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Name: WAINWRIGHT, Robert Everard 'Robin' CMG
Birth Date: 24 June 1913 Winchester
Death Date: 29 Nov 1990 Brazil, heart attack while staying with his son
First Date: 1935
Last Date: 1963
Profession: Appointed as a DO in 1935. At Kisumu in 1953. Secretary for African Affairs 1953
Area: Kisumu
Married: 1939 Bridget Doris Alan-Williams b. 7 Aug 1918 Harwich, d. 31 Dec 2000 Dorset
Children: Christopher James (1943); Ian
Book Reference: Staff 39, Staff 53, Colonial, Baptism, O&C, Nicholls, Foster
School: Marlborough and Trinity College Cambridge 1931-35; BA (Cantab)
General Information:
Nicholls - Robin [sic] Wainwright was a talented cabinet-maker.
Colonial - Cadet Kenya 1935; PC 1954; Ch. Commissioner 1960-63; Retd., apptd. Acting Administrator Turks & Caicos Is. 1965
Ancestry family tree says he d. in Brazil, but Nat Probate Calendar does not mention this.