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Name: CAVENDISH, Richard Charles Alexander CBE
Nee: 3rd son of Reginald Richard Frederick Cavendish
Birth Date: 6 Aug 1885 Eastbourne
Death Date: 28 Apr 1941 Nairobi
First Date: 1931
Last Date: 1941
Profession: Appointed Commissioner of Police in Kenya and assumed command on October 4th 1931. He had been Deputy Inspector General of the Nigeria Police.
Area: Nairobi, 1933 Rumuruti
Married: 26 May 1936 Margaret Barbara Duncan Johnstone (prev. Mrs F.O.Lyon) b. 1894 Valetta, Malta, d. 28 July 1977 Paddington, London
Children: None
Book Reference: Police, Staff 39, Hut, Colonial, Barnes, Fox Davies
General Information:
Police - He had served in the British SA Police in Rhodesia from 1906 to 1911, and then with the Nigeria Police from 1912 to 1931. .......... In July 1938 Cavendish, who had recently been awarded the CBE, was taken seriously ill and had to undergo an operation at the Nairobi Hospital. He made a slow but good recovery. On October 12th he went on sick leave to SA. The Deputy Commissioner, Capt. G. Pritchard Brown assumed temporary command of the Force during his absence.
Colonial - Served with B.S.A. Police, S. Rhodesia 1906-11; Asst. Comsnr. Police S. Nigeria 1912; King's Police Medal 1926; Senr. Comsnr. Police, S. Provs. Nigeria 1927; Asst. Inspr.-Gen. Pol. S. Provinces Nigeria 1930; Dep. Inspr.-Gen. Police Nigeria 1931; Commissioner of Police Kenya 1931; Commander of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem 1938
Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - Richard Charles Alexander Cavendish, British, age 55, died 28/4/41
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - Richard Charles A. Cavendish, Govt. Official, Box 83, Nbi