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Name: BIRD-THOMPSON, Robert Marmaduke

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Nee: 'Kitambaa'

Birth Date: 4 July 1858 Shermanbury, Sussex

Death Date: 16 Feb 1895 Lisbon [?26 Feb]

Nationality: British

First Date: 1889

Last Date: 1895

Profession: IBEA Company agent

Area: Witu

Book Reference: Fitzgerald, EAHB 1905, North, IBEA, BEA, EAHB 1906, EAHB 1904, Gillett, Hobley, Ainsworth, Chandler

General Information:

Accompanied the expedition of 1891, under Capt. Dundas in the stern-wheel steamer 'Kenia', intended to test the navigability of the Tana. At Witu in 1893.
North - From Teddington; Formerly with Carrington's Horse; IBEA Co. representative on the Tana, Jan 1890; Company Agent at Kikoni & Ozi Sept. 1890; On Tana River survey in the stern wheeler Kenia, started, March 1891; wounded in skirmish at Jongeni, Witu 18/3/1892; Asst. to A.S. Rogers, Witu District Oct 1892;  Appt. Supt. Witu Sept 1892; Kismayu 13/4/1893; Acting Supt. Kismayu Aug 1893; Appt. Vice-Administrator of Witu Prot. Aug. 1893; Resident Witu town April 1894; Asst. Administrator Lamu Aug. 1894; In French Hospital Zanzibar 22/8/1894; dep. Zanzibar for London via Cape 19/1/1895; 'A quiet plucky man' (Ernest Berkeley, Mackinnon Papers)
IBEA Co. - Nominal List of British Born Subjects resident in IBEA Territories outside the Sultan's Domain, 30 April 1891 - R.M. Bird Thompson, England, Tana District
EAHB 1905 - IBEA Co. General Africa Staff - appointed 29th August 1889
One of the party of the IBEA Co's expedition exploring the Tana Valley in 1891. His physique and ability well suited him for this task. Had been up the Tana with J.R.W. Pigott previously.
Hobley - had considerable knowledge of the native tribes on the river, and went on the trip for that reason.
North - Supt. Witu 1895
 

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