Colonial Bureaucrats, Institutional Transplants, and Development in the 20th Century

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British territories and their dates of independence, 1947–1997_ Countries in parentheses were not staffed by the Colonial Office in London_

1947	(India)
1948	Ceylon, Palestine
1956	(Anglo*Egyptian Sudan)
1957	Gold Coast, Malaya
1960	Cyprus, Nigeria, British Somaliland
1961	Sierra Leone, Tanganyika
1962	lamaKa, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda
1963	Kenya, Zanzibar, Sarawak, North Borneo
1964	Malta, Nyasatand, Northern Rhodesia
1965	Singapore, The Gambia, Maldives
1966	British Guiana, Bechuanaland, Basutoland. Barbados
1967	Aden
1968	Mauritius, Swaziland
1970	Piji, Tonga
1973	Bahamas
1974	Grenada
1976	Seychelles
1978	Dominica. Solomon Islands. ElUce Islands
1979	St Vincent and the Grenadines, Si Lucia. Gilbert Islands
1980	(Southern Rhodesia), New Hebrides
1981	British Honduras. Antigua
1983	St Christopher (St Kills) and Nevis. Brunei
1990	(Namibia)
1997	Hong, Kong

Characteristics of the dataset on overseas officers_

Number of records	14,285
Time of service	1939–1966
Territories included	All territories (colonies, protectorates) which were under the administration of the Colonial Office in London. This excludes Dominions (New Zealand, South Africa) and colonies with their own colonial service (India, Sudan). See Table 1 for a complete list.
Number of territories	46
Conditions to be listed in the dataset	All officers (British, local) who served on pensionable terms between 1939 and 1966 and had a minimum of ten years of service. These officers were recruited by the Colonial Office in London.
Information (mininum)	Name, gender, date of birth, education, entry year into the service, all advancements until last position held. Military service.
Information (additional)	Knighthoods and honors, language skills, published books and articles, participation at conferences, whether or not the officer stayed on to serve in the civil service of the independent country.