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Name: STEVENS, Gerald Philip

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Birth Date: 24 Feb 1869 Kensington, London

Death Date: 9 Mar 1943 Parkstone, Dorset

First Date: 1907

Profession: Barrister. Practised law in England, West Africa, Singapore and other British Colonies before setting up his practice in Nairobi. In 1912 he was Chairman of Nairobi Colonists' Ass. and at one time Pres. of Nairobi Law Society

Area: Box 393, Nairobi

Married: 2 July 1907 Margaret Coulson b. 13 May 1877, d. 20 Jan 1946 Bournemouth

Author: Ramblings of a Rolling Stone

Book Reference: Gillett, SE, HBEA, KAD, Red 25, Playne, Red 22, Land, Gazette, Leader14, Foster, Red Book 1912

War Service: Nairobi Town Guard

School: Westminster School, Trinity College Cambridge, 1893 Barrister-at-Law, Lincolns Inn

General Information:

SE - G.B. Stevens - Solicitor - July 1908
Red 25 - Chairman, Municipal Committee, Nairobi 1921
Playne - Group photograph of the Colonists' Association of British East Africa
Playne - Having decided to settle in BEA Mr Stevens bought land in the residential quarter of Nairobi, where he intends building. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1893, and has practised in England, the West Coast of Africa, Singapore and other British Colonies. Mr Stevens takes an active part in the Colonists' Association and in politics generally.
Land 1909 - G.P. Stevens - Buildings, 3.01 acres - Parklands - 7/11/08 - Leasehold for 99 years from 7/11/08 - Registered 12/8/09
Gazette - 26/8/14 - G.P. Stevens - appt. Captain Town Guard, Nairobi
Leader14 - Business Register - G.P. Stevens, Solicitor, Nairobi
Foster - Early Church Warden at All Saints Cathedral - 1917
Red Book 1912 - G.P. Stevens - Uasin Gishu
Red Book 1912 - Member of the Land Board
Red Book 1912 - Chairman - Nairobi Colonists' Association
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - Gerald Philip Stevens - Barrister at Law - Valley Road and Mrs Margaret Stevens - Valley Road
Cambridge Univ. Alumni pens. at TRINITY, May 30, 1887. S. of Henry, solicitor, of The Glebe House, Finchley, Middlesex (and Helen Cornelia). B. Feb. 24, 1869, at Finchley. School, Westminster. p2='Matriculation: the formal admission of a student into the University as distinguished from his admission into a College. It occurred in each of the three terms, Lent, Easter, Michaelmas.';//-->Matric. Michs. 1887; B.A. 1890; M.A. 1928. p3='Admitted at a College.';//-->Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Jan. 11, 1888. Called to the Bar, Apr. 26, 1893. Practised at Singapore, 1894-8 and in the Gold Coast, the Cape, Johannesburg and Uganda. Married, July 2, 1907, Margaret, dau. of Thomas Coulson, of The Manor House, Thirsk, Yorks. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Capt., East African forces). Author, Ramblings of a Rolling Stone. Died Mar. 9, 1943, at Parkstone, Dorset. (Record of Old Westminsters; Law Lists; Univ. War List; The Times, Mar. 10, 1943.)

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