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Name: MONTGOMERIE, Henry Guy
Nee: alias Mohamed Amin
Birth Date: 8 July 1878 Fittleworth, Sussex
Death Date: 18 Jan 1947 Nairobi
First Date: 1911
Profession: Co. commander, KAR
Area: Molo
Married: 1903 Caroline Algar b. 15 Feb 1876 Southampton, d. 1962 Portsmouth
Children: Guy Joseph (23 Aug 1904 Southampton-1987); Cyril Montague (15 Feb 1906 Lydenberg, Mpumalanga, S. Africa-1996 Teignbridge, Devon)
Book Reference: Gethin, Red 31, Hut, Land, Gazette, Red Book 1912
War Service: KAR
General Information:
Hut has H.G. Mongomerie 1930 Molo
Land - T. Hilton leased 5210 acres at Londiani, passed to J. Montgomerie ?
Gazette - 4/11/1914 - Appt. - KAR - Temporary Commission - To be Lieutenant - H.G. Montgomerie, late Lieutenant The Royal Sussex Regiment
Red Book 1912 - H.G. Montgomerie - Machakos
Gethin diary 1911 - Molo - 'Montgomerie comes in to tea.' ... 'Go up to Montgomerie's in the afternoon. His head boy shot a Kavirondo dead last night for trying to steal posho.'
Red 31 has H.G. Montgomerie, Molo
Gazette - 18/10/1922 - Dissolution of Partnership between Henry Guy Montgomerie, Edward Noel Millington and Oliver Walter Tyler carrying on business at Molo under the style of the Kambala Estate. Retirement of Henry Montgomerie. Other two partners continue the business
Gazette 15 Apr 1947 probate for Henry Guy (alias Mohamed Amin) Montgomerie
He was originally a DO but was dismissed for beating an African. He later became a soil conservation officer and a Muslim, and married a Swahili woman.