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Name: MERRICK, John Edward Siegfried CMG, OBE, Sir (Richter)
Photo Source: Phil Toye
Nee: Johannes Eduard Richter - assumed Merrick by deed poll 1916
Birth Date: 29 Feb 1888 Meran, Austria
Death Date: 2 March 1968 Poole
First Date: 1912
Profession: Uganda as Asst. DC, Asst. Colonial Secretary 1919, Chief Sec. 1935-45
Married: 1916 Elinor Mary Norah Gray b. 1892, d. 1 July 1981 Poole
Children: Phyllis Mary (12 Nov 1918-1999); Geoffrey Edward (1 Sep 1921 Lewes-2013)
Book Reference: Gillett, O&C, Debrett, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Colonial, Red 22, CO, Dominion
School: Winchester & University College Oxford
General Information:
Debrett - entered Colonial Administrative Service 1912 and became Assist. Dist. Commr., Uganda 1912, Principal Assist. Colonial Sec., Kenya 1927, Dep. Ch. Sec. Uganda 1932, and Ch. Sec. 1935 (Officer Administering Govt. 1937, 1940, 1942, and 1944); retired 1946; assumed by deed poll 1916 the surname of Merrick in lieu of his patronymic (Richter)
CO 533/371/3 - Confidential Reports 1927 - Is regarded as one of the best secretariat officers the OAG has ever met
Dominion - Principal Assistant Colonial Secretary 1930
KAD 1922 - District and Resident Commissioner and Resident Magistrate
President of the Oxford & Cambridge Society - 1929.
Keen all round sportsman, Nairobi, Gymkhana Club, KLTA, Kongonis