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Name: WINDLEY, Edward Henry KCMG, Sir
Birth Date: 10 Mar 1909 S. Rhodesia
Death Date: 5 Jan 1972 Brisbane, Australia
First Date: 1931
Last Date: 1958
Profession: Appointed as a DO in 1931. ADC Narok - later Governor of the Gambia 1958-62. PC Nairobi in 1953. Acting Chief Native Commissioner 1953
Area: Narok, Nairobi, Nyeri, 1947 Kiambu
Married: In Brackley, Northants. 29 Mar 1939 Patience Ann Sergison-Brooke b. 1916 Chelsea, d. 15 Feb 1977 Cirencester (related to Viscount Brookeborough)
Children: Edward John Sergison (1944); Davina (1940); Fiona Prudence (1943); Clayre Frances (28 Mar 1948 Nyeri-5 Jan 1972 Queensland)
Book Reference: Staff 39, EAWL - Chris Bell, Staff 53, Debrett, Hut, Colonial, Baptism, Foster
School: Repton and Cambridge University. BA (Cantab)
General Information:
Debrett - appointed a Dist. Officer, Kenya 1931, Dep. Provincial Commr. 1948, Prov. Commr. 1949, and Ch. Native Commr. and Member for African Affairs 1953.
Ancestry Windley was born 10 Mar 1909, son of a white Rhodesian father and a French aristocrat mother. Educated at Repton and at Cambridge, he entered the colonial service as district officer in Kenya in 1931. He rose to become chief native commissioner and minister for African affairs in 1953. In June 1958, he arrived in Bathurst to be governor of Gambia. He was responsible for introducing a new constitution in Sept 1959 that established a House of Representatives with 34 members (19 of whom were directly elected) and granted the Protectorate the right to elect its representatives directly for the first time. He retired from the colonial service after leaving Gambia in Mar 1962. He entered into business. He died in 1972 after an air crash in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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