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Name: EWART, Raymond Marmaduke

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Nee: brother in law of Mrs Sandbach-Baker

Birth Date: 24.11.1869 Pentyrch, Wales

Death Date: 25.2.1920 Lambeth, London

Nationality: British

First Date: 1895 - formerly in India and Aden

Profession: Was the first European Police Officer in BEA. Appointed as Superintendent with the Zanzibar Police in 1895, he then took over the Indian Police in Mombasa in 1897 and continued in command until 1902

Area: Zanzibar - Nairobi. Finally Asst. Dist. Superintendent Nairobi, 1912 Fort Hall, 1919 Nyeri

Married: In Nairobi Sybil Grace Salmon b. 1881, d. 26 Mar 1960 Durban (sis of Mrs Sandbach-Baker

Book Reference: Gillett, SE, HBEA, Cuckoo, Police, EAHB 1905, Hut, North, Playne, EA Diary 1903, Drumkey, EAS, EAHB 1906, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907, Leader14, Red Book 1912

War Service: East African units

School: St. David's Glasgow

General Information:

SE - R.M. Ewart - July 1907
After serving in the Mainpur Field Force in India, he was appointed to the Aden Police, serving with them for 4 years. In 1902 he became Asst. District Superintendent in charge of the Police at Nairobi.   
Cuckoo - 1904 - A small body of township police, under the command of R.M.E. (Asst. District Superintendent), looked after the civil population in the infant Nbi. .......... In the middle of 1904 Ewart was married to a sister of Mrs Sandbach-Baker, the wife of a settler near Nbi. on the Kiambu road. The wedding, which was the first in Nairobi as far as I am aware, was celebrated in the Railway Institute by the Rev. W. Bennett. Bennett forgot about the wedding and had to be fetched from his gardening!   
Police - Early in 1896 the Foreign Office ..... selected R.M. Ewart to form a real Police Force at Mombasa. He was placed in command with the rank of Asst. Superintendent, with seniority dating from November 1895. There would seem to be no doubt that he was the first European Police Officer of BEA. At the time of his appointment Ewart was Superintendent of the Zanzibar Police, having been appointed to that post in May 1895, from the Police at Aden. Previously he had served in India and was on active service there with the Manipur Field Force; and in 1891 he was appointed to the Police at Aden where he served for 4 years. Shortly after his arrival at Zanzibar, Ewart was attached to a military force despatched to subdue the Mazrui Rebellion (1895). Organized and led by Chief Mbarak, the rebels rose at Takaungu, attacked Freretown and Malindi, and, finally, were routed by the punitive force. The rebellion had been crushed within a few weeks.. When Ewart took over the Indian Police at Mombasa in 1897, he had Inspectors J. West and A.H. Hill to assist him. ............ continued in command of the Mombasa Police until April 1902, when he was posted as Asst. District Superintendent in charge of the Police at the infant township of Nairobi. ..... A combined Military and Police Force, the latter commanded by R.M. Ewart, had quelled the Mazrui Rebellion on the Coast (1895-96). 
Until the arrival of the first Commissioner, W.K. Notley .... Asst. District Superintendent R.M.Ewart acted for a few months as Commissioner.
EAHB 1905 - Asst. Dist. Supdt. of Police, Nairobi. 1891, Manipur Field Force, Asst. to Chief Transport Officer, 1892-4; 1st Clerk, British Vice-Consulate, Arabia; Acting British Vice-Consul for Hodeida and Cameron, 1894-95; Aden Police 1895; Superintendent of Zanzibar Police; Asst. Superintendent of Police, EAP, Nov. 8th 1895; Mbaruk rebellion 1896.
Playne - Mr Ewart was the first organiser of police in EA. He was born at Pentyrch, Wales, on November 24, 1869, and educated at Glasgow. Transferred from the Zanzibar Police, he came to the EAP on November 8, 1895. His present post is Superintendent of Police. Mr Ewart's principal official dates are as follows: 1891, Transport Manipur Field Force; 1892-94 First Clerk and Acting British Vice-Consul for Hodeida and Cameran; 1894-95 Aden Police; 1895 Superintendent of Police, Zanzibar; Nov. 8, 1895, Asst. Superintendent of Police, EAP; 1895-6 M'baruk Rebellion; 1906, promoted to Superintendent of Police; Jan 2 to Aug. 5, 1908 and Aug. 24 toOct 17 1908, Acting Deputy Inspector-General of Police; Oct. 17 to Dec. 10 1908 Acting Inspector-General of Police. Military service: Manipur Field Force 1891; M'baruk Rebellion, EA 1895-96
Playne - At the termination of the Mbaruk Rebellion, Mr R.M. Ewart, then Superintendent of the Zanzibar Police, who was taking part in the operations against the rebels, was selected by the Protectorate Govt. early in 1896 to form a police force in Mombasa. The force was brought up to the strength of, approximately, 150 non-commissioned officers and constables, one European Inspector and 3 Indian and Somali deputy inspectors. ....... Mr Ewart remained in command until 1902, when an Inspector-General was appointed to amalgamate the Mombasa and railway police and station Askaries. ..... [ still Superintendent in 1909]
Drumkey 1909 - Police - Superintendent
EAS - 15/1/1903 - Nairobi Races - Entries - East African Stakes - Saucy Nell - R.M. Ewart
EA Diary 1903 - 1891, Manipur Field Force, Asst. to Chief Transport Officer 1892-94; 1st Clerk, British Vice-Consulate, Arabia; Acting British Vice-Consul for Hodeida and Cameron 1894-98; Aden Police 1895; Superintendent of Zanzibar Police; Mbaruk Rebellion 1896; Assistant Superintendent of Police EA Protectorate
Red Book 1912 - Police Dept. - Superintendent
HBEA 1912 - Superintendent of Police, Fort Hall
Gazette 4 Oct 1960 wife's probate
Sybil Grace, wife of Raymond Marmaduke. Sister of Mrs  Sandbach-Baker. Arrived EA - 1903 - after a very active life in the country, retired to Rex Hotel, Mombasa, then to S. Africa.
E Af and Uganda Mail 2 Nov 1901 Ewart has returned from leave. Popular officer - since 1896 he has raised a large body of well disciplined men who were non-existent until his energy and knowledge of police routine called the Mombasa police force into existence.

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