Scope and Contents
Unpublished typescript memoirs of a Colonial Office and Commonwealth Relations Office official, covering his career from 1911 to 1967. With a forward by Sir Harry Batterbee. One of 100 duplicated copies prepared for presentation. 115pp.
Dates
- Creation: 1969
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Biographical / Historical
Charles William Dixon (1888-1976) was born in Yorkshire, and was educated at Clifton School, Bristol, and Balliol College, Oxford. After leaving university he gained third place in the Open Examination for the Civil Service and entered the Colonial Office (later the Dominions Office, the Commonwealth Relations Office and the Commonwealth Office). He rose to be Assistant Under-Secretary of State and was awarded MBE (Civil) in 1919 and OBE (Civil) in 1924; CMG in 1940; KCMG in 1945 and KCVO in 1961. He retired in 1967, and died on 12 September 1976. Source: 'Introductory', chapter one of Memoirs.
Extent
0.003 cubic metre(s) (1 volume in a folder)
Language of Materials
English
Former reference
MS 11c99d V. Donald H. Simpson (ed.), 'The manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society' (1975), p. 40.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented to the Royal Commonwealth Society Library in 1969 by Sir Charles Dixon.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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