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- Created 1994 (Creation)
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1 volume
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Born in 1907; served in RAF in UK and East Africa, 1939-1945; followed a political career in Kenya,1945-1961, as Mayor of Nairobi, Nairobi City Councillor, Elected Member of the Legislative Council, and finally Minister of the Crown for Information and Broadcasting; died in 1994.
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GB 0099 KCLMA Harris N F Created 1994 Collection (fonds) 1 volume
Born in 1907; served in RAF in UK and East Africa, 1939-1945; followed a political career in Kenya,1945-1961, as Mayor of Nairobi, Nairobi City Councillor, Elected Member of the Legislative Council, and finally Minister of the Crown for Information and Broadcasting; died in 1994.
Purchased by the Centre in 1995.
From pillar to post (Newton, Swindon, 1995), a memoir of his life covering the period 1939-1978, notably his service in the RAF in the UK and East Africa, 1939-1945, and his political career in Kenya, 1945-1961, as Mayor of Nairobi, Nairobi City Councillor, Elected Member of the Legislative Council and Minister of the Crown for Information and Broadcasting, written in 1994 andpublished in 1995.
1 volume
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
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Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm,and published in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
Aug 1996 Armed forces Colonial countries Colonial forces East Africa Europe International conflicts International relations International security Kenya Military organizations Nairobi Organizations Political systems RAF , Royal Air Force x Royal Air Force State security UK War Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events) London England
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Purchased by the Centre in 1995.
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From pillar to post (Newton, Swindon, 1995), a memoir of his life covering the period 1939-1978, notably his service in the RAF in the UK and East Africa, 1939-1945, and his political career in Kenya, 1945-1961, as Mayor of Nairobi, Nairobi City Councillor, Elected Member of the Legislative Council and Minister of the Crown for Information and Broadcasting, written in 1994 andpublished in 1995.
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1 volume
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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
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- English
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- Latin
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Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm,and published in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
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