Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale
Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale, KG, GCMG, KCVO (29 September 1903 – 10 March 1973) was Governor of Southern Rhodesia from 1942 to 1944 and Governor of Kenya from 1952 to 1959.
Born to the wealthy Baring banking family and the son of Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, the first British ruler of Egypt, Baring was created 1st Baron Howick of Glendale in 1960 and a Knight of the Garter in 1972. His governorship of Kenya was marked by the Mau Mau uprising.
[edit] Mau Mau Rebellion
In June, 1957, Sir Evelyn passed on to Alan Lennox-Boyd a secret memorandum[1] written by Eric Griffiths-Jones, the attorney general of Kenya. The memorandum described the abuse of Mau Mau detainees. The paper alleges that Sir Evelyn supplied a covering letter that asserted that inflicting "violent shock" was the only way of dealing with Mau Mau insurgents.
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- ^ "Secret memo gave guidelines on abuse of Mau Mau in 1950s". The Guardian. April 11, 2011. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/11/mau-mau-high-court-foreign-office-documents. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Philip Euen Mitchell |
Governor of Kenya 1952–1959 |
Succeeded by Sir Patrick Muir Renison |
| Diplomatic posts | ||
| Preceded by William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech |
British High Commissioner to South Africa 1944–1951 |
Succeeded by John Le Rougetel |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by New Creation |
Baron Howick of Glendale 1960–1973 |
Succeeded by Charles Evelyn Baring |
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- 1903 births
- 1973 deaths
- British people of the Mau Mau Uprising
- Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Governors of Kenya
- Governors of Southern Rhodesia
- Ambassadors and High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to South Africa
- Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Knights of the Garter
- Knights of the Order of St John
- Younger sons of earls
- Baring family
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