Sir Cornelius Greenfield, ID, KBE, CMG (born 1906) was a Rhodesian civil servant. Born in the

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, Greenfield emigrated to Rhodesia with his parents in 1909, settling in

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. He spent most of his official career in the Rhodesian Treasury. After

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in 1965, Greenfield chaired the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Committee, and accompanied

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to the talks on HMS ''Tiger'' in 1966. He retired from the civil service that year.

References

* http://www.rhodesia.nl/rhodesiana/volume40.pdf * Elaine Windrich, ''Britain and the Politics of Rhodesian Independence'' (Croom Helm Ltd, 1978) {{DEFAULTSORT:Greenfield, Cornelius 1906 births South African emigrants to Rhodesia Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George People from Bulawayo Rhodesian civil servants Year of death missing