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Name: SMITH, Henry Graham Gregory
Birth Date: 3 Mar 1899 Edinburgh
Death Date: 1978 Fort William, Inverness-shire
First Date: 1929
Last Date: 1946
Profession: Appointed as DO in 1929. DC Machakos 1939, DC/ADC at Kisii in 1929
Area: Lamu, Machakos, Kisii, 1942 Kericho, Box 420, Nairobi, Box 30175 Nairobi, Lodwar
Married: In Petersfield 25 Sep 1928 Doris Kathleen Day b. 9 Aug 1897 Woolwich, d. 6 Oct 1964 Cirencester (prev. m. Kenneth Barlow Williams 1893-1926)
Children: Paddy (Schofield); William; Bridget; Susan Marion (Wallington) (19 Sep 1932 Alresford-1974)
Book Reference: Staff 39, RH, Hut, Legion, Colonial, Curtis, Bwana, Foster
War Service: Lieutenant, Army 1917-26 and Major 1940-42
School: Rugby and Sandhurst
General Information:
Curtis - (Paddy Schofield) - as a DO arrived in Lamu with a wife and three children and an English nanny - description of life in Lamu in inter-war years
Colonial - Comsnr. of the Interior, B. Guiana 1946; Res. Comsnr. B. Sol. Is. Prot. 1950
Gazette - 13/8/1929 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Cadet, Administration - H.G. Gregory Smith
Foster - Gregory G.H. Smith - 1944-45 DC Kericho
Bwana - DC at Lodwar 1936
1950-1953 Resident Commissioner, Solomon Is.