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Desmond William Lardner-Burke ID (17 October 1909 – 1984) was a politician in Rhodesia. ==Early years== Desmond Lardner-Burke was born in Kimberley, Northern Cape on 17 October 1909, and was educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. Lardner-Burke became a lawyer.〔("We Want Our Country" ), ''Time''〕 He became a leading member of the Dominion Party,〔Dickson A. Mungazi, ''The Last Defenders of the Laager: Ian D. Smith and F. W. de Klerk''〕 and in 1957 was a founder member of the Southern Rhodesian Association, of which he soon became leader.〔Theodore Bull, ''Rhodesia: Crisis of Color''〕 In 1962, this merged with Ian Smith's United Group and other organisations to found the Rhodesian Front,〔David M. Rowe, ''Manipulating the Market''〕 of which he was a prominent member.〔 Lardner-Burke was a supporter of white supremacy, and claimed to support the views of Cecil Rhodes.〔 In 1971, he preached a sermon from the pulpit of Salisbury's Anglican Cathedral, in which he claimed that Christ had never declared that everyone was equal, nor that everyone was entitled to equal treatment. He attempted to illustrate how Christian theology could be shown to support apartheid.〔Diana Fynn, ''On the Turn of the Tide''〕 At the Southern Rhodesian general election, 1962, Lardner-Burke was elected for the Gwelo constituency.〔Source Book of Parliamentary Elections and Referenda in Southern Rhodesia 1898–1962 ed. by F.M.G. Willson (Department of Government, University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Salisbury 1963)〕 The Rhodesian Front formed the new government, and after a period on the backbenches,〔Kenneth Young, ''Rhodesia and Independence: A Study in British Colonial Policy''〕 Lardner-Burke was appointed Minister for Law and Order and Justice. In this role, he gave advice on which political detainees were suitable for release. He also acted as Leader of the House.〔Judith Todd, ''The Right to Say No''〕 ''The Times'' have described Lardner-Burke as "...responsible for the harassment, arrest and detention without trial of tens of thousands of black nationalists, including President Mugabe, fighting against white rule in the 1960s and 1970s."〔Jan Raath, "(President Robert Mugabe 'raises the dead' to secure electoral victory in Zimbabwe )", ''The Times''〕 He first ordered Mugabe to be detained in December 1963, writing: "...whereas certain information has been placed before me and whereas due to confidential information which I cannot reveal, I am satisfied that you are likely to commit acts of violence throughout Rhodesia..." Mugabe spent the next eleven years in various prisons.〔Andrew Norman, ''Robert Mugabe and the Betrayal of Zimbabwe''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Desmond Lardner-Burke」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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