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Name: SLADE, Humphrey

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Birth Date: 4 May 1905 Kensington, London

Death Date: 10 August 1983 Nairobi

First Date: 1930

Last Date: 1983

Profession: Lawyer with Hamilton, Harrison & Mathews. Retired in 1946 owing to ill health and farmed on N. Kinangop. Elected member of Legco for Aberdares 1952. At Independence unanimously elected Speaker of the first Parliament.

Area: Nairobi, N. Kinangop

Married: In Nairobi 19 Oct 1935 Constance Laing 'Menina' Gordon b. 1917 Oporto, d. 1977 (dau of Henry Laing Gordon)

Children: Nigel Asterly (1938-1990); Olwen (1940); Laurie Eric (1944); Kathleen (1960)

Author: The Parliament of Kenya, 1969

Book Reference: EAWL, Sitrep 2, Who's Who, Hut, O&C

War Service: Kenya Regt. then Dep. Judge Advocate General EA

School: King's Scholar Eton; Magdalen College Oxford 1924-27.

General Information:

He called his time spent as Speaker of the Kenya Parliament " his 10 happiest years". Retired in 1970 and became a legal consultant with Hamilton, Harrison and Mathews. He was awarded EBS [Kenya Honour]. Source: Mrs C.L. Slade             
Pre-war volunteer to the Kenya Regiment (KR 656)

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