia from 1933 to 1936. He served as Governor of Fiji from 1936 to 1938 concurrently with High Commissioner of the Western Pacific. From 1938 to 1943, he served as Governor of Jamaica. From 1943 to 1948, he served as Governor of Nigeria. He was known in the Colonial Service as 'Old Sinister'. He became the first Colonial Office official to be raised to the peerage while still in office. In 1986, his former private secretary in Nigeria, Richard Peel, published a memoir of Richards, titled Old Sinister: A Memoir of Sir Arthur Richards. He was made a CMG in 1933, elevated to KCMG in 1935, and again to GCMG in 1942. In 1947 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Milverton, of Lagos and of Clifton in the City of Bristol. He was also appointed to the Order of St. John., and was awarded the US Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm. B

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1882 article from The Home Journal on Liberia, discussing the governments recent accomplishments. B

Price: $20.00

BRA 159

26 colonial period postcards of Sierra Leone. Different types, economic and social activities, Freetown, interesting anti-Hitler card. B

Price: $620.00

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15 colonial period postcards of life in Ghana. B

Price: $375.00

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24 colonial period postcards of Nigeria. Many postally used. Showing Islam, architecture, various trades, early Independence leaders, different types, farming, etc. B

Price: $600.00

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