Collection GB 1446 MS 32 - BROWNE, Granville St John Orde (1883-1947): 'Physical peculiarities of the minor tribes of Mount Kenya, British East Africa'

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GB 1446 MS 32 [1915] collection 1 item Browne , Sir , Granville St John Orde , 1883-1947 , Knight , colonial administrator

Born, 1883; educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; commissioned into the Royal Horse and Field Artillery, 1902; posted to South Africa and Mauritius, 1903-1907; served in the Zulu rising, 1906; returned to Britain, 1907-1909; seconded to the Colonial Office as an assistant district commissioner in the British East Africa Protectorate (later Kenya), 1909-1915; re-commissioned into the Royal Artillery and served throughout the German East Africa campaign, 1915-1918; senior commissioner, Tanganyika, 1921-1926; labour commissioner, Tanganyika, 1926-1931; retired from the colonial service, 1931; consultant member of the International Labour Office's committee of experts on native labour, 1934; in the course of this work he visited the Belgian Congo, Portuguese East Africa, and Northern Rhodesia; first labour adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1938-1947, in this capacity he visited the West Indies, 1938, West Africa, 1939, Ceylon, Mauritius, and Malaya, 1941 and East Africa, 1945; died 1947.

Publications: The Vanishing Tribes of Kenya (1925)

The African Labourer (1933)

Sent to the RAI by Orde Browne, 10 Dec 1915.

Article by Granville St John Orde Browne, entitled 'Physical peculiarities of the minor tribes of Mount Kenya, British East Africa', submitted to the Committee of the Royal Anthropological Institute for consideration for publication, with covering letter, 10 Dec 1915.

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vii leaves. 3 tables. 33.5 cm

Collection level description available in the Institute's reading room.

Other material relating to Browne is held at Oxford University: Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House (ref: MSS Afr s 1117 and MSS Lugard) and in the Natural History Museum (ref: Department of Botany.)

Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

May 2008 African cultures Anthropology Browne , Sir , Granville St John Orde , 1883-1947 , Knight , colonial administrator East Africa Ethnic groups Kenya National cultures Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland

Sent to the RAI by Orde Browne, 10 Dec 1915.

Article by Granville St John Orde Browne, entitled 'Physical peculiarities of the minor tribes of Mount Kenya, British East Africa', submitted to the Committee of the Royal Anthropological Institute for consideration for publication, with covering letter, 10 Dec 1915.

Single item

Appointments are necessary for all visits; please contact the archivist by email to arrange; a fee of £10 is payable by all visitors except Fellows and Members; membership details can be found on the RAI web site; access to material referring to the most recent thirty years is restricted; some material is very fragile and may not be available for view; a few items are of restricted or forbidden access.

Photocopies and scans for personal research only may be arranged at the discretion of the archivist; charges apply; in all cases forms governing use of copies must be signed; use of digital cameras is not allowed.

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Other material relating to Browne is held at Oxford University: Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House (ref: MSS Afr s 1117 and MSS Lugard) and in the Natural History Museum (ref: Department of Botany.)

Collection level description available in the Institute's reading room.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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