View entry
Name: MELVILLE, Archibald Ralph CMG
Birth Date: 24 May 1912 Edinburgh
Death Date: 8 Dec 1982 Ashford, Kent
First Date: 1936
Profession: Senior Research Officer Agric. Dept. 1953. Originally Entomologist 1936
Area: Ruiru, 1937 Mago Estate Thika
Married: In Nairobi 1944 Theresa Kelly b. 20 Dec 1907 (SRN, SCM)
Children: Mary Eluned (5.12.1944); Margaret Theresa (22.4.1953); Diana Elizabeth (27.3.1953)
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Staff 53, Hut, Colonial, Debrett
War Service: Military service 1939-44, EAAMC, Major
School: Geo. Heriots Sch., E. Scotland Agric. Coll., Edin. Univ., Roy. Coll. of Science London; BSc (Hons) (Zool.) (Edin), AICTA
General Information:
Colonial - Ch. Research Offr. 1956; Dir. Agric. 1960-65
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 84).
Nat Probate Calendar