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Name: CHAMPION, Arthur Mortimer

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Photo Source: Phil Toye

Birth Date: 4 Apr 1885 Bristol

Death Date: 9 May1950 Nairobi

First Date: 1908

Last Date: 1950

Profession: He joined the Provincial Administration in 1911, was Asst. DC at Kitui, and subsequently was Resident Commissioner, Naivasha

Area: Kitui, 1922 Naivasha. HBEA 1912 ADC, Kitui, Nyeri, 1929 Kisumu, Nakuru

Married: No

Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, Bwana, Crossroads, Tignor, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Gazette, CO, Bur, Dominion, Leader14, Red Book 1912, Red 19

General Information:

Bwana - PC Turkana in 1934 - a man of great experience and a qualified geologist. At one time served in the famous Corps of Guides on the NW Frontier. One of the old school of 'pukka sahibs'. An irreverent junior has related that on one occasion he found himself on the wrong side of a flooded river which it was necessary to cross. The safest way to cross a flooded river is to take everything off, thus lessening the drag of encumbering clothing, but Champion, a stickler for convention, was dressed in breeches, riding boots and jacket, and it was only after much persuasion that he consented to discard these. Nothing, not even the fear of drowning, would make him part with his shirt and helmet. Eventually the crossing was accomplished with the help of a naked Turkana and the loss of the helmet, and Champion, much embarrassed, landed safe on the opposite bank, busily trying to control his flapping shirt tails.
KAD 1922 - Committee Member, Naivasha Sports Club
Gazette - 7/1/14 - Arthur Mortimer Champion - appt. Asst. DC Rabai
CO 533/371/3 - Confidential Reports 1927 - A very good report, should make a good senior commissioner.
Nairobi City Park Burial Register - Arthur Mortimer Champion. age 65, died 9/5/1950
Dominion - District Officer - 1930
Red Book 1912 - A.M. Champion - Kitui - Ukamba Province - DC at Kitui
Tignor - 1922 - DC at Naivasha, Nyeri in 1924-25. 
KAD 1922 - District and Resident Commissioner and Resident Magistrate, Naivasha
1939 England and Wales Register living alone in Bristol

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