Diaries relating to his service in South Africa, Uganda and the Seychelles, with albums of photographs of South Africa and Uganda, and letters, invitations, and photographs relating to his governorship of the Seychelles (1935-1936).
Dates
- Creation: 1902-1936
Extent
2 boxes
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS.Afr.s.1638].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS.Afr.s.1638
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 4825
Biographical / Historical
Arthur Evelyn Weatherhead (1880-1956) enlisted in the South African Constabulary in 1900 and received a Commission in 1902. He resigned in 1907 and the following year was appointed as District Superintendent of the Uganda Police Force. He remained in Uganda for almost three decades, holding the posts of Assistant District Commissioner (1911), District Commissioner (1916), Director of Labour (1925), Provincial Commissioner (1926), acting Chief Secretary to the Government (1932-1933), member of the Executive Council (1934), and acting Governor (1935). In 1935 he was appointed as acting Governor of the Seychelles (1935-1936). Weatherhead was awarded the CMG (1934) and MBE (1943); served as a Justice of the Peace in Somerset, England; and was a member of the Royal Empire Society. Compiled with reference to Who Was Who.
Other Finding Aids
The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.
Listed as no. 1216 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Subject
- Title
- Papers of Arthur Evelyn Weatherhead
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Marion Lowman
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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