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Name: MUNRO, Thomas Robert Douglas
Birth Date: 5.6.1871 Leith, Scotland
Death Date: 10.1.1940 Edinburgh
First Date: 1893
Profession: Boustead Ridley & Co. - dep. Zanzibar for Mombasa 31/10/1893; arr. Zanzibar from Mombasa 2/2/1894; led caravan from coast to Lake Victoria for Bishop A.R. Tucker with first party of 5 CMS women, arr. Kampala 4/10/1895
Area: Zanzibar
Married: Margaret b. 1872 Leith
Children: Agnes C. (1900 Leith)
Book Reference: North, Web
General Information:
Web - Warriors in Heart of Darkness by Dennis Bishop - 1895 - Nandi ambushes - News of these ambushes did not reach Ravine in time to stop a small advance party of the Boustead, Ridley and Company from departing with beads to purchase food for the CMS main caravan of T. Munro and urgent letters for Mengo. The advance party consisted of 25 contract men and 6 porters. 200 Nandi warriors ambushed the unprotected camp at 2.00 am on August 22. Only 7 members of the party survived and reached safety.
North - requesting land for store at Kampala 6-11-1895
1901 Scotland Census