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Name: HYATT, George Obre

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Nee: brother-in-law of George Whitehouse

Birth Date: 1874 Up Ottery, Devon

Death Date: 26.7.1919 Bath

Nationality: British

First Date: 1899

Profession: Asst. Engineer, Uganda Railway

Area: Mombasa in 1905, Kisumu, 1914 Jinja

Married: In Mombasa 28 Sep 1909 Margaret Susan Collins b. 5 Sep 1874 West Monkton, Somerset, d. 12 Apr 1952 Devon

Children: Ralph Buller Obre (18 Sep 1910 Kilindini-1982); Arthur John Roach (13 Jan 1013-1987)

Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, Cuckoo, Hobley, Lorimer, EAHB 1905, EAS, North, EA Diary 1903, Drumkey, EAHB 1906, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907, Leader14, Red Book 1912

War Service: E.Af. Railway Transport D.

School: Cheltenham College

General Information:

Hobley - Longonot - this wonderful crater was once descended by the late G. Hyatt, who had a very perilous adventure, for he failed to regain the top before nightfall came on. (1929)  
Lorimer - Weekend at Kikindu. Mr Hyatt, who is the manager of the only railway in Uganda invited us to go up in his private car.
The African Standard - 26-2-1903 - Invited to the wedding of H.R. Phelips & Miss Jacquette Edith Lambe in Mombasa
Drumkey 1909 - Railway Dept. - Assistant Engineer
North - Recommended for temporary position after reorganisation of Railway staff - 'inclined to be lazy' (Currie FO 2) 12-11-1904
Red Book 1912 - R.B.O. Hyatt [sic] - Nairobi {Check - There is a Ralph Buller Obre Hyatt}
Gazette - 1/2/1906 - Member of Kisumu Township Committee
HBEA 1912 - Asst. Engineer.
Cuckoo - District Engineer, Railway, Kisumu - 1907.
EAHB 1905 - Asst. Engineer, Uganda Railway 1897.
North - issued with Public Officers Game Licence, Nairobi 20/5/1901
Red Book 1912 - G.O. Hyatt - Mombasa
Gazette 13/8/1919 - Obituary - His Excellency deeply regrets to announce that news has been received from England that Mr C. O. Hyatt, District Engineer, Uganda Railway died on 26/7/1919
Red Book 1919 - Railway Dept. - District Engineer - G.C. Hyatt
Mombasa Cathedral plaque: to the memory of / George Obre Hyatt / District Engineer Uganda Railway 1897 - 1919 / who died while on leave 26th July 1919 / aged 45 years / erected by his fellow officers of the Uganda / Railway in grateful remembrance of his genial / personality and unfailing kindness during his / long residence in East Africa
 

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