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Name: CRISFORD, George Northcote CBE
Birth Date: 19 Feb 1880 Exeter
Death Date: 26 Mar 1969 Gosport
First Date: 1907
Profession: Joined the Provincial Administration Service and served in most parts of EA
Area: HBEA 1912 ADC, Kipini
Married: In Christchurch, Hampshire 22 Sep 1910 Effie Mary Eve Saul (div.1929) b. 29 Nov 1887 London, d. 22 Mar 1972 Cambridge
Children: John Northcote (27 Sep 1916 Christchurch, Hants.-2000); George Michael (1916 Christchurch-1926 Steyning)
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, Gazette, Leader14, Red Book 1912
School: Merchant Taylors; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge Univ
General Information:
Gazette - 21/4/15 - Asst. to PC, Mombasa; 12/5/15 - Acting Registrar of Slaves; 8/3/16 - Acting Res. Magistrate Mombasa
Red Book 1912 - G.N. Crisford - Lamu
National Archives 1928 - Divorce Court File: 8755. Appellant: Effie Mary Crisford. Respondent: George Northcote Crisford. Type: Wife's petition for divorce
Gazette 1/5/1907 - arrived on 1st appointment from England - Asst. Collector - 3/4/1907
Cambridge Univ Alumni pens. at EMMANUEL, Oct. 3, 1899. S. and h. of George Stephen, Esq. [Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and a well-known philanthropist]. Of 15, New Bridge Street, London, E.C. B. Feb. 19, 1880. School, Merchant Taylors'. Matric. Michs. 1899; B.A. 1904; M.A. 1925. Entered the Colonial Civil Service. Sometime in the Forest Service in Burma. Afterwards District Commissioner, Colonial Civil Service, British East Africa. Served in the Great War (Capt., Mombasa Defence Force; invalided; Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, War Office, 1917; Inspector, Ministry of National Service, 1918; C.B.E. (Mil.) 1919). General Manager and Director of Mac Fisheries Ltd., 1919-32. Chairman of Crisford's Ltd., 8, Serjeant's Inn, E.C. and other companies. Of The Pools, Henfield, Sussex. (Merchant Taylors' Reg.; Kelly, Handbook, 1939; Who's Who, 1940.)