John Blades Currey

John Blades Currey
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John Blades Currey
Colonial Secretary of Griqualand West
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Born1829 (1829)
Died1904 (aged 74–75)
ChildrenHenry Latham Currey

John Blades "JB" Currey (1829–1904) was Colonial Secretary to the Government of Griqualand West and an influential businessman and politician of the Cape Colony.

Currey arrived in Southern African in 1850. He tried a range of professions before joining the Cape Civil Service.

He later became Colonial Secretary to the colony of Griqualand West, and named the town of Kimberley (previously "New Rush"). He was largely blamed for the diggers rebellion in Griqualand West in 1875 ("Black Flag Rebellion"), and was consequently dismissed.[1][2]

Currey's eldest son, Henry Latham Currey became Secretary to Cecil Rhodes and later a politician who sat in the House of Assembly of South Africa.

References

  1. ^ "The Brenthurst Library". Brenthurst.org.za. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Person Page 15515". Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  • Currey, John Blades (1986). Phillida Brooke Simons (ed.). John Blades Currey, 1850 to 1900: Fifty Years in the Cape Colony. Brenthurst Press. ISBN 0-909079-31-5.


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