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Name: BRITTON, John (Rev. Canon)

Birth Date: 21.1.1881 Dartmouth, Devon

Death Date: 6.8.1945 Penzance, Cornwall

First Date: 1907

Last Date: 1934

Profession: Joined the CMS and was Principal of Normal School, Namirembe, Kampala. 1909-16, Chaplain at Kampala 1913-16 and Chaplain to the Forces in Uganda 1914-16. Later he served at the Coast and was made Canon and Dean of Mombasa Cathedral.

Area: Kampala, Mombasa, 1925 Maseno, Kisumu, 1930 Mombasa

Married: At Mukono, Kagwe 3.6.1910 Anna Adeliza Jacob d. 1 Aug 1911 Namirembe; 2. In Namirembe 18.4.1914 Annie Young Harvey b. 5 Aug 1886 Jullundur, India, d. 11 Nov 1977 Tonbridge

Children: Anna Millicent (19 Mar 1914); Dorothea Rosemary (14 Mar 1915 Namirembe-1943); Eric Edward Chester (21 Nov 1921-1944); John Capell (5 Feb 1917 London-1990); Winifred (29 Aug 1928)

Book Reference: Gillett, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Foster, Barnes, Gazette, Red 19

School: Private school, CMS College and University College, Durham University BA

General Information:

He retired in 1933 and became Vicar of St. Paul's, Penzance, Cornwall Red 25 - CMS, Priest 1907; Principal of Maseno Central Vocational School, Kavirondo; Co-secretary Advisory Board Native Education. Principal of normal school, Namirembe, Kampala 1909-16; Chaplain at Kampala 1913-16; Chaplain to the Forces in Uganda 1914-16

Red 22 - Member Education Board, Kenya

Foster - Arrived Uganda 1902, Maseno 1917-26, Secretary to CMS Kenya Mission 1926-29, Dean Mombasa Cathedral 1929-33. On his retirement to the UK he settled in Cornwall and was made an Honorary Canon of Truro Cathedral.

St Paul's Namirembe cemetery - Anna A. Britton, née Jacob, died 1 Aug 1911

Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Lake Area - John Britton - Missionary - Maseno

1939 England and Wales Register living with wife and two children in Camborne

His wife is listed as Annie Young in Ancestry 1922 passenger list. The children are hers (except for Millicent)

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