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Biographical entries for an unpublished 'East African and Rhodesian Who's Who' compiled by Ferdinand Stephen Joelson: Lane - Leiper

MSS. Afr. s. 2365/42

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Title

Biographical entries for an unpublished 'East African and Rhodesian Who's Who' compiled by Ferdinand Stephen Joelson: Lane - Leiper

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MSS. Afr. s. 2365/42

Summary

Name: Lane, Charlton Adelbert Gustavus; Occupation: Colonial Judge; Date of Birth: 1890; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Tanganyika; Sierra Leone; Mauritius

Name: Lane, Ernest Frederick Cambridge; Occupation: High Sheriff; Date of Birth: 1882; Address at time of submitting biographical data: S. Africa

Name: Lane, Frederick Charles Thomas; Occupation: Dir.,Corfield; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: ?

Name: Lane, Kenneth Lockwood; Occupation: c/o Colonial Audit Dept.; Date of Birth: 1917; Address at time of submitting biographical data: N. Rhodesia

Name: Lane, L P.; Occupation: c/o Ports Services; Date of Birth: 1898; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Lane, W. ; Occupation: Visiting Justice, Moroto Prison; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Uganda

Name: Lane, W. E.; Occupation: c/o Radio Society of E. Africa; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Lane, William Edward; Occupation: Colonial Officer; Date of Birth: 1896; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya; Uganda

Name: Lane - Mitchell, W.; Occupation: Sec., Rhodesia National Farmers' Union; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: S. Rhodesia

Name: Lang, Archibald Orr; Occupation: Dir., British India Steam Navigation Ltd.; Date of Birth: 1880; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Hong Kong

Name: Lang, G. J.; Occupation: c/o Atlantic Products Ltd.; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Lang, Lionel Edward; Occupation: Lt. - Col.; Date of Birth: 1885; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Lang, Wolfran Iveagh; Occupation: Farmer; Date of Birth: 1894; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya; Burma

Name: Lange, B.; Occupation: Treasurer, Bulawayo Hebrew Congregation; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: S. Rhodesia

Name: L'Ange, George Wellington Rex; Occupation: c/o Ngana Copper Mine; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: N. Rhodesia

Name: Langford, C. C.; Occupation: Medical Officer; Date of Birth: 1909; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Uganda

Name: Langford - Smith, Neville; Occupation: Supervisor of Schools; Date of Birth: 1910; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya; Tanganyika; Australia

Name: Langham, Catherine Mabel; Occupation: Originator and Principal; Date of Birth: 1881; Address at time of submitting biographical data: S. Rhodesia

Name: Langley, Edward Ralph; Occupation: Farmer, Magistrate; Date of Birth: 1889; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Langley, Morley Robert Dalrymple; Occupation: Commissioner of Police; Date of Birth: 1913; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Bechuanaland

Name: Langley - Smith, A. ; Occupation: c/o Desert Locust Survey; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Somaliland

Name: Langridge, George Lewis; Occupation: Fruit Farmer; Date of Birth: 1873; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Lanning, Ernest Christian; Occupation: Asst. Resident and Protectorate Agent; Date of Birth: 1913; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Uganda; Somaliland; Ethiopia; Gambia; India

Name: Lapham, F. G.; Occupation: Govt. Coast Agent; Date of Birth: 1888; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Larby, Norman Burton; Occupation: Deputy Dir. Of Education; Date of Birth: 1905; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Lardner - Burke, Desmond William; Occupation: Attorney Notary and Conveyancer; Date of Birth: 1909; Address at time of submitting biographical data: S. Rhodesia; S. Africa

Name: Large, John Wilfred; Occupation: District Officer; Date of Birth: 1896; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Tanganyika; Malaya

Name: Lark, Francis Reginald; Occupation: Dir., Eastern Motors Ltd.; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: S. Rhodesia

Name: Larsen, J.; Occupation: c/o Arusha Plantations Ltd.; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Tanganyika

Name: Lascelles, Alan Frederick; Occupation: Private Sec. To the King; Date of Birth: 1887; Address at time of submitting biographical data: England

Name: Lascelles, Alfred George; Occupation: Barrister; Date of Birth: 1857; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Ceylon

Name: Lascelles, Daniel William; Occupation: c/o Foreign Office; Date of Birth: 1902; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Greece; Ethiopia

Name: Lascelles, John Hawdon; Occupation: Dir., Rhodesian Selection Trust Group of Mining Com.; Date of Birth: 1911; Address at time of submitting biographical data: N. Rhodesia

Name: Lasovsky, Harry; Occupation: Dir., Krikler & Lasovsky; Date of Birth: 1892; Address at time of submitting biographical data: S. Rhodesia

Name: Latham, C. W. B.; Occupation: Asst. to Commissioner; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Sudan

Name: Latham, Donald Victor; Occupation: Medical Officer; Date of Birth: 1897; Address at time of submitting biographical data: S. Africa; Tanganyika; Kenya

Name: Latham, Geoffrey Chitty; Occupation: Cir., Native Education; Date of Birth: 1887; Address at time of submitting biographical data: N. Rhodesia

Name: Lathbury, Frank Herbert; Occupation: Consulting Mining Engineer; Date of Birth: 1884; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya; Nigeria; S. Rhodesia

Name: Lathbury, Robert James; Occupation: Senior Plant Breeder; Date of Birth: 1894; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Tanganyika; Kenya

Name: Lathbury, T. H.; Occupation: Major; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Latimer, Courtney Robert; Occupation: First Asst. Sec., Bechuanaland Protectorate; Date of Birth: 1911; Address at time of submitting biographical data: S. Africa; Swaziland

Name: Latimer, William; Occupation: Chartered Accountant; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Scotland

Name: Latimer - Saunders, Lancelot Richard; Occupation: Contractor; Date of Birth: 1880; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Uganda; S. Africa

Name: Lattimer, D. W.; Occupation: Principal Auditor; Date of Birth: 1910; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya; Nigeria; Sierra Leone

Name: Lattin, Francis Joseph; Occupation: Barrister; Date of Birth: 1905; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Uganda

Name: Laurie, Alexander William; Occupation: Farmer; Date of Birth: 1902; Address at time of submitting biographical data: S. Rhodesia

Name: Laurie, W.; Occupation: Dir., Medical Survey; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Tanganyika

Name: Law, Alfred Noel; Occupation: Deputy Director of Education; Date of Birth: 1895; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Uganda; Somaliland

Name: Law, Charles Ewan; Occupation: Chief Justice; Date of Birth: 1884; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Jamaica; Uganda; Zanzibar; N. Rhodesia

Name: Law, Eric John Ewan; Occupation: c/o Attorney - General's Chambers; Date of Birth: 1913; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nyasaland; Burma; Ethiopia

Name: Law, Patrick John; Occupation: Labour Commissioner; Date of Birth: 1910; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Uganda

Name: Lawes, John Frankton; Occupation: Senior Engineer; Date of Birth: 1921; Address at time of submitting biographical data: S. Rhodesia

Name: Lawes, W. E.; Occupation: Medical Officer; Date of Birth: 1916; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Lawman, Thomas Michael; Occupation: Johannesburg Office of S. African Press Assoc.; Date of Birth: 1921; Address at time of submitting biographical data: N. Rhodesia; Kenya

Name: Lawrance, Arthur Salisbury; Occupation: Intelligence Officer; Date of Birth: 1880; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Somaliland

Name: Lawrance, Jeremy Charles Dalton; Occupation: D. C. Teso District; Date of Birth: 1918; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Uganda; Somaliland

Name: Lawrence, Arthur Alan Murray; Occupation: Colonial Service; Date of Birth: 1904; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya; Zanzibar

Name: Lawrence, Christie Norman; Occupation: District Officer; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: N. Rhodesia

Name: Lawrence, Dudley Alexander; Occupation: Dir., Veterinary Services; Date of Birth: 1903; Address at time of submitting biographical data: S. Rhodesia

Name: Lawrence, Edward ; Occupation: Govt. Agric. Officer; Date of Birth: 1900; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nyasaland

Name: Lawrence, F. S.; Occupation: Superintendent, Police Dept.; Date of Birth: 1904; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Tanganyika

Name: Lawrence, Randolph Allen; Occupation: Dir., Drapers Ltd.; Date of Birth: 1898; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Uganda

Name: Lawrenson, Sydney Vernon; Occupation: District Officer; Date of Birth: 1907; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Bechuanaland

Name: Lawrie, Angus Alexander; Occupation: Practising Accountant; Date of Birth: 1898; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Laws, Edwin Kingsley; Occupation: Senior Police Supt.; Date of Birth: 1906; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Laws, Sydney Gibson; Occupation: Lab. Technician; Date of Birth: 1902; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Uganda; British Honduras

Name: Lawson, David Malloch; Occupation: Electrical Engineer; Date of Birth: 1895; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nyasaland

Name: Lawson, Douglas Halford; Occupation: Director of Public Works; Date of Birth: 1903; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nigeria; Kenya

Name: Lawson, J. G. R.; Occupation: Sec. Society of Architects; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: N. Rhodesia

Name: Lawson, P. D.; Occupation: Senior Architect; Date of Birth: 1910; Address at time of submitting biographical data: N. Rhodesia

Name: Lawson, Thomas Labatt; Occupation: Medical Officer; Date of Birth: 1916; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nigeria; Uganda

Name: Lawton, Graeme Monk; Occupation: Registrar General; Date of Birth: 1913; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya; India

Name: Laycock, Donald Hoyle; Occupation: Agric. Officer; Date of Birth: 1922; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nyasaland

Name: Laycock, Handley Theodore; Occupation: Medical Officer; Date of Birth: 1910; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Tanganyika; Burma; China

Name: Lazard, E. G.; Occupation: Admin. Asst.; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Tanganyika

Name: Lazard, Ronald Anthony Joseph; Occupation: Deputy Accountant; Date of Birth: 1913; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Tanganyika

Name: Lazarus, Henry Elkin; Occupation: Attorney; Notary; Date of Birth: 1903; Address at time of submitting biographical data: S. Rhodesia

Name: Le Breton, Edward Philip; Occupation: Col.; Date of Birth: 1883; Address at time of submitting biographical data: India

Name: Le Breton, Elisabeth Christel Rochfort; Occupation: Memb., Trans Nzoia Chaplaincy Council; Date of Birth: 1904; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Le Breton, Francis Henry; Occupation: Lt. - Col.; Date of Birth: 1889; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Le Fleming, John Neville; Occupation: Reverend; Date of Birth: 1893; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Zanzibar

Name: Le Gallais, R. L.; Occupation: Resident Magistrate; Date of Birth: 1916; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Le Maitre, Alec Lonsdale; Occupation: Gen. Sec., Tanganyika Sisal Growers Assoc.; Date of Birth: 1902; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Tanganyika

Name: Le Mesurier, Algernon Paul; Occupation: c/o Standard Bank of S. Africa; Date of Birth: 1905; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Le Pelley, Richard Henry; Occupation: Senior Research Entomologist; Date of Birth: 1903; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Le Poidevin, Dennis S.; Occupation: c/o Police Dept.; Date of Birth: 1914; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Uganda

Name: Le Rougetel, John Helier; Occupation: High Commissioner for Basutoland; Date of Birth: 1894; Address at time of submitting biographical data: S. Africa

Name: Le Roux, A. A.; Occupation: Hydrographic Surveyor; Date of Birth: 1910; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Le Sueur, Alec Norman Spencer; Occupation: Mgr., Standard Bank of South Africa; Date of Birth: 1903; Address at time of submitting biographical data: S. Africa

Name: Le Sueur, Arthur Binet; Occupation: Reverend; Date of Birth: 1900; Address at time of submitting biographical data: S. Africa

Name: Lea, Leslie; Occupation: Registrar of Titles; Date of Birth: 1889; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Leach, Herbert; Occupation: Senior Medical Officer; Date of Birth: 1875; Address at time of submitting biographical data: N. Rhodesia

Name: Leach, Thomas Archibald; Occupation: Sec., University of Bristol Appointment Board; Date of Birth: 1882; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Sudan

Name: Lead, Mary Aileen; Occupation: Mem., European Authority for Education; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Tanganyika

Name: Leahy, Patrick Brian; Occupation: Mgr., Rudewa Estates; Date of Birth: 1915; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Tanganyika; India; Ethiopia

Name: Leake, Hugh Martin; Occupation: Dir., Agriculture; Date of Birth: 1878; Address at time of submitting biographical data: India; Ceylon; Trinidad

Name: Leakey, Arundel Rea; Occupation: Major; Date of Birth: 1915; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Leakey, Arundell Gray ; Occupation: Settler; Date of Birth: 1885; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Leakey, Douglas Gray Bazett; Occupation: Conservator of Forests; Date of Birth: 1907; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett; Occupation: Curator, Coryndo Memorial Museum; Date of Birth: 1903; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Leaman, E. C.; Occupation: Dir., Durango Timber Co.; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: ?

Name: Leatham, Charles William Balfour; Occupation: Tobacco Grower; Date of Birth: 1928; Address at time of submitting biographical data: S. Rhodesia

Name: Lechmere - Oertel, Richard; Occupation: Dir., Wankie Colliery Co.; Date of Birth: 1904; Address at time of submitting biographical data: S. Rhodesia

Name: Leckie, William Gordon; Occupation: Agric. Dept.; Date of Birth: 1897; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya; Basutoland

Name: Ledger, Alan Charles; Occupation: Dir., Smith, Mackenzie & Co.; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Ledger, Claude Kirkwood; Occupation: C. B. E.; Date of Birth: 1888; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Dominican Republic; Madeira; Congo

Name: Ledingham, George Alexander; Occupation: Farmer; Date of Birth: 1890; Address at time of submitting biographical data: S. Rhodesia

Name: Ledward, Gilbert; Occupation: Sculptor; Date of Birth: 1888; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya; Hong Kong

Name: Lee, Herbert Newton; Occupation: Bursar; Date of Birth: 1890; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya; Tanganyika; Somaliland

Name: Lee, Nicholas Heathcote; Occupation: Lt. - Cmdr.; Date of Birth: 1905; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Lee - Booker, Jocelyn Roderick; Occupation: Settler; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya; Nyasaland

Name: Leech, Ralph Bosdin; Occupation: Medical Officer; Date of Birth: 1911; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya; Uganda

Name: Leechman, Alleyne; Occupation: Colonial Civil Servant; Date of Birth: 1869; Address at time of submitting biographical data: British Guiana

Name: Leechman, Barclay; Occupation: c/o Secretariat; Date of Birth: 1901; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Tanganyika

Name: Lees, Eric Christopher Lingham; Occupation: Dir. Of Surveys; Date of Birth: 1901; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Tanganyika; Uganda

Name: Lees, John Reginald; Occupation: Dir., Nicholas & Co.; Date of Birth: 1918; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Lees - Spalding, F. S.; Occupation: Mgr., Sudan Rlys; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Sudan

Name: Leftwich, Charles Gerrans; Occupation: Mgr., Backworth Wattle Plantations; Date of Birth: 1872; Address at time of submitting biographical data: S. Africa

Name: Legat, Arthur Alexander; Occupation: Dir., Nakuru Press; Date of Birth: 1875; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Legentilhomme, Paul Louis; Occupation: General; Date of Birth: 1884; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Syria; India; Madagascar

Name: Leggate, William Muter; Occupation: Minister of Agric. And Lands; Date of Birth: 1879; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Scotland

Name: Legge, A. J. W.; Occupation: c/o Mines Dept.; Date of Birth: 1900; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Uganda

Name: Legge, Michale Meredith; Occupation: Asst. Headmaster; Date of Birth: 1913; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Sudan

Name: Legge, Robert Stanley; Occupation: Dir., B. E. A. Corporation Ltd.; Date of Birth: 1895; Address at time of submitting biographical data: India; Kenya; Uganda

Name: Legget, Ada; Occupation: Chair., London Chamber of Commerce; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: London

Name: Legh, Piers Walters; Occupation: Master of H. M. 's Household; Date of Birth: 1890; Address at time of submitting biographical data: E. Africa

Name: Lehman, H.; Occupation: Senior Research Officer; Date of Birth: 1910; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Uganda

Name: Lehmann, Henry David; Occupation: c/o R. Lehmann and Co.; Date of Birth: 1885; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Canada; USA; Tanganyika

Name: Leicester, Bernard William; Occupation: c/o Sudan Defence Force; Date of Birth: 1901; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Sudan

Name: Leiper, Robert Thompson; Occupation: Pres., Tropical Diseases and Parasitology; Date of Birth: 1881; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Egypt; Uganda; British Guiana

Date

1949-1957 and n.d. [c.1947-1957]

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box

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Archive of Ferdinand Stephen Joelson (1893-1979), author, editor of East Africa and Rhodesia journal

Papers relating to the compilation of an 'East African and Rhodesian Who's Who' by Ferdinand Stephen Joelson

Biographical entries for an unpublished 'East African and Rhodesian Who's Who' compiled by Ferdinand Stephen Joelson: Lane - Leiper

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