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Name: BEATON, William Gaudenz CBE, MRCVS, DVTM

Nee: son of Duncan Beaton, bro of Kenneth de Planta Beaton

Birth Date: 23 Mar 1900 Chinde (Portuguese EA)

Death Date: 23 June 1976 Falmouth

First Date: 1910

Last Date: 1951

Profession: Appointed to the Veterinary Dept., Northern Nigeria in 1925. Later he was Director, and retired in 1951 to become Director of the Inter African Bureau of Epizootic Diseases, Muguga, Kenya. A member and Past President of the EA European Pioneers Society

Area: Northern Nigeria 1925. Muguga in Kenya 1951, Limuru

Married: 1. In Edinburgh 24 Oct 1927 Ellen Murray Walker b. 20 May 1905 Edinburgh, d. 14 May 1977 Edinburgh; 2. 1951 Vera Hartley

Children: Alastair (28 July 1929 Edinurgh-1996)

Book Reference: Gillett, Hut, Debrett, Colonial, EA & Rhodesia, Red Book 1912, Red 19

School: Government School, Nairobi and Edinburgh University.

General Information:

Debrett formerly Dir. of Inter-African Bureau for Animal Health, Kenya, of Organization of African Unity

East Africa & Rhodesia - 3/1/57 - CBE

Red Book 1912 - W.G. Beaton - Nairobi

Red Book 1919 - Veterinary Department - Laboratory Student - W. Beaton

North has him born in Nairobi 10.10.1910

Gazette 11 Mar 1977 probate

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