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Maurice Girod de l'Ain: 'Vie militaire du Général Foy', Paris, Plon, 1900, frontis + folding maps, facsimiles etc, old cloth, leather gilt title label to spine. From the estate of Gawain Westray Bell (1909-1995), British colonial administrator who became the Governor of Northern Nigeria, with his pencil signature to FFEP. Bell served in Sudan between 1931 and 1954, with secondments to Palestine in 1938 and the Arab Legion during the Second World War. In 1956, he was appointed political agent in Kuwait, surviving an assassination attempt, before serving as governor of Northern Nigeria between 1957 and 1962, where he oversaw the end of British rule. In 1965, following failed talks and an Adenese walkout from the Federal and Federal Supreme Council, Bell and Sir Ralph Hone (1896-1992) were approached by the federation's leadership travelled to Aden to act as constitutional advisors. During the course of their visit they recommended that Aden become the capital of a new United Republic of South Arabia, with enhanced representation in the legislative and executive branches. Following his work in south Arabia, he led other missions to Oman (1966 and 1974) and the Trucial States. Provenance by descent
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