GB 0101 ICS 25 - GREADY, Canon Leslie (b 1933)

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GB 0101 ICS 25

Title

GREADY, Canon Leslie (b 1933)

Date(s)

  • 1966 (Creation)

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1 file

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Biographical history

Canon Leslie Gready was born in 1933, educated at Southampton University and Wells Theological College, and ordained priest in 1957. After working in Liverpool, 1956-1959, he was based in Isandhlwana, South Africa, 1959-1960, and subsequently worked as a priest in Rhodesia ( he was Director of Training in Matabeleland, 1961-1973). In 1966 he photographed two policemen beating a black african in the Lukampa Rest Camp. He had a conversation with the local police troop commander, and reported the incident to the Ministry of Justice.

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GB 0101 ICS 25 1966 Collection (fonds) 1 file Gready , Leslie , b1933 , anglican clergyman

Canon Leslie Gready was born in 1933, educated at Southampton University and Wells Theological College, and ordained priest in 1957. After working in Liverpool, 1956-1959, he was based in Isandhlwana, South Africa, 1959-1960, and subsequently worked as a priest in Rhodesia ( he was Director of Training in Matabeleland, 1961-1973). In 1966 he photographed two policemen beating a black african in the Lukampa Rest Camp. He had a conversation with the local police troop commander, and reported the incident to the Ministry of Justice.

Copies made by Brian Willan, 1973.

Photocopy of notes of Canon Leslie Gready's conversation with police on police brutality against black africans in Rhodesia, with related correspondence with the Commissioner of Police and the Minister of Justice, Rhodesia, 1966.

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A photocopying service is available, at the discretion of the Library staff. Copies are supplied solely for research or private study. Requests to publish, or quote from original material should be submitted to the Information Services Manager.
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ICS holds several related collections on Rhodesia and Zimbabwe, including the papers of Granard Television broadcast on apartheid (ICS 22), K V Manyonda (ICS 108), D D E Mutasa (ICS 91), Rodesia: Unilateral Declaration of Independence (ICS 83), Rhodesia: Constitutional Conference, 1979 (ICS 64), Rhodesia: Pearce Commission (ICS 60), Southern Rhodesia Legal Aid and Welfare Fund (ICS 107), Southern Rhodesia: Ministry of Justice (ICS 53), Southern Rhodesia: Ministry of Native Affairs (ICS 78).

Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. General International Standard Archival Description ISAD(G), 2nd edition, 2000, National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Sources: Crockford's Clerical Dictionary. Oct 2001 Apartheid Blacks Civil and political rights Ethnic groups Gready , Leslie , b 1933 , anglican clergyman Human rights Interethnic relations Law enforcement Police Racial discrimination Racial prejudice Racial segregation Rhodesia Southern Africa Social control, formal Sociology

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Copies made by Brian Willan, 1973.

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Scope and content

Photocopy of notes of Canon Leslie Gready's conversation with police on police brutality against black africans in Rhodesia, with related correspondence with the Commissioner of Police and the Minister of Justice, Rhodesia, 1966.

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Chronological

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Open although advance notice should be given. Access to individual items may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or Freedom of Information legislation.

Conditions governing reproduction

A photocopying service is available, at the discretion of the Library staff. Copies are supplied solely for research or private study. Requests to publish, or quote from original material should be submitted to the Information Services Manager.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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ICS holds several related collections on Rhodesia and Zimbabwe, including the papers of Granard Television broadcast on apartheid (ICS 22), K V Manyonda (ICS 108), D D E Mutasa (ICS 91), Rodesia: Unilateral Declaration of Independence (ICS 83), Rhodesia: Constitutional Conference, 1979 (ICS 64), Rhodesia: Pearce Commission (ICS 60), Southern Rhodesia Legal Aid and Welfare Fund (ICS 107), Southern Rhodesia: Ministry of Justice (ICS 53), Southern Rhodesia: Ministry of Native Affairs (ICS 78).

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies

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General International Standard Archival Description ISAD(G), 2nd edition, 2000, National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Sources: Crockford's Clerical Dictionary.

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  • English

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