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Name: SLADE, Humphrey
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.
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