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Name: MOORE, Henry Monck-Mason GCMG, Sir
Birth Date: 18 Mar 1887 Wimbledon
Death Date: 26 Mar 1964 Cape Town
First Date: 1929
Profession: Chief Secretary, Kenya 1929 -34 . Returned as Governor in 1940 when Sir Robert Brooke-Popham was recalled.
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Kensington Dec 1921 Daphne Ione Viola Benson b. 21 Mar 1894 Britstown, Northern Cape, S. Africa, d. 23 Aug 1980 Rondebosch
Children: Deirdre Joan (1923 Kensington-1976); Jocelyn Penelope (1927 Kensington-1952)
Book Reference: Midday Sun, Oscar, O&C, Debrett, Red 31, Hut, Colonial, Dominion
School: King's College School and Jesus College, Cambridge
General Information:
Debrett - was Gov. and Com.-in-Ch. and Vice-Adm. of Sierra Leone 1934-7, Assist. Under-Sec. of State for the Colonies 1937-9, Dep. Under-Sec. of State for the Colonies 1939-40, Gov. and Com.-in-Ch. of Kenya 1940-44, and of Ceylon 1944-48, and Gov. Gen. and Com.-in-Ch. of Ceylon 1948-50; is a K.St.J.; European War 1916-19 in Salonika as Lieut. RGA (two medals)
Dominion - Colonial Secretary - 1930
Gazette - 4/6/1929 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Colonial Secretary - H. M-M Moore
President of the Oxford & Cambridge Society - 1933