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Name: POSTLETHWAITE, Miles
Birth Date: 19 May 1857 Gosforth, Cumberland
Death Date: 14 Nov 1899 Mombasa, smallpox, buried at Mbaraki
First Date: 1899
Last Date: 1899
Profession: MP. On round the world tour
Area: Mombasa
Married: In Ulverston 1871 Margaret Gaskell b. 1850 Kirkby Ireleth, Lancs., d. 1886 Ulverston
Book Reference: North, Barnes
General Information:
North - British MP on world tour; dep. Zanzibar for Mombasa 6/10/1899; died at 'The Royal Hotel' Mombasa 14/11/1899 Mombasa Cemetery - 14 Nov 1899, Miles Postlethwaite [sic] MP, Aged 40, Royal Hotel
Died of smallpox while on a round-the-world tour (Barnes)