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Name: LOGAN, Ewen Reginald, Sir
Birth Date: 30.12.1868 London
Death Date: 16.9.1945 Poole
First Date: 1905
Last Date: 1914
Profession: Magistrate at Mombasa then Town Magistrate Nairobi 1906. Later Chief Justice of Northern Rhodesia
Area: Mombasa
Married: In Claremont, Cape Town 28 Aug 1903 Edith Frances Molony (dau of Capt. William F. Molony) b.10.6.1874 Bagenalstown, Carlow, Ireland, d. 13 Jan 1954 Torquay
Children: Francis Hugh (1.7.1904 Hampshire-1995 Surrey); Brian Ewen Weldon (13.1.1906 Hampshire-1995 Wandsworth)
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, Cuckoo, Wymer, Debrett, Colonial, Playne, Drumkey, EAHB 1906, Red Book 1912, Gazette
School: Charterhouse & Exeter College Oxford, called to Bar 1899
General Information:
Was Nbi Magistrate when Grogan and his friends flogged three rickshaw boys in front of him.
Colonial - Joined Middx. and N. London sess. and cent. crim. ct. 1900; served in Boer War as 2nd Lieut. 65th Squad., I.Y. 1901; Queens Medal and 4 clasps; Mines dept. Transvaal Govt. Aug. 1901 to Apr. 1902; Asst. Res. Magistrate Transvaal May 1902-May 1904; Magistrate EAP Aug. 1905; Ch. Justice Seychelles 1914; Admstd. Govt. from July 1916 to Mar. 1917 and from May to Oct. 1918; Puisne Judge Gold Coast June 1920; Senr. Puisne Judge Dec. 1922; Ag. Ch. Just. Mar-Nov 1923 and Feb-Mar 1925; Ch. Justice Bahamas Feb 1925; Chmn. Bd. of Educn. Aug. 1925; Judge High Ct. N. Rhodesia May 1927; Ret. June 1931; JP County of London 1935
Playne - Mr Logan is a native of no mean city (London). He was born on December 30, 1868, and educated at the Charterhouse and Exeter College, Oxford. He came to EA on August 24, 1905, and has been, and still is, Town Magistrate at Mombasa (since Nov., 1908). Mr Logan was formerly in the Transvaal Mines Dept, 1901; Assistant Resident Magistrate Volksrust, 1902; Assistant Resident Magistrate, Pretoria, 1903. In the South African War he served with the Imperial Yeomanry (1901), and gained the Queen's medal and 4 clasps.
Drumkey 1909 - Judicial Department - Town Magistrate, Kisumu
Red Book 1912 - E.R. Logar [sic] - Mombasa
Cuckoo - 1908 - Kisumu.
North - Barrister - Appt. Magistrate EAP 17-6-1905; arr. Mombasa from England 24-8-1905; firearms registered at Mombasa on way to Nairobi 29-8-1905; appt. Magistrate at Nairobi 12-9-1905
EAHB 1907 - Student, Inner Temple Jan 1894; called to the Bar Nov 1899; joined Middlesex and North London Sessions and Central Criminal Court 1900; served in Boer ar as 2nd Lieut. 65th Squadron, Imperial Yeomanry 1901; Queen's medal with 4 clasps; Mines Dept. Transvaal Govt Aug 1901 to April 1902; Asst. Resident Magistrate Volksrust, Transvaal May 1902 to December 1903; Asst. Resident Magistrate Pretoria, Transvaal Dec 1903 to May 1904; Magistrate EAP Aug 4 1905; Acting Town Magistrate, Nairobi Sept 12 1905; Town Magistrate, Nairobi May 1st 1906
Red Book 1912 - Judicial Dept. - Magistrate - Mombasa
Gazette 1/5/1906 - Appointed Town Magistrate, Nairobi
Drumkey 1909 - Committee Member, Nairobi Literary and Debating Society - Mrs E.R. Logan and Mr E.R. Logan