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Biographical entries for an unpublished 'East African and Rhodesian Who's Who' compiled by Ferdinand Stephen Joelson: Coales - Crane

MSS. Afr. s. 2365/13

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Biographical entries for an unpublished 'East African and Rhodesian Who's Who' compiled by Ferdinand Stephen Joelson: Coales - Crane

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MSS. Afr. s. 2365/13

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Name: Coales, Major John Leslie; Occupation: Army Officer; Date of Birth: 1896; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Pagnell, Buckingham-shire

Name: Coasta de Beauregard, see COSTA de Beauregard

Name: Coates, Elizabeth Marianne; Occupation: Matron, Colonial Nursing Service; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: N Rhodesia

Name: Coates, Eric Thomas; Occupation: Accountant General, ; Date of Birth: 1897; Address at time of submitting biographical data: (was in India)

Name: Coates, John; Occupation: Printer, Controller of Stationery; Date of Birth: 1881; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Retford, Nottingham-shire (was in Kenya and Uganda)

Name: Coats, Jack; Occupation: Cotton Millionaire; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: (was in Nairobi)

Name: Cobb, Edgar Munro; Occupation: Education officer; Date of Birth: 1910; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Cobb, Robert Stanley; Occupation: Architect; Date of Birth: 1890; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Cobb, Timothy Humphry; Occupation: Headmaster of King's College; Date of Birth: 1909; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kampala, Uganda

Name: Cobham, Lieutenant - Colonel Viscount Charles Lyttelton ; Occupation: Army Officer, Politician; Date of Birth: 1909; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Stourbridge, Worcestershire (was in Nairobi)

Name: Cochran, John MacIver Cambell; Occupation: Coffee Planter; Date of Birth: 1908; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Munyara, Thika, Kenya

Name: Cochrane, Douglas Thomas; Occupation: Managing Director of Cochrane & Milton and Guthrie; Date of Birth: 1900; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Salisbury, S. Rhodesia

Name: Cochrane, G. C.; Occupation: Colonial Service as Medical Officer; Date of Birth: 1904; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Cochrane, James Rubert; Occupation: Chief -of-Staff, East Africa Command ; Date of Birth: 1904; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Middleburg, S. Africa

Name: Cockburn, Cyril Francis; Occupation: Poultry Farmer and Coffee Planter; Date of Birth: 1913; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi Kenya

Name: Cockey, Air Commodore Leonard Herbert; Occupation: Officer with the R. A. F.; Date of Birth: 1893; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Sandbanks, Dorset (was in Rhodesia)

Name: Cocksedge, William Henry; Occupation: Managing Director; Date of Birth: 1896; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Coetzee, Abraham John Peter; Occupation: Medical Officer; Date of Birth: 1905; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nkana, Rhodesia

Name: Coffey, D. D. J.; Occupation: Appointed Resident Magistrate; Date of Birth: 1909; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kenya

Name: Coghlan, Bernard Augustine; Occupation: Colonial Service as Senior Medical Officer; Date of Birth: 1899; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Dublin, Ireland (was in Tanganyika, Uganda)

Name: Cohen, Sir Andrew Benjamin; Occupation: Colonial and Diplomatic Services; Date of Birth: 1909; Address at time of submitting biographical data: London, U.K. (visited East and Central Africa)

Name: Colby , Sir Geoffrey Francis Taylor; Occupation: Governor and Commander-in-Chief; Date of Birth: 1901; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Zomba, Nyasalnad

Name: Colchester, Trevor Charles; Occupation: Commissioner for Local Government and African Housing; Date of Birth: 1909; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Lusaka, N.Rhodesia

Name: Coldham, Charles Hamilton; Occupation: Navy Officer; Date of Birth: 1914; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Glasgow, Scotland

Name: Coldham, Henry John Seccombe; Occupation: Medical Officer, Colonial Medical Services; Date of Birth: 1911; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Coldrick, William; Occupation: MP; Date of Birth: 1896; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Bristol, England (Visited Kenya)

Name: Cole, A. C. E.; Occupation: Medical Specialist; Date of Birth: 1909; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika

Name: Cole, Arthur Gerald; Occupation: Engineer ; Date of Birth: 1920; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Naivasha

Name: Cole, Eleanor; Occupation: Director of Cole Estates Councillor; Date of Birth: 1890; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Gilgil, Kenya

Name: Cole, George Frederick; Occupation: Chief Fisheries Officer, Lake Victoria Fisheries Services; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Mowanza, Tanganyika

Name: Cole, John Sydney Richard; Occupation: Attorney General; Date of Birth: 1907; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Hargeisa, Somaliland

Name: Cole, John Trevor; Occupation: Solicitor; Date of Birth: 1892; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Cole, Leo; Occupation: Manager of Ottoman Bank, ; Date of Birth: 1910; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Port Sudan, Sudan

Name: Cole, William Douglas; Occupation: Visiting Justice with Jinja Prison, Archdeacon; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Jinja, Uganda

Name: Coleman, David; Occupation: Journalist, Editor; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Maritzburg, Natal

Name: Coleridge, C. A. G.; Occupation: Colonial Audit Department; Date of Birth: 1913; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Badan, Nigeria

Name: Coles, Cyril Lorrain; Occupation: Town Clerk; Date of Birth: 1907; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Lusaka, N. Rhodesia

Name: Coley, Douglas Milman; Occupation: Native Commissioner and Magistrate; Date of Birth: 1887; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nyamandh-lovu District, S. Rhodesia

Name: Colinvaux, Jean Joseph ; Occupation: Chairman A. Baumann (Uganda Coffee Mills); Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Mombasa, Kenya

Name: Collard, Claude Algernon; Occupation: Provincial Labour Officer; Date of Birth: 1906; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Zomba, Nyasaland

Name: Collier, Kenneth Hugh Blake; Occupation: Provincial Engineer in Colonial Services; Date of Birth: 1902; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Sierra Leone

Name: Collier, Peter Francis; Occupation: Electrical and Mechanical Engineer; Date of Birth: 1916; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Zanzibar

Name: Collier - Wright, John Hurrell; Occupation: Assistant Chief Commercial Support; Date of Birth: 1915; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Collin, Henry; Occupation: Department Director of Public Works, Uganda; Date of Birth: 1900; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Newry, N. Ireland, (was in Uganda)

Name: Collings, Ernest; Occupation: Cotton Merchant; Date of Birth: 1901; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Jinja, Uganda

Name: Collings, H.; Occupation: Colonial Services, Department of Economic Control; Date of Birth: 1914; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Tanganyika

Name: Collingwood, Lionel Charles Edgar; Occupation: Merchant, Landowner; Date of Birth: 1902-1952; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Melfort, S. Rhodesia

Name: Collins, Francis Richard; Occupation: Principal Auditor; Date of Birth: 1896; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Zanzibar

Name: Collins, Ivy May ; Occupation: Civil Servant; Date of Birth: 1905; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Ndola, N. Rhodesia

Name: Collins, J. C.; Occupation: Chief Tobacco Adviser at Agricultural Department; Date of Birth: 1912; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Lusaka, N. Rhodesia

Name: Collins, Leonard; Occupation: Managing Director, Coffee Services ; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Mombasa, Kenya

Name: Collins, Reginald Frank; Occupation: Barrister at Law; Date of Birth: 1890; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kitale Kenya (came to Kenya for retirement)

Name: Collins, William Charles; Occupation: Barrister, Town Clerk; Date of Birth: 1906; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Ndola, N. Rhodesia

Name: Collins, William Frederick; Occupation: Mining Engineer, Tobacco Grower; Date of Birth: 1883; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Marandellas, S. Rhodesia

Name: Collinshaw, Raymond; Occupation: Royal Canadian Navy, British Empire Pilots; Date of Birth: 1893; Address at time of submitting biographical data: (was in North Persia, Sudan, Egypt)

Name: Collis, Nelson Verdon Fraser; Occupation: Junior Partner, Bain and Co., Chartered Accountants; Date of Birth: 1916; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Tanga, Tanganyika

Name: Collisson, Percival Lorimer; Occupation: Civil Servant, Colonial Audit Department; Date of Birth: 1883; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Colls, Stanley Walter Drury; Occupation: Director of Civil Aviation in East Africa; Date of Birth: 1907; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Collyer, John; Occupation: Postmaster General; Date of Birth: 1876-1958; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Salisbury, S. Rhodesia

Name: Colpoys, William Vernon; Occupation: Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, Dairy Farmer; Date of Birth: 1923; Address at time of submitting biographical data: S. Kinangop, Kenya

Name: Colson, Dr. Elizabeth F.; Occupation: Director of Rhodes-Livingstone Institute; Date of Birth: 1917; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Livingstone, N. Rhodesia

Name: Colvile, Ernest Frederick; Occupation: Colonial Administration; Date of Birth: 1922; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Long Melford, Suffolk (was in Nyasaland, German E. Africa, Northern Palestine)

Name: Colvile, Geoffrey Rollo de Vine; Occupation: Dip. Anthr., farmer; Date of Birth: 1914; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Molo, Kenya

Name: Combe, Commander A.B.; Occupation: Farmer?; Date of Birth: 1900; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Bulawayo, S. Rhodesia

Name: Comberbach, Harold; Occupation: Farmer?; Date of Birth: 1888; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Mount Darwin, S. Rhodesia

Name: Comely, Ruth ; Occupation: Nursing Sister, Midwife; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kisumu, Kenya

Name: Comninos, Xenophon; Occupation: Estate and Insurance Agent, Honourable Vice-consul for Greece in Rhodesia; Date of Birth: 1894; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Salisbury, S. Rhodesia

Name: Comrie, W. M.; Occupation: Labour Officer; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Lusaka, N. Rhodesia

Name: Comyn - Platt, Sir Thomas; Occupation: Foreign Office; Date of Birth: 1875; Address at time of submitting biographical data: London, U.K. (visited Africa, Asia and Asia Minor)

Name: Conan - Davies, Geoffrey Wynne Severn; Occupation: District Officer, Farmer; Date of Birth: 1904; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Barrington, Tasmania

Name: Conduitt, Major Walter Arnold; Occupation: Army Officer; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nakuru, Kenya

Name: Condy, John Beatty; Occupation: Veterinarian Surgeon; Date of Birth: 1927; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Umtali S. Rhodesia

Name: Coney, Stanley Edward; Occupation: Director and General Manager of Blackwood Hodge; Date of Birth: 1913; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Salisbury, S. Rhodesia

Name: Congreve, Roy; Occupation: Colonial Services as Staff Surveyor; Date of Birth: 1913; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Connell, A. D.; Occupation: Architect; Date of Birth: 1901; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Tanga, Tanganyika

Name: Connell, Justice Charles Percy; Occupation: Barrister at law; Date of Birth: 1902; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Connell, William Kerr; Occupation: Medical Officer, Lecturer of Anatomy, ; Date of Birth: 1893-1952; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Glasgow, Scottland (was in Mesopotamia, Waziristan)

Name: Connolly, P. L.; Occupation: Police Superintendent; Date of Birth: 1921; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika

Name: Conolly, Osment; Occupation: Master Engineer and Founder of own firm ; Date of Birth: 1904; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Bulawayo, S. Rhodesia

Name: Conroy, Diamid William ; Occupation: Attorney General; Date of Birth: 1913; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Gibraltar

Name: Consett, Lieutenant - Colonel Christopher D'Arcy Preston; Occupation: Army Officer, Farmer; Date of Birth: 1910; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Marandellas, S. Rhodesia

Name: Constantinidis, H. T.; Occupation: Managing Director of Consolidates Tobacco Growers' Assoc. ; Date of Birth: 1902; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Iringa, Tanganyika

Name: Contomichalos, Gerasimo Anthony; Occupation: Dir., Contomihcalos and Sons Ltd.; Date of Birth: 1883; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Greece;Sudan; Egypt

Name: Converse, Charles D.; Occupation: Officer in Charge of Sabi Valley; Date of Birth: 1910; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Umtali, S. Rhodesia

Name: Cook, Albert Ruskin; Occupation: Consulting Physician; Date of Birth: 1870; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kampala, Uganda

Name: Cook, Arthur Simpson Kingsbury; Occupation: Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police; Date of Birth: 1916; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kampala, Uganda

Name: Cook, Basil Chichester; Occupation: Army Officer, Banker; Date of Birth: 1902; Address at time of submitting biographical data: London, U.K.

Name: Cook, Claude Llewellen; Occupation: Chief Representative in Central Africa of S. African Press Assoc.; Date of Birth: 1917; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Salisbury, S. Rhodesia

Name: Cook, Eric Guelph; Occupation: Army Officer; Date of Birth: 1896; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Salisbury, S. Rhodesia

Name: Cook, Harold Folden; Occupation: Civil and Electrical Consulting Engineer; Date of Birth: 1906; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Cook, Herbert James; Occupation: Town Clerk; Date of Birth: 1891; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Bulawayo, S. Rhodesia

Name: Cook, Thomas Fotheringham; Occupation: MP, Parliamentary Under-secretary of State for the Colonies; Date of Birth: 1908-1952; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Glasgow, Scotland

Name: Cooke, E. R. N.; Occupation: Pathologist; Date of Birth: 1911; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Cooke, George Alfred; Occupation: farmer; Date of Birth: 1874; Address at time of submitting biographical data: N. Rhodesia

Name: Cooke, H. A.; Occupation: Secretary and Director, Anglo- Rhodesian & General Investment ; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Suffolk

Name: Cooke, Hon. Shirley Victor; Occupation: Colonial Administration, Politician; Date of Birth: 1889; Address at time of submitting biographical data: South Kinangop, Kenya

Name: Cooke, Stanley; Occupation: Managing Director, Rhodesia Sugar Refinery; Date of Birth: 1877; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Bulawayo, S. Rhodesia

Name: Cooke - Collis, Philip William; Occupation: Field Assistant, Tsetse Reclamation; Date of Birth: 1906; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Mbara, Uganda

Name: Cooksey, Fred; Occupation: Tobacco Grower; Date of Birth: 1881; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Sinoia, S. Rhodesia

Name: Cookson, O. L. C.; Occupation: Medical Officer; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Lusaka, N. Rhodesia

Name: Coolbaugh, John; Occupation: Metallurgical Consultant; Date of Birth: 1907; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Bulawayo, S. Rhodesia

Name: Coombes, John Edward; Occupation: Office Superintendent; Date of Birth: 1907; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Lusaka, N. Rhodesia

Name: Cooper, Alan Amos; Occupation: Editor of Nyasaland Times; Date of Birth: 1920; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Blantyre, Nyasaland

Name: Cooper, Alan Leslie; Occupation: Army Officer; Date of Birth: 1875-1956; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Salisbury, S. Rhodesia

Name: Cooper, E. C.; Occupation: Headmaster, Government Secondary School; Date of Birth: 1912; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nyakasura, Fort Portal, Uganda

Name: Cooper, Edward Scale; Occupation: Education Department; Date of Birth: 1910; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Cooper, Guy Herbert; Occupation: Diploma in Agriculture, Poultry Officer ; Date of Birth: 1904; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Salisbury, S. Rhodesia

Name: Cooper, H. A.; Occupation: Assistant Executive Officer; Date of Birth: 1901; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika

Name: Cooper, Henry Guy; Occupation: Colonial Service, Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.; Date of Birth: 1890; Address at time of submitting biographical data: London, U.K. (was in East Africa, Persia, Bengal)

Name: Cooper, James Paten; Occupation: Farmer; Date of Birth: 1916; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Navasha, Kenya

Name: Cooper, Leonard Quentin Tyrrell; Occupation: Company Director; Date of Birth: 1920; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Cooper, Patrick Ashley; Occupation: Governor of Hudson Bay Company and a Director of the Bank of England, RAF Major ; Date of Birth: 1887; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Hexton, Hertfordshire

Name: Cooper, R. W. A.; Occupation: Managing Director of Cooper's Ltd.; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Arusha, Tanganyika

Name: Cooper, Roger Tyndale; Occupation: Farmer; Date of Birth: 1911; Address at time of submitting biographical data: North Kinargop, Kenya

Name: Cooper, Rowland Percy Wheeldon; Occupation: Manager of Beira Office of Union Castle Line; Date of Birth: 1903; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Beira, Portuguese East Africa

Name: Cooper, Sisson; Occupation: Director of Newspaper Companies; Date of Birth: 1888; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Cape, South Africa

Name: Cooper, William Gerald Groves; Occupation: Director, Geological Survey and Water Supplies; Date of Birth: 1890; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Umtali, S. Rhodesia (worked in Zomba, Nyasaland)

Name: Cooper, William John Dupre; Occupation: Senior Auditor; Date of Birth: 1911; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Hong Kong (was in Uganda)

Name: Cope - Christie, James Alfred; Occupation: Architect; Date of Birth: 1870-1953; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Salisbury, S. Rhodesia

Name: Copeman, Edward Arden; Occupation: Adventurer (?) Farmer; Date of Birth: 1865; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Mooi River, Natal

Name: Copley, Hugh; Occupation: Fish Warden, Game Department; Date of Birth: 1888; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Corbally, Everard William Luke Mary; Occupation: Magistrate; Date of Birth: 1916; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Limba, Nyasaland

Name: Corbeil, Father Jean Jacques; Occupation: Missionary of the White Father Society; Date of Birth: 1913; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Katibunga Mission, Mpika, N. Rhodesia

Name: Corbett, Charles Edward; Occupation: Army Officer, Farmer; Date of Birth: 1909; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Ol' Joro Orok, Kenya

Name: Corbett, D. M.; Occupation: Veterinary Officer; Date of Birth: 1911; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Dar es salaam, Tanganyika

Name: Corbett, J.; Occupation: Director, Safariland; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Corbett, Thomas William; Occupation: Army Officer; Date of Birth: 1888-1954; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nweiga, Kenya

Name: Corbett - Winder, Captain Frederick Feilden ; Occupation: Army Officer; Date of Birth: 1884; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Berriew, N. Wales

Name: Corby, Nancy Harris; Occupation: Teacher of Music; Date of Birth: 1902; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kampala, Uganda

Name: Corbyn, Ernest Nugent; Occupation: Army Career; Secretary, Lord Kitchener National Memorial Fund and its Kitchener Scholarship; Date of Birth: 1881; Address at time of submitting biographical data: London, U.K. (was in Sudan)

Name: Cordell, Ernest Arthur; Occupation: Assistant Chief Officer, African Affairs Dept. Rhodesia Railways; Date of Birth: 1905; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Bulawayo, S. Rhodesian

Name: Cordell, Oliver Tristriam; Occupation: Archdeacon; Date of Birth: 1900; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Dodoma, Tanganyika

Name: Corfield, Frank Derek; Occupation: Governor, Khartoum Province; Date of Birth: 1902; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Khartoum, Sudan

Name: Corlett, Charles Harold; Occupation: Tobacco Buyer; Date of Birth: 1914; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Broadstone, Dorset

Name: Cormack, Donald; Occupation: Post and Telegraphs Dept. Kenya; Date of Birth: 1895; Address at time of submitting biographical data: London, U.K. (was in Kenya)

Name: Cormack, James Noble; Occupation: British and South African registered Architect, Farmer; Date of Birth: 1877; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Mbeya, Tanganyika

Name: Corner, Samuel Gordon; Occupation: Army Officer; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Umtali, S. Rhodesia

Name: Cornwall, Reverend John Whitmore; Occupation: Missionary Priest; Date of Birth: 1900; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Masasi, Tanganyika

Name: Cornwall, Reverend Nigel Edmund; Occupation: Headmaster, Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak; Date of Birth: 1903; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Masasi, Tanganyika

Name: Corrie, Major J. A. G.; Occupation: Private Secretary and A.D.C.G. (?) to the Governor; Date of Birth: 1917; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Zomba, Nyasaland

Name: Corrie, Sir Owen Cecil Kirkpatrick; Occupation: Puisne Judge; Date of Birth: 1882; Address at time of submitting biographical data: London, (was in Kenya, Palestine, Fiji)

Name: Corson, Dr James; Occupation: Medical department of Colonial Service; Date of Birth: 1878; Address at time of submitting biographical data: London, U.K. (was at Gold Coast, in Nigeria, Tanganyika)

Name: Cory, H.; Occupation: Sociologist, Sociological Research; Date of Birth: 1889; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika

Name: Coryndon, Lady Phyllis Mary; Occupation: Widow, Leader of YMCA canteen; Date of Birth: 1880; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Horsham, Sussex (was in Swaziland, Basutoland, Uganda, Kenya)

Name: Cosgrove, Alfred Owen; Occupation: Resident Engineer and General Representative for General Electric in East Africa; Date of Birth: 1910; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Costa de Beauregard, Count Rene; Occupation: General Manager for Air France in East Africa; Date of Birth: 1915; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Costain, Sir Richard Rylandes; Occupation: Director of R. Costain Ltd., served in Ministry of Works ; Date of Birth: 1902; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Salisbury, S. Rhodesia

Name: Coster, F. M.; Occupation: Engineering Geologist, Water Development; Date of Birth: 1898; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika

Name: Cotter, Major Sir Delaval James Alfred; Occupation: Army Officer; Date of Birth: 1911; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Gloucester-shire (was in S. Rhodesia)

Name: Cotton, Maurice John; Occupation: Land and Estate Agent, Auctioneer and Valuer, Civil Servant; Date of Birth: 1890; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nyeri Station, Kenya

Name: Cottrell, John Awdry; Occupation: Director of African Education; Date of Birth: 1904; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Lusaka, N. Rhodesia

Name: Cottrell, William Frank; Occupation: Administrative Services, now with United Nations; Date of Birth: 1903; Address at time of submitting biographical data: New York, USA (was in Brazil, Sudan, Egypt)

Name: Couldrey, Robert Charles; Occupation: Administrative Service, military and mercantile interests; Date of Birth: 1890; Address at time of submitting biographical data: London, , U.K. (was in Sudan)

Name: Couldry, John Alexander; Occupation: Barrister at Law, Member of City Council of Nairobi; Date of Birth: 1925; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Coulson, Arthur Canisius; Occupation: Mixed Farming and Ranching; Date of Birth: 1923; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Bulawayo, S. Rhodesia

Name: Coulson, F. B.; Occupation: Deputy Registrar; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Livingstone, N. Rhodesia

Name: Coulson, Sydney Harold; Occupation: Manager of Photographic Department; Date of Birth: 1903; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Coultas, Denis Temperley; Occupation: Tobacco Grower; Date of Birth: 1921; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Bindura, N. Rhodesia

Name: Coulthard, John Louis; Occupation: RAF Pilot, BBC Correspondent in Kenya, Commercial Pilot and Farmer; Date of Birth: 1916; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kitale, Kenya

Name: Coupland, Sir Reginald; Occupation: Oxford Fellow (history) advisor to the government; Date of Birth: 1884 -1952; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Oxford, England

Name: Court, Dr. Philip Francis Shelsley; Occupation: Surgical Specialist; Date of Birth: 1900; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Livingstone, N. Rhodesia

Name: Courtmanche, Monsignor Firmin; Occupation: Prefect Apostolic of Fort Jameson; Date of Birth: 1913; Address at time of submitting biographical data: St Anne's Mission, Fort Jameson, N. Rhodesia

Name: Courtney, Harold; Occupation: Local Representative of Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons; Date of Birth: 1908; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Cousin, Douglas Pigram; Occupation: Stores Superintendent; Date of Birth: 1889; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Hayling Islands

Name: Cousins, Charles Edward; Occupation: Commissioner for Labour and Mines; Date of Birth: 1906; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Lusaka, N. Rhodesia

Name: Cousins, Edmund Richard John Ratcliffe; Occupation: Colonial Civil Services; Date of Birth: 1888; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Cousins, W. E.; Occupation: Accountant in the Colonial Service; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: N. Rhodesia

Name: Coutts, Walter Fleming; Occupation: Administrator, Windward Islands; Date of Birth: 1912; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Windward Islands

Name: Coventry, Major Charles Henry Gerald; Occupation: Managing Director, Boustead and Clarke; Date of Birth: 1906; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Mombasa, Kenya

Name: Cowan, Colin John; Occupation: Assistant editor of "Rhodesia Herald"; Date of Birth: 1910; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Salisbury, S. Rhodesia

Name: Cowan , Brigadier George Arthur; Occupation: Divisional Commander, Salvation Army; Date of Birth: 1890; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Bulawayo, S. Rhodesia

Name: Coward, David John; Occupation: Solicitor (England), Ag. Registrar General; Date of Birth: 1917; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Cowen, Alan Biddulph; Occupation: Chairman and Chief Engineer, Electricity Supply; Date of Birth: 1896; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Salisbury, S. Rhodesia

Name: Cowie, Arthur Edward; Occupation: General Manager of Cold Storage Commission; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Salisbury, S. Rhodesia

Name: Cowie, John; Occupation: Secretary of Education; Date of Birth: 1893; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Salisbury, S. Rhodesia

Name: Cowie, Mervyn Hugh; Occupation: Director of Royal National Park of Kenya; Date of Birth: 1909; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Cowin, George Stewart; Occupation: Senior Vety. Officer; Date of Birth: 1903; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Tanganyika

Name: Cowland-Cooper, David Ouchterlony; Occupation: Farmer; Date of Birth: 1912; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Glendale, S. Rhodesia

Name: Cowley, G. S.; Occupation: Colonial Service, Department of Agriculture; Date of Birth: 1913; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Cowley, Kenneth Martin; Occupation: District Officer; Date of Birth: 1912; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Cowling, A. G.; Occupation: Headmaster, Secretary, Department of Internal Affairs; Date of Birth: -1953; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Salisbury, S. Rhodesia

Name: Cowper, Major Anthony Alexander Thomas; Occupation: Transmission Engineer, Electricity Supply Command; Date of Birth: 1915; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Salisbury, S. Rhodesia

Name: Cowper, Major Charles Deane; Occupation: Army and Police Officer; Date of Birth: 1885; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Chandlers Ford, Hants. (was in N. Rhodesia, Matabeleland, Tanganyika and more)

Name: Cox, Arthur Henry; Occupation: Inspector General of Hospitals and Fleet; Date of Birth: 1888; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Old Hunstanton, Norfolk (was in Uganda, Kenya, )

Name: Cox, C. E. S.; Occupation: Army Officer; Date of Birth: 1875; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Salisbury, S. Rhodesia

Name: Cox, Charles Henry Fortnum; Occupation: Army Officer; Date of Birth: 1880-1953; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Lym Regis, Dorset (was in S. Africa, Sudan, Palestine, Transjordan

Name: Cox, Christopher William Machell; Occupation: Oxford Fellow, Educational Adviser to Sec. Of State for Colonies; Date of Birth: 1899; Address at time of submitting biographical data: London, U.K. (visited the African Continent)

Name: Cox, Geoffrey Douglas; Occupation: Departmental Director of Civil Aviation; Date of Birth: 1918; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Salisbury, S. Rhodesia

Name: Cox, H. F.; Occupation: Accountant, Central Accountants Department; Date of Birth: 1908; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Zomba, Nyasaland

Name: Cox, Harold Aldwyn Machell; Occupation: Canon of Likoma Cathedral; Date of Birth: 1879; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Likoma, Nyasalnad

Name: Cox, Herbert Charles Fahie; Occupation: Chief Justice of N. Rhodesia; Date of Birth: 1893; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika

Name: Cox, John Stanley; Occupation: Manager of a Motor Division; Date of Birth: 1911; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Kampala, Uganda

Name: Cox, Norman Blakiston; Occupation: Treasurer; Date of Birth: 1885; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Meole Brace, Shrewsbury (was in Zanzibar)

Name: Cox, Ronald Ian; Occupation: Assistant Demonstrator in Bio-chemistry; Date of Birth: 1928; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Edinburgh, Scotland (was borne in Kampala, Uganda, grew up in Nairobi)

Name: Cox, Thomas Richard Fisher; Occupation: Provincial Commissioner; Date of Birth: 1907; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Jinja, Uganda

Name: Cozens, Arthur George Vernon; Occupation: Missionary; Date of Birth: 1897; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Tegwani Mission, Plumtree, S. Rhodesia

Name: Crabb, Reverend Frederick Hugh Wright ; Occupation: Principal, Diocesan Theological College, Sudan; Date of Birth: 1915; Address at time of submitting biographical data: London, U.K. (was in Sudan

Name: Crabbe, John Reginald; Occupation: Headmaster, Government Senior Secondary School; Date of Birth: 1914; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Tabora, Tanganyika

Name: Crabbe, Reverend Reginald Percy; Occupation: Bishop of Mombassa; Date of Birth: 1883; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Craddock, George Beresford; Occupation: Practising Barrister; Date of Birth: 1898; Address at time of submitting biographical data: London, U.K. (was in Uganda)

Name: Cradock-Watson, Lieutenant - Colonel Kenneth Cradock ; Occupation: Army Officer, Farmer; Date of Birth: 1899; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Turi, Kenya

Name: Cragg, Joan (pen name: Janet Rock); Occupation: Writer; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Salisbury, S. Rhodesia

Name: Craig, Archibald Brown; Occupation: Company Director; Date of Birth: 1884; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Salisbury, S. Rhodesia

Name: Craig, Dr. J. K.; Occupation: Medical Officer; Date of Birth: 1915; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Craig, Mary Burns; Occupation: Matron in Chief, Medical Headquarters; Date of Birth: n. d. ; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika

Name: Cram, Major Alastair Lorimer; Occupation: Resident Magistrate; Date of Birth: 1909; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Nairobi, Kenya

Name: Crampton, Harry Drummond Innes; Occupation: Farmer; Date of Birth: 1905; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Thomson's Falls, Kenya

Name: Crane, Edwin W. J.; Occupation: Rector, All Saint's ; Date of Birth: 1887; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Marandellas, S. Rhodesia

Name: Crane, Gilbert Lachlin Wyatt; Occupation: Framer; Date of Birth: 1908; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Eldorado, S. Rhodesia

Name: Crane, Hubert Trench; Occupation: Army Officer; Date of Birth: 1903; Address at time of submitting biographical data: Colchester, Essex (was in Somaliland)

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: Coales - Crane

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