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Name: McENTEE, Peter Donovan CMG, OBE
Birth Date: 27 June 1920 Bournemouth
Death Date: 30 July 2002 Canterbury, Kent
First Date: 1920
Profession: Dist. Commissioner; retired as Principal of Kenya Institute of Administration
Area: 1956-59 DC Kisumu, Box 312 Nairobi
Married: In Nairobi 10 Dec 1945 Mary Elizabeth Sherwood b. 3 Dec 1922, d. 2005 Kent
Children: 2 dau C.A. (1948) and B.S. (1951)
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Hut, Colonial, Pembroke, OP, Staff 53
War Service: WW2 KAR (Major)
School: Pembroke House Prep School, Kenya, Haileybury College
General Information:
OP - Issue 84, October 2002 - Obituary - P.D. McEntee CMG, OBE
Who's Who - HM Diplomatic Service; Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Belize 1976-80. HM Overseas Civil Service 1946-63; Dist. Commissioner; retired as Principal of Kenya Inst. Of Administration; First Secretary, Commonwealth Relations Office 1963; Lagos 1964-67; Commonwealth Office 1967-72; Consul-Gen. Karachi 1972-75. Recreations: music, natural history, golf
Staff 53 - Admin Cadet 5-6-1946
Colonial - DO Kenya 1946; Senior DC (African Cts. Offr.) 1960-63.
Pembroke No. 86, 1930, Cianda Estate, Kiambu
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 424). When he enlisted (1938) he was accountant's articled clerk (KR records).
His memoir of his life is in the Bodleian Library, Oxford