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Name: SAVILE, Hugh Osborne
Nee: bro of Frederick Rodney Savile
Birth Date: 1876 Clifton, Bristol
Death Date: 1.6.1958 Bristol
First Date: 1900
Last Date: 1933
Profession: Arrived to work with CMS in Uganda and later became Manager of East African Industries at Maseno, near Port Florence; 1st principal of Makerere
Area: Maseno, Kisumu Sep. 1907, Mengo 1905, 1925 Maseno, Kisumu
Married: At Mengo 22.6.1904 Kathleen Elizabeth Barton b. 27 Dec 1877 Dublin, d. 1 Nov 1944 Colaton, Raleigh, Devon. She also devoted much of her time to Mission work
Children: Arthur Hugh (Bristol 26.7.1905 Glos.-1992); Lorna Kathleen ( Kampala 3.10.1907); Douglas Barton Osborne (19 Aug 1909 Dublin-2000); Keith Roberts George (21 Dec 1914-1991); Patrick Desmond (17 Mar 1921-1996); Noreen Elizabeth Anne (1922 Kampala-1950)
Book Reference: Gillett, SE, EAHB 1905, Red 25, Hut, North, Playne, Drumkey, EA & Rhodesia, Red 22, Advertiser, UJ, AJ, Gazette, CMS, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907, Leader14, Red Book 1912
School: Malvern Coll.; Bristol Univ
General Information:
SE - H.O. Savile - Kisumu - Sept 1907
North - CMS Uganda - Engineer from Clifton, Bristol; Buddu & Koki; Nassa Aug 1900; Ankoli Aug 1901; Mengo Industrial Mission Sept. 1902 The East African Industries Ltd - ' Maseno is in Kavirondo and near Port Florence, the terminus of the Uganda Railway on Lake Victoria. Mr H.O. Savile, the manager, was formerly a missionary of the CMS in Uganda, where, amongst other duties, he superintended the erection of several important buildings. He has ably designed and developed a portion of this estate of about 1000 acres, and carried on profitable trading in cattle etc. ....... The directors' aims of furthering missionary effort are being carried out here in a most cheering way, and the manager and Mrs Savile are taking their part in the work of Christian instruction. '
Drumkey 1909 - Cattle Brand - L2S - H.O. Savile - Maseno, Kisumu
EA & Rhodesia - 4/9/58 - Mr Hugh Osborne Saville, who has died in his 81st year, offered his services to the Church Missionary Society soon after taking an engineering degree at Bristol University, and he went to Uganda in 1900. Four years later he married a missionary nurse, Miss Kathleen Barton, and in the following year they opened the Maseno station, some 20 miles north-west of Kisumu, among the then turbulent Kavirondo. He built the church which is still used. In 1922 he returned to Uganda to join the new education department, and subsequently became the first principal of Makerere Technical College. When Makerere was upgraded to University College, he relinquished the appointment and established the Kampala Technical School. Mr & Mrs Saville retired from Uganda in 1933
Advertiser - 12/6/1908 - Appointments - To be unofficial members of the Road Board in their respective Provinces - Kisumu - H. Savile, J. Cushney
Uganda Journal - Vol. 2 No. 2 - Further Memories of Uganda by Sir Albert Cook - the Industrial Mission was moved back to Bulange under the superintendence of Mr H.O. Savile, who later on went to Maseno as Manager of the East Africa Industries Ltd. Many years afterwards he joined the Government Staff at Makerere and only retired last year [1933] to the regret of all who knew him.
Agricultural Journal 1908 - Brands allotted and registered - H.O. Savile, Maseno, Kisumu - Kisumu L2S
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Kisumu - H.O. Savile, African Industries, Maseno
CMS - 1900 - Age 24. Of Clifton, Bristol. Engineer. Malvern College and Univ. Coll. Bristol - Engineering Dept. 1899 CM Coll; Dec 5 Accepted as Missionary CMS. 1900 Jan 18 Depart for Uganda Mission - Budu and Koki; Aug. Nassa 1901 Aug, Ankole; 1902 Sept. Mengo - Industrial Mission; 1904 Feb. Sese Islands; Oct 13 to England. Married 1904, June 22, K.E. Barton
Red Book 1912 - H.O. Savile - Mombasa
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Lake Area - Farm Manager - Maseno
EAHB 1905 - CMS at Koki
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