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Anthony MacGregor Grier
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'''Anthony MacGregor Grier''', [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]] (12 April 1911 – 22 December 1989).
== Life ==
Anthony MacGregor Grier was born on 12 April 1911 to the Very Rev. [[Alexander Roy MacGregor Grier]].<ref name="WhWaWh">[https://ift.tt/2IicRJA "Grier, Anthony MacGregor"], ''Who Was Who'' (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007). Retrieved 26 September 2018.</ref><ref>''Burke's Peerage'' (2003), vol. 2, p. 3702.</ref> He attended [[St Edward's School, Oxford|St Edward's School]] in [[Oxford]], and [[Exeter College, Oxford]], and served in the [[West African Frontier Force]] and the [[Sierra Leone Regiment]] before entering the [[Colonial Administrative Service]] in [[Sierra Leone]] in 1935.<ref name="times">"Anthony MacGregor Grier", ''The Times'' (London), 2 January 1990, p. 12.</ref> After serving with the [[Colonial Office]] in [[London]] and [[Delhi]] between 1943 and 1947, he was stationed in [[North Borneo]] as a district officer until 1964, and was appointed a [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] in 1963. He returned to the [[United Kingdom]] in 1964 to be general manager of the [[Redditch]] [[Development corporation|Development Corporation]], serving until 1976; the year after he left that post, he was elected to [[Hereford and Worcester County Council]] for the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]]. He left public office in 1985 and died on 22 December 1989, leaving a widow (Patricia, daughter of [[Patrick Spens, 1st Baron Spens|Lord Spens]]) and three children.<ref name="WhWaWh"/><ref name="times"/>
During his time in Redditch, he managed its development into a [[New towns in the United Kingdom|New Town]] accommodating over 100,000 people, mostly "[[Overspill estate|overspill]]" from [[Birmingham]]. His time in the town was controversial, with ''[[The Times]]'' reporting that some locals accused Grier of being an "old colonial" who regarded inhabitants as "the natives"; however, he considered his work there as one of his greatest achievements and stayed in the area when he retired.<ref name="times"/>
== References ==
[[Category:1911 births]]
[[Category:1989 deaths]]
[[Category:British civil servants]]
[[Category:British colonial administrators]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George]]
== Life ==
Anthony MacGregor Grier was born on 12 April 1911 to the Very Rev. [[Alexander Roy MacGregor Grier]].<ref name="WhWaWh">[https://ift.tt/2IicRJA "Grier, Anthony MacGregor"], ''Who Was Who'' (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007). Retrieved 26 September 2018.</ref><ref>''Burke's Peerage'' (2003), vol. 2, p. 3702.</ref> He attended [[St Edward's School, Oxford|St Edward's School]] in [[Oxford]], and [[Exeter College, Oxford]], and served in the [[West African Frontier Force]] and the [[Sierra Leone Regiment]] before entering the [[Colonial Administrative Service]] in [[Sierra Leone]] in 1935.<ref name="times">"Anthony MacGregor Grier", ''The Times'' (London), 2 January 1990, p. 12.</ref> After serving with the [[Colonial Office]] in [[London]] and [[Delhi]] between 1943 and 1947, he was stationed in [[North Borneo]] as a district officer until 1964, and was appointed a [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] in 1963. He returned to the [[United Kingdom]] in 1964 to be general manager of the [[Redditch]] [[Development corporation|Development Corporation]], serving until 1976; the year after he left that post, he was elected to [[Hereford and Worcester County Council]] for the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]]. He left public office in 1985 and died on 22 December 1989, leaving a widow (Patricia, daughter of [[Patrick Spens, 1st Baron Spens|Lord Spens]]) and three children.<ref name="WhWaWh"/><ref name="times"/>
During his time in Redditch, he managed its development into a [[New towns in the United Kingdom|New Town]] accommodating over 100,000 people, mostly "[[Overspill estate|overspill]]" from [[Birmingham]]. His time in the town was controversial, with ''[[The Times]]'' reporting that some locals accused Grier of being an "old colonial" who regarded inhabitants as "the natives"; however, he considered his work there as one of his greatest achievements and stayed in the area when he retired.<ref name="times"/>
== References ==
[[Category:1911 births]]
[[Category:1989 deaths]]
[[Category:British civil servants]]
[[Category:British colonial administrators]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George]]
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