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Name: BUCHANAN, John William
Birth Date: ?1849 at sea
Death Date: ?17 Aug 1928 Pietermaritzburg
Nationality: British
First Date: 1888
Profession: Sent to Mombasa in 1880s (1888?) to set up a base in Mombasa for Messrs Smith Mackenzie soon to exceed the parent company in Zanzibar in importance.
Area: Mombasa
Married: ?3 June 1891 Maud Edith Blackburrow b. 1855 Compton Bishop, Somerset
Book Reference: Jewell, EAHB 1905, North, EA Diary, Ujiji
General Information:
North - Acting Administrator IBEA Co. for short time in 1889; Mombasa 3/4/1889; IBEA Co representative at Zanzibar 1890
North - From Durban; Appt. Asst. with Smith, Mackenzie & Co. at Zanzibar 1882; visiting Kilimanjaro area Feb 1886; made partner of firm 1887; Smith Mackenzie & Co. but running IBEA Co. Office at Mombasa Sept-Oct 1888; at Mombasa Feb 1889; Left Smith Mackenzie & Co. 1890 Ujiji - John W. Buchanan - local agent for Boustead Ridley & Co. c. 1870 - born in South Africa, later joined the firm of Smith, Mackenzie & Co.
EAHB 1905 - Adminstrator for IBEA Co. in 1889