Oscar - [Note] PC Seyyidie Province in 1909, was criticized by Girouard as lazy and unreliable. This may explain why records and general office organization were so run down. Mungeam records that Coast records are in order from 1895 to 1903, then almost peter out until 1909 (Mungeam 1966, pp. 242n.) ........ 'was an easy-going, considerate man with a reputation for idleness. Mrs Hinde took an immediate liking to this new cadet [Oscar Watkins]  

Golf - In the Chair at the formation meeting of Mombasa Golf Club in 1911.

Buxton - 1899 - 'Later left the train at Lukenia by the crossing of the Athi. This high-sounding name suggests a place of consequence. As a matter of fact there was nothing but the station, which consisted, like many others, of a little green canvas, a thorn boma, and a water-tank. Hard by Captain and Mrs Hinde were encamped, and we thought ourselves fortunate to meet so good a sportsman and naturalist ....... Hinde was appointed Commissioner to the Masai tribe, small camps of whom were squatted outside his boma. He had succeeded in establishing very friendly relations with these people, a short time ago the most formidable tribe in EA.

Adventurers - In charge of Wakamba district, at Machakos in 1901

Cranworth - origin of trout in Kenya ...... As far as a somewhat hazy recollection on this subject goes, I believe that it was Dr. S.L. Hinde who shall have the credit of the first attempt. The first successful importation was, I think, the result of £10 subscribed by each of Sir Frederick Jackson, Major Grogan and myself. Certainly the real credit is that of the Forestry Dept. who did all the pioneer work ......…

Kenya Diary - 1902 - Fort Hall - .....  A stone house is being constructed for S.L. Hinde, the Sub-Commissioner, who is now on leave. ........... 16th Sept 1902 - this evening I met S.L. Hinde the sub-commissioner of Fort Hall, who has just returned from leave and goes to Fort Hall tomorrow. I did not see him long enough to form much opinion of his ability, but should not say it was exceedingly great, though he appears to be pleasant enough and to have plenty of energy. He started life as a doctor in the Congo, then married and came to EA where he has been till recently, at Machakos. ....….

Dec. 1902 - Nyeri Camp - We left camp at 10 a.m. and reached Barlow's camp on the Chania River and just under Nyeri Hill at 3 p.m.. Here I found Barlow with only 60 rifles, Hinde with 40 useless police, my friend Hemsted, Collyer, Mr Scoresby Routledge, a friend of Hinde's who is globe trotting and out to see the fun, and, to my great disgust, Mrs Hinde. I was determined that Mrs Hinde and Routledge should return to Fort Hall at once. I protested to Hinde and told him I strongly resented their presence in camp ..... Hinde reluctantly gave way. .......... I had further words with Hinde regarding the site of his camp. It has no field of fire, is too far from water .........

6th Dec. - Moved camp to the position I chose, Hinde grumbling not only because his wife and Routledge are returning to Fort Hall but because I refuse to call the place Fort Hinde ........ Aug. 1903 - Fort Hall - Hinde is a humbug. Lawson shot a lion yesterday, and, not wanting it, gave the skin to Hinde. Hinde pegged out the skin and employed 2 natives to keep on stretching it while it was still fresh. It now looks like a crocodile. This evening at tea Hinde came rushing in, and not seeing me in the room shouted excitedly to his wife: "Its now over 10 feet, darling!" And they are still stretching it. No doubt in a few months it will have been Hinde who shot the lion. .......... Hinde is a doctor by profession but takes no interest in our patients, though one of them is his own officer.

Percival - 1898/99 - Kitui - Mr Hinde - obtained supplies of strychnine and destroyed a great number of hyaenas.

Roosevelt - Major Hinde - he had at one time served under the Govt. of the Congo Free State ...... (more)  

EAHB 1905 - Chevallier de l'Ordre Royal du Lion; Resident Medical Officer, North Stafford Hospital and Temperance Hospital, London, 1889-90; Congo Free State Service, Arab Campaign, 1892-94 (medal and star); explored Upper Maluga, Lakuga, &c., 1894; Medical Officer, EAP, Sept. 27th 1895; Mbaruk rebellion (medal); Collector, 1897; Sub-Commissioner, Kenya Province, April 1st 1902.

North - Appt. Med Officer EAP; Arr. Zanzibar Nov 1895; Machakos; Appt. DO 10/12/1897; District Officer at Nairobi from April 1899; on leave at Dec 1899; returned from leave 30/4/1900 with wife; Appt. District Officer Fort Hall Sept 1901; Appt. Sub-Comm of the Kenia Province 12/4/1902; Fort Hall Dec 1902 - "Hinde is a humbug" (Meinertzhagen)

Curtis - p. 56 - 'Just Married' - Mrs Maurice Martineau and her husband spent a 3 month honeymoon in Kenya in 1904. They started with a few days in Mombasa, where Mrs Martineau's brother, Ralph Cator, was a judge. The three of them took the train to Nairobi and then travelled up to Fort Hall, where Hinde, formerly in charge of relations with the Masai, was now the DC . The letters which Mrs Martineau sent home to her closest girl friend indicate how impressed she was by Mrs Hinde, who had introduced mulberry trees to Fort Hall in an attempt to start a silk-worm industry. 'She is a tremendous sportsman and has shot a lion. She is all round extraordinarily clever and capable. Not only does she ride and shoot well, she knows goodness knows how many languages, has written grammars and vocabularies of some of these African dialects, helped her husband write two books, seems to have read and to know most things, tames animals, or skins them when dead, paints, sings, I am told, and talks very well. So you may imagine she is interesting. I am afraid that is more than she finds me. ......…

Playne - Like many other men who have distinguished themselves as administrators and explorers in "the Dark Continent," Mr Hinde is by profession a medical man. The eldest son of Surg.-Major-General George Langford Hinde, CB, he was born at Niagara, Canada in 1863, and was educated in Germany, France, at Clare College, Cambridge, and at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. For a time Mr Hinde was Resident Medical Officer, N. Staffordshire Hospital, and the Temperance Hospital, London, and then entered the service of the Congo Free State. He took part in the Arab Campaign (1892-94 - medal and star), and explored Upper Lualaba, Lukuya, and other districts in the latter year. The year following he became Medical Officer of the EAP, and rose through various grades to a Provincial Commissionership. Mr Hinde has the medal of the M'baruk Campaign, and is a Chevalier de l'Ordre du Lion. Among the books he has published are: "Fall of the Congo Arabs" (1897) and "The Last of the Masai". Mr Hinde married a daughter of Dr. Ginsburg, the Biblical scholar

Carman - The first Principal Medical Officer to the East African Protectorate was Dr. Macdonald with Dr. B.L. Hinde [sic] and Dr. Mann under him.

Member of Lodge Harmony - Joined 5/5/13, age 50?

North - 'Ngethna' (great traveller)

EA Diary 1902 - Listed as District Officer

EA Diary 1903 - Resident Medical Officer, North Stafford Hospital and Temperance Hospital London 1889-90; Congo Free State Service, Arab Campaign 1892-94 (medal and star); explored Upper Maluga, Lukuga &c., 1894; Medical Officer EA Protectorate Sept. 1895; Mbaruk Rebellion (medal); Collector; H.M. Sub-Commissioner, Kenya Province April 1 1902

EAHB 1907 - Sub-Commissioner - Kenya Province

Chandler - A medical doctor, Captain Hinde served in the Congo Free State and Kenya Colony. Another British official once referred to him as "rather of the Congo Belge type, a bit of a brute to natives" (Trench, 1993). He was the medical officer attached to the Congo Free State's military force under Commandant Dhanis, campaigning against the Arabs in 1891-92. Harry Johnston (1908) wrote that Hinde was one of the heroes of the campaign. …………… [more]

Red Book 1912 - S.L. Hinde - Nairobi - Seyidie Province - PC at Mombasa

Ainsworth - 1901 - succeeded Frank Hall as D.O. was appointed the Sub-Commissioner of Kikuyu Province.

HBEA 1912 - P.C. - Seyidie.

EAHB 1905 - Sub-Commissioner, Fort Hall

Career: Resident MO North Stafford Hospital and Temperance Hospital London (1889-90); Congo Free State Service, Arab Campaign (1892-94); explored upper Luslaba and Lukuga (1894); British East Africa M’Baruk Campaign (1895); MO Kenya (1891-1915) 

Cambridge Univ. Alumni at CLARE, Oct. 7, 1881. [Elder s. of G. L., Surgeon-General. B. July 23, 1863, at Niagara, Canada. At school in France and in Germany.] Matric. Michs. 1881. At St Bartholomew's Hospital. L.S.A., 1890. Resident Medical Officer, North Stafford Hospital, and also at the Temperance Hospital, London, 1889-90. In the Belgian Colonial Service; served, as Captain, in the Arab campaign, 1892-4. In 1894, carried out a great deal of invaluable exploration in the Upper Congo districts. Entered the service of the Foreign Office, 1895; transferred to the Colonial Office, 1902. Commissioner in British East Africa; retired, 1915. Made additions to the ethnological, anthropological, and natural history collections of the British Museum. Chevalier, l'ordre du Lion. Assisted in the exploration of the Lualaba and Lukuga regions of the Upper Congo. Took part in the operations against the chief M'Baruk in E. Africa, being mentioned in despatches. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Major, R.A.M.C.; mentioned in despatches). Medical Officer, British E. Africa. Author, Fall of the Congo Arabs; The Last of the Masai. Died Oct. 19, 1930, at Haverfordwest. (Misc. Gen. et Her., 5th S., 3; Medical Directories; Who was Who; Cambridge Review, Oct. 24, 1930; The Times, Oct. 21, 1930.)