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Name: HUNTER, Robert MBE

Birth Date: 1894

Death Date: 17 Oct 1969 Coatbridge

First Date: 1913

Profession: Headmaster

Area: Eldoret, 1930 Nyeri

Married: Ismay Edith Brown b. 1888 Beawar, Rajasthan, India, d. 25 Mar 1959 Storrington, Sussex

Book Reference: Eldoret, Staff 39, Staff 53, Red 31, Hut, Nicholls, Dominion, Colonial

War Service: Military service 1915-19

School: MA (Glas). Airdrie Academy and Glasgow University; MA (Glas)

General Information:

In 1913 the wood and iron Central School, on the site of the later Highlands School, was erected. R. Hunter was Headmaster for over 20 years and can still be remembered for the Chevrolet car he bought when he first came and was using when he retired.

Staff 39 - Education Officer European (Primary) Educ. in 1939, appointed 1933. Originally an Asst. Master 1926. Headmaster, European Primary School, Eldoret

Staff 53 - Education Officer, Principal, Highlands School, Eldoret

Dominion - Education Department - Assistant Master - 1930

Asst Master Kenya 1926; Prin. Highlands School Eldoret 1932; Cent. Sch. 1949

Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Uasin Gishu Voters Roll

Gazette 23 Mar 1973 probate