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Name: CATOR, Ralph Bertie Peter, Sir
Birth Date: 21.11.1861 London
Death Date: 29.7.1945 Alexandria, Egypt
Nationality: British
First Date: 1896
Last Date: 1905
Profession: Judicial Officer, EAP, in May 1896, he became a Judge in 1899, and a Judge of the High Court for the Protectorate in 1902
Area: Mombasa
Married: 1. In Constantinople 1907 Johanna Carolina Arnoldina Emilie 'Adeh' 'Madie' von Schmidt auf Altenstadt b. 1873 Batavia, d. 11 Nov 1962 Florence, Italy
Children: No
Book Reference: Gillett, Sorrenson, EAHB 1905, Mombasa, EAS, North, Curtis, EA Diary 1903, EAHB 1906, Nicholls, EA Diary 1902, EAHB 1904, All Saints, Web
School: Radley College (viii 1878 Capt), Keble Coll Oxford
General Information:
Sorrenson - In 1905 a Land Committee was set up by Sir Donald Stewart - Judge Cator, Judge Hamilton and the Crown Advocate, J.W. Barth together with Lord Delamere and Frank Watkins. Cator was posted to the High Court at Zanzibar before the committee began work and Lord Delamere became Chairman.
EAHB 1905 - Judicial Officer, EAP, May 1st 1896; Title altered to H.M. Judge 1899; A Judge of the High Court on the Establishment of a High Court for the Protectorate Aug. 11th 1902.
Mombasa - Bertie Cator, who was appointed legal vice-consul in Mombasa on 9th June 1896, and Major Hatch of the Sikh Regiment were the leading lights behind the formation of this Mombasa cricket team and were ultimately responsible for the birth of the Sports Club which began life primarily as a cricket club. ....... The Sports Club owes much to the efforts of Bertie Cator and to the generosity of Salim bin Khalfan. Bertie Cator not only introduced the British judicial system into Mombasa but also set up the legal framework for land tenure and the issuing of title deeds, and he made sure that the Sports Club received one of the earliest grants of title for the land which it still occupies.
The African Standard - 26-2-1903 - Invited to the wedding of H.R. Phelips & Miss Jacquette Edith Lambe in Mombasa
Curtis - p. 56 - 'Just Married' - Mrs Maurice Martineau and her husband spent a 3 month honeymoon in Kenya in 1904. They started with a few days in Mombasa, where Mrs Martineau's brother, Ralph Cator, was a judge. The three of them took the train to Nairobi and then travelled up to Fort Hall, where Hinde, formerly in charge of relations with the Masai, was now the DC ..…..…
EAHB 1906 - Transferred in 1905 to Judge of the High Court, Constantinople
Nicholls - On her honeymoon in the EAP, Madie Cator met a distressed Englishman who hadn't a penny - one Kirk from Johannesburg.
EA Diary 1902 - Listed as Judge
EA Diary 1903 - Judicial Officer, EA Protectorate, May 1 1896; H.M. Judge 1899
All Saints - Memorial - 1st Judge of British East Africa 1896-1905; 21-11-1861 to 29-7-1945 - Buried at sea
Web - Radley College Register - Athanaeum and Savile Clubs.
EAHB 1905 - H.M. Judge, Mombasa; Chairman, Visiting Justices of Mombasa Jail. Mombasa - left Mombasa in 1905