Charles Wilton Wood Greenidge
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Vice President Anti Slavery Society http://www.observatoire-humanitaire.org/fusion.php?l=FR&id=35 1968 (Secretary 1941-56, Director 1957-68 http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/blcas/anti-slavery-society.html). Born on 10 January 1889, in the parish of St James, Barbados
, youngest son of Charles Joseph Greenidge, member of the Colonial Parliament of Barbados
, West Indies, by his second wife, Edith Marion Wood. He was a distant cousin of Abel Hendy Jones Greenidge
.
He was educated at Harrison College
, Barbados
, and then Downing College, Cambridge
, where he read law. He was appointed Magistrate
in St Kitts, Leeward Islands, in 1919 and magistrate in Barbados in 1923, rising to Court of Appeal Judge
in 1925. He transferred to Port of Spain
, Trinidad
in 1927 where he was a magistrate and acted as its Solicitor General and then Attorney General as well as being a member of the Legislative Council
. A further posting as Chief Justice
of British Honduras
followed in 1932-36. In 1936, he took up the post of Solicitor General of Nigeria where he remained for five years. He was a Member of Commission on Development of British Guyana and British Honduras
in 1947 and appointed to the United Nations
' Ad Hoc Committee of Experts on Slavery 1950-51. Between 1958 and 1962, he was a Member of the Legislative Council of Barbados. When he was not posted overseas he lived most of his life in Barbados, with a second home in Malta
. He was unmarried and died 28 April 1972 in Nice, France
.
The Greenidge family trace their ancestry in Barbados to John of Greenwich who left London on 2 May 1635 on the ship Alexander. Within one generation the etymon, meaning Green Port or Trading Place (cf Norwich
, Harwich
Ipswich
and Sandwich
in England) of the surname had assumed the distinctly West Indian orthographic
format of Greenidge, whilst maintaining a very similar phenomic identity.
Papers and publications include http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=P12045:
1943: Forced Labour
1945: Land Hunger in the Colonies
1947: Impressions of Four West Indian Islands Visited in 1946
1948: Forced Labour updated
1949: The Present Outlook in the British West Indies
1950: The British Caribbean Federation
1952: Slavery in the Twentieth Century
1953: Memorandum on Slavery
1954: Slavery at the United Nations
1955: Slavery and the United Nations
1956: Memorandum on Forced Labour in Portuguese West Africa
1958: Slavery (Published George Allen and Unwin)
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
, youngest son of Charles Joseph Greenidge, member of the Colonial Parliament of Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
, West Indies, by his second wife, Edith Marion Wood. He was a distant cousin of Abel Hendy Jones Greenidge
Abel Hendy Jones Greenidge
Abel Hendy Jones Greenidge was a writer on ancient history and law. He was the second son of the Rev Nathaniel Heath Greenidge, vicar of Boscobel Parish, St Peter and his wife Elizabeth Cragg Kellman, was born on the 22nd December 1865 at Belle Farm Estate, Barbados...
.
He was educated at Harrison College
Harrison College (Barbados)
Harrison College is a co-educational grammar school in Bridgetown, Barbados. Founded in 1733, the school takes its name from Thomas Harrison, a Bridgetown merchant, who intended it to serve as "A Public and Free School for the poor and indigent boys of the parish".It thereafter has evolved into...
, Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
, and then Downing College, Cambridge
Downing College, Cambridge
Downing College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1800 and currently has around 650 students.- History :...
, where he read law. He was appointed Magistrate
Magistrate
A magistrate is an officer of the state; in modern usage the term usually refers to a judge or prosecutor. This was not always the case; in ancient Rome, a magistratus was one of the highest government officers and possessed both judicial and executive powers. Today, in common law systems, a...
in St Kitts, Leeward Islands, in 1919 and magistrate in Barbados in 1923, rising to Court of Appeal Judge
Judge
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...
in 1925. He transferred to Port of Spain
Port of Spain
Port of Spain, also written as Port-of-Spain, is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. The city has a municipal population of 49,031 , a metropolitan population of 128,026 and a transient daily population...
, Trinidad
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...
in 1927 where he was a magistrate and acted as its Solicitor General and then Attorney General as well as being a member of the Legislative Council
Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago
The Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago served as an advisory commission to the Governor in British-ruled Trinidad and Tobago, between 1925 and independence in 1961. The Legislative Council consisted of a mixture of appointed and elected members...
. A further posting as Chief Justice
Chief Justice
The Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of Canada, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the Court of Final Appeal of...
of British Honduras
British Honduras
British Honduras was a British colony that is now the independent nation of Belize.First colonised by Spaniards in the 17th century, the territory on the east coast of Central America, south of Mexico, became a British crown colony from 1862 until 1964, when it became self-governing. Belize became...
followed in 1932-36. In 1936, he took up the post of Solicitor General of Nigeria where he remained for five years. He was a Member of Commission on Development of British Guyana and British Honduras
British Honduras
British Honduras was a British colony that is now the independent nation of Belize.First colonised by Spaniards in the 17th century, the territory on the east coast of Central America, south of Mexico, became a British crown colony from 1862 until 1964, when it became self-governing. Belize became...
in 1947 and appointed to the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
' Ad Hoc Committee of Experts on Slavery 1950-51. Between 1958 and 1962, he was a Member of the Legislative Council of Barbados. When he was not posted overseas he lived most of his life in Barbados, with a second home in Malta
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
. He was unmarried and died 28 April 1972 in Nice, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
The Greenidge family trace their ancestry in Barbados to John of Greenwich who left London on 2 May 1635 on the ship Alexander. Within one generation the etymon, meaning Green Port or Trading Place (cf Norwich
Norwich
Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...
, Harwich
Harwich
Harwich is a town in Essex, England and one of the Haven ports, located on the coast with the North Sea to the east. It is in the Tendring district. Nearby places include Felixstowe to the northeast, Ipswich to the northwest, Colchester to the southwest and Clacton-on-Sea to the south...
Ipswich
Ipswich
Ipswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell...
and Sandwich
Sandwich
A sandwich is a food item, typically consisting of two or more slices of :bread with one or more fillings between them, or one slice of bread with a topping or toppings, commonly called an open sandwich. Sandwiches are a widely popular type of lunch food, typically taken to work or school, or...
in England) of the surname had assumed the distinctly West Indian orthographic
Orthography
The orthography of a language specifies a standardized way of using a specific writing system to write the language. Where more than one writing system is used for a language, for example Kurdish, Uyghur, Serbian or Inuktitut, there can be more than one orthography...
format of Greenidge, whilst maintaining a very similar phenomic identity.
Papers and publications include http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=P12045:
1943: Forced Labour
1945: Land Hunger in the Colonies
1947: Impressions of Four West Indian Islands Visited in 1946
1948: Forced Labour updated
1949: The Present Outlook in the British West Indies
1950: The British Caribbean Federation
1952: Slavery in the Twentieth Century
1953: Memorandum on Slavery
1954: Slavery at the United Nations
1955: Slavery and the United Nations
1956: Memorandum on Forced Labour in Portuguese West Africa
1958: Slavery (Published George Allen and Unwin)