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Name: OLIPHANT, Robert Hoyer Miller 'Bob'
Birth Date: 1893 Montrose, Angus
Death Date: 23 Nov 1954 Montrose, Angus
First Date: 1922
Profession: Bank manager
Area: Nairobi, 1925 Mombasa
Married: Mabel Lucy Garrison b. 1895 Warwick, d. 1986 Montrose
Children: Margaret Cynthia (8 Dec 1934 Nairobi)
Book Reference: Golf, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, EA & Rhodesia, Red 22
General Information:
East Africa & Rhodesia - 9/12/54 - Mr R.H.M. Oliphant, who has died in Montrose, Angus, joined the staff of the Standard Bank of South Africa in 1919, and served at different times in Nyeri, Mwanza, Morogoro and Nairobi before going to Kisumu as manager. He retired from that appointment early in 1947. He will be well remembered by many readers as a good golfer and entertaining raconteur. He is survived by Mrs Oliphant and a daughter.
KAD 1922 - Standard Bank of S.A.
Red 31 has R.H.M. Oliphant, S.B.S.A., Nyeri
Gazette - 26/7/1922 - Voters Register - Mombasa - Robert Hoyer Miller Oliphant, Bank Clerk, Mombasa
Winner of the Barry Cup (Coast Golf Championship) in 1923.