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Name: DOORLY, Alfred Noel BA (Oxon)
Birth Date: 1887 Port of Spain, Trinidad
Death Date: 28 July 1950 Simonstown, S Africa
First Date: 1913
Profession: Barrister at Law and Magistrate in Zanzibar
Area: Zanzibar, Nairobi, 1919 ADC Nyeri
Married: In Surbiton, Surrey 1925 Rose Sopie Barnett b. 1894, d. 1995 Cornwall
Children: John Wiltshire (4 June 1926 England-28 Mar 2013 London)
Book Reference: Gillett, Habari 21, Police, KAD, Red 25, Hut, Colonial, Red 22, Leader14, Gazette, Red 19
School: Queen's Royal College, Trinidad. St John's College Oxford, and the Middle Temple
General Information:
Police - Read the riot Act to the African crowd at the Harry Thuku riot.
KAD 1922 - District and Resident Commissioner and Resident Magistrate, Barrister-at-Law (Middle Temple), Nairobi
Colonial - Asst. dist. comsnr. EA Prot. Mar 1913; Res. Magistrate Kenya 1919; Senr. Magistrate Tanganyika July 1923; Ag. Judge High Ct. in 1923, 1924, and 1925; Puisne Judge Zanzibar 1925; Atty.-gen. 1929; Attached legal advisory staff C.O. Nov-Dec 1932; Puisne Judge Gold Coast 1935; Order of Brilliant Star, Zanzibar 2nd class
Gazette 1/5/1913 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Asst. Dist. Commissioner - 18/4/1913
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - Alfred Noel Doorly - Resident Magistrate, Protectorate Road
Habari 21 - Mr Doorley was Resident Magistrate in Nairobi at the time of the Harry Thuku incident in 1922 - he tried to disperse the crowd. (Source: Albert Finch)