Crown Agents for the Colonies and Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations:...

This series contains unregistered private office files produced in the offices of the chairmen and directors of the Crown Agents - e.g. Sir Claude Hayes (Chairman 1968-1978), Alan H Challis (Director of Finance 1969-1973) and Mr E A Morris (Assistant Crown Agent 1964-1967)

The records in this series are arranged by the creating officer, and then by the original file reference system.

Other private office files, used by the Fay Committee of Inquiry and the Croom-Johnson Tribunal are in

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• Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, Chairmans Secretariat, 1967-1974
• Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, Office of the Director of Finance, 1966-1975

From 1999 Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations

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International

Personal and family papers

Sir Claude James Hayes (1912-1998) served with various government bodies, including the Civil Service Commission, 1938-1957 (during which time he completed war service in Europe), and the Treasury (1957-1965). He was a member of the Committee on Dissolution of the Central African Federation in 1963. In 1965 Hayes became Principal Finance Officer at the Ministry of Overseas Development, and in October 1968 he was appointed Chairman of the Crown Agents and retired in 1974.

Alan Hayward Challis (fl 1969-1973) was director of finance between 1969 and 1973.