P. J. C. Marchant was born in 1923 and educated at Pontypridd Intermediate School and the University of Wales. He was on military service between 1942 and 1946 (lieutenant).

In 1950 Marchant entered the Colonial Service in Tanganyika as a cadet; he subsequently held the posts of district officer (1952) and assistant secretary (1964-1966).

Letters home (1950-1951), two letter books (1953-1955), correspondence and reports relating to administrative service in Tanganyika (1948-1965).

Deposited with the Oxford Colonial Records Project.

The collection was transferred to the library from the Oxford Colonial Records Project.

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Listed as no. 1098 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).

Marchant | P J C | b 1923 | District Officer Colonial Service Tanzania

Great Britain | Colonial Administrative Service

Colonial administrators | Tanzania | Correspondence