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503:(1978) was an account of the up-country experiences of Elnor when she was married to a district officer in the Nigerian Service before the war. Based on her letters home, the book was a vignette of outstation life in a seemingly time-warped rural northern Nigeria. Ten years later, encouraged by this success, he was persuaded to compile a straightforward narrative of his 35 years in the colonial service, 27: 146: 769: 424:
asked him to collaborate on a report into the Native Administration structure in the Northern Provinces. This was intended to show how demand for local government, from both the new-look Colonial Office - now self-consciously rooted in democratic principles - and the younger ranks of Northern
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On leaving the Colonial Service in 1963, he spent five years as Director and Secretary of the East Africa and Mauritius Association, which provided a means of communication between the business world and the newly independent governments of East Africa.
488:, 1960–1963. Maddocks had no children of his own, but had a large extended family who called him Uncle or Grandpa. He was an enthusiastic gardener, a hobby he continued on his return to Britain, where he lived first in 803: 308: 131: 808: 450:. His governorship was marked by industrial disputes which led him to invoke his emergency powers and call in the military in support of the civil power. His health gave way, both in 443:, Maddocks was promoted Civil Secretary in 1955. He became Deputy Governor in 1957, with spells in between as Officer Administering the Government of Northern Nigeria. 813: 312: 135: 598: 623: 793: 633: 714: 823: 409:. Retained in the Nigerian service throughout World War II - against his wishes and despite the success of many of his colleagues in joining the 720: 704: 618: 533: 462: 410: 110: 44: 643: 526:
End of Empire; Dependencies Since 1948. The West Indies, British Honduras, Hong Kong, Fiji, Cyprus, Gibraltar, and the Falklands
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Sir Kenneth Maddocks receiving the customary bilo of yagona during the traditional Fijian welcome extended to him in Suva.
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in 1956 and advanced to Knight Commander of St Michael and St George in 1958. He was made Knight Commander of the
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His first wife Elnor died in 1976 and in 1980 he married Patricia, the widow of Sir
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legislators, could best be implemented in the heartland of British indirect rule.
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He joined the Colonial Administrative Service in 1929 and was sent to northern
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In his second retirement, he produced two memoirs, both privately published.
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In 1948 his experience and ability were such that the government in
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Kenneth Phipson Maddocks was the son of a civil engineer from
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Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
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In 1951 he married Elnor, the daughter of Sir John Russell,
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official who served as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of
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in 1963 at the time of the Queen's visit to the Pacific.
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He was educated at 127:Sir Kenneth Phipson Maddocks 430:Fellow of the Royal Society 368:and rowed for his college. 840: 524:Madden, Frederick (2000). 446:In 1958 he left to become 765: 614: 569:Sir Francis Derek Jakeway 565: 556: 548: 298: 212: 167: 155: 143: 16:British colonial official 552:Sir Philip Euen Mitchell 454:and, en route home, in 382:After barely a year in 362:Wadham College, Oxford 324:from 1958 until 1963. 293:Wadham College, Oxford 278:1951-1976 (her death); 467:Royal Victorian Order 352:. 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