Colonial - Asst. Inspector, Police 1937; Asst. Supt. 1946; Supt. 1951; Senior 1953;  Asst. Commissioner 1954; Senior 1957; Dep. Commissioner 1959

Limuru - Obituary - Evelyn McDonell (Mitchell) - at LGS from its foundation in 1922 - Evelyn Mitchell, who has died aged 88, was a much respected figure in Kenya. Her father was one of the first tea planters in East Africa and Evelyn was born on his farm at Limuru. She spent her early years among the Kikuyu and learned to speak Kikuyu and Swahili. So that she and her sisters could go to school, their father founded the school at Limuru. Evelyn completed her schooling at St. Swithun's, Winchester, where she excelled at games.

Back in Africa, she became a housekeeper at Government House, Nairobi, and later in Dar-es Salaam and then Zomba, the capital of Nyasaland,(now Malawi). On returning to Kenya, she married Lewis Mitchell of the Kenyan Police, and in the 1960s opened her father's farm as a guest house for service personnel from Aden. In 1970 she opened it to tourists as a typical early settler establishment. Former American President Jimmy Carter was one of the many visitors she entertained there with stories of early colonial days. Evelyn Mitchell and her husband, who predeceased her, had a son and two daughters, all of whom still live on the farm.

Masonic - Hon GBB

All Saints Church Limuru cemetery - Lewis George Mitchell, KPM, CMG, 1911-1992, AND his beloved wife Evelyn nee McDonell, 'Wanjiru' 1909 - 1998

Hut - CMG, KPM 1971 Kiambethu Farm Limuru