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Name: ORR, James Fleming Gordon (Rev.)
Birth Date: 3.7.1872 Glasgow
Death Date: 4.5.1935 Nairobi
First Date: 1925
Last Date: 1935
Profession: Church of Scotland, St. Andrew's, Kirk Road.
Area: The Manse, Box 508, Nairobi
Married: In Glasgow 31 Mar 1897 Grace Ellen Mann b. 27 Apr 1875 New Cumnock, d. 30 Dec 1947 Nairobi
Children: Mabel Evelyn (Evans) (27 Mar 1900 Ladykirk-8 July 1984 Burgess Hill); another (1906-1906)
Book Reference: Red 25, Red 31, Red 22, Barnes, KAD
School: Hillhead High School, Glasgow; Glasgow Univ.
General Information:
Red 22 - President, YMCA, Nairobi
Red 22 - Member of Council, The Football Association of Kenya
Red 22 - President, Rugby Football Union of Kenya
Rugby photo - Harlequins v Mombasa Dec. 24th 1923 - Vice-President
Red 25 - Vice-President, Caledonian Society of Kenya.
Red 25 - Vice-President Football Association of Kenya. Committee, Kenya Boy Scouts Association
KAD 1922 - President, YMCA
Nairobi Forest Road cemetery - James Fleming Gordon Orr, British, age 62, died 4/5/35 buried 5 May. Gravestone says - In the 15th year of his ministry to St. Andrew's Church, Nairobi and to the scattered Scots in Kenya and Uganda.
Nairobi Forest Road cemetery - Grace Ellen Orr, British, age 73, died 30/12/47
Obituary in East African Standard 6 May 1935 He collapsed by the roadside in Whitehouse Road, Nairobi, was taken to hospital by a passing motorist but was dead on arrival. He was born in Glasgow, educated at Marchfield Academy Helensburgh and Hillhead High School Glasgow. Was at Glasgow University and after a divinity course in Edinburgh was ordained to Horndean Church, Berwickshire in 1896. He was married the following year and in 1903 he and his wife went to New Zealand under the Colonial Committee of the church and for seven years he held the parishes of Warepa and Kahiku. He loved the classics and acted as honorary examiner for Greek and Hebrew at Otago University. Returned to Scotland in 1910 and was appointed ordained assistant to the parish of St Cuthberts, Edinburgh. He was called to the church of St Margaret’s in the parish of Barnhill, Broughty Ferry and remained there until 1920 when he came to St Andrews, Nairobi. He arrived in Nairobi on 31 March 1921. His duties took him to Kampala and Entebbe and he was always prepared to hold services for any Scottish community in outlying parts of the country when he was in the neighbourhood. He took an increasingly prominent and active part in the prolific work of the country. President last year of the Nairobi Association. He would he always claim to be a socialist in politics but in Kenya his sympathies were with settler policy and the establishment of sound British influence and Imperial traditions. He was a member of the Committee of the British Legion, first President of the Caledonian Society and a member of the committee, a member of the Education Committee, a member of the Macmillan Library Committee. For many years he was chairman of the board of Management of the YMCA. Was President of the footballer association and a founder of and first president of the Rugby Football Union of Kenya. During his early years he took an active part in refereeing rugby matches. He was a member of the Arab and African Athletic Associations and was keenly interested in the development of sport among Africans. Was a Freemason and a chaplain of Lodge Scotia. He had a profound regard for and knowledge of the history of Scotland and the country's literature and traditions.
Obituary in East African Standard 6 May 1935 He collapsed by the roadside in Whitehouse Road, Nairobi, was taken to hospital by a passing motorist but was dead on arrival. He was born in Glasgow, educated at Marchfield Academy Helensburgh and Hillhead High School Glasgow. Was at Glasgow University and after a divinity course in Edinburgh was ordained to Horndean Church, Berwickshire in 1896. He was married the following year and in 1903 he and his wife went to New Zealand under the Colonial Committee of the church and for seven years he held the parishes of Warepa and Kahiku. He loved the classics and acted as honorary examiner for Greek and Hebrew at Otago University. Returned to Scotland in 1910 and was appointed ordained assistant to the parish of St Cuthberts, Edinburgh. He was called to the church of St Margaret’s in the parish of Barnhill, Broughty Ferry and remained there until 1920 when he came to St Andrews, Nairobi. He arrived in Nairobi on 31 March 1921. His duties took him to Kampala and Entebbe and he was always prepared to hold services for any Scottish community in outlying parts of the country when he was in the neighbourhood. He took an increasingly prominent and active part in the prolific work of the country. President last year of the Nairobi Association. He would he always claim to be a socialist in politics but in Kenya his sympathies were with settler policy and the establishment of sound British influence and Imperial traditions. He was a member of the Committee of the British Legion, first President of the Caledonian Society and a member of the committee, a member of the Education Committee, a member of the Macmillan Library Committee. For many years he was chairman of the board of Management of the YMCA. Was President of the footballer association and a founder of and first president of the Rugby Football Union of Kenya. During his early years he took an active part in refereeing rugby matches. He was a member of the Arab and African Athletic Associations and was keenly interested in the development of sport among Africans. Was a Freemason and a chaplain of Lodge Scotia. He had a profound regard for and knowledge of the history of Scotland and the country's literature and traditions.