Typescript copy of journal relating to tour of duty in Nigeria, August 1945-January 1946, with curriculum vitae.
Dates
- Creation: 1945-1946
Extent
1 file
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Afr. s. 2284].
Shelfmark:
MSS. Afr. s. 2284
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 4926
Biographical / Historical
Francis David Kennard Williams (b 1918) was educated at Stonyhurst College, and at Balliol College, Oxford. After undertaking military service 1940-1943 with the Oxford & Bucks. Light Infantry, he served as Administrative Officer, Nigeria from 1941, rising to the rank of Class I in 1959. In 1961 he entered the UK Civil Service as Principal in the Ministry of Health before being seconded to the Privy Council Office in 1968 as Principal Private Secretary to the Lord President, then Assistant Secretary to the Department of Health and Social Security. Awarded the CBE in 1976, he retired in 1978 and worked till 1980 as founder Director of the Linacre Centre for the Study of the Ethics of Health Care.
Other Finding Aids
The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were donated by Williams's son, Richard on 1st June 1996.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals are held by the Williams family.
- Title
- Papers of Francis David Kennard Williams
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Paul Davidson
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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