Gray, John Milner, Sir, 1889-1970 (Knight, colonial administrator)
Dates
- Existence: 1889 - 1970
Biography
Sir John Milner Gray (1889-1970) was educated at Dover College, Perse School and King's College, Cambridge. After training as a solicitor, he joined the Colonial Administrative Service in Uganda in 1920. In 1934 he was transferred to Gambia, where he became Judge of the Supreme Court. He was Governor in Gambia in 1935 and 1940, and in 1943 became Chief Justice of Zanzibar. He was knighted in 1944. After his retirement in 1952 Gray remained in Zanzibar to carry out research in the Consular archives. In 1960 he moved back to Cambridge, where he died in 1970. After his posting to Uganda in 1920 Gray investigated the untouched parts of Africa, taking a particular interest in local languages. His findings were published in the Uganda Journal and Tanganyika Notes and Records. His other publications include a History of the Gambia, The British in Mombasa, 1824-1826, Early Portuguese Missionaries in East Africa, and a History of Zanzibar from the middle ages to 1856.
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Dictionary of East African biography
A wide range of material compiled in preparation for the D.E.A.B. A few letters and other items are in French, German and Italian.
Letter from J. M. Gray; Cambridge, 18 May 1965
Letters and related items, mostly addressed to the editors of the Cambridge Review, and predominantly to Peter Hawkes. Some letters were intended for publication; most of the others concern the contribution (or otherwise) of articles and book reviews.
Papers on West Africa
Semei Lwakirenzi Kakungulu: papers on claims
Comprises:
1. ‘S.L. Kakungulu Report on Claims, 1924’: 30pp., map, includes report by John Gray (then District Magistrate, Mbale) into Kakungulu’s grievances, and claims against the administration, and related letters, 1924-5.
2. ‘Statements made by Kakungulu regarding his claims to land etc., November – 1924’: 27pp., consisting of notes by John Gray, signed statements by Kakungulu and other data.
Sir John Gray, 1951 - 1971
Papers concerning Gray and his family.
Sir John Milner Gray: Papers
Zanzibar diary of the U.M.C.A., 1962
'Extracts from the Zanzibar diary of the Universities Mission to Central Africa 1864-1909', 69 pages with a title page and note. The extracts are in two sections, 1864-1888 and 1888-1909.
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- Archival Object 3
- Subject
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- Slavery 2
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- Africa 1
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- Zanzibar (inhabited place) 1 + ∧ Less