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Name: DENNE, Eustace Henry

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Birth Date: 24 Nov 1871 Coblenz, Germany

Death Date: 9 Dec 1952 Minchinhampton, Glos. in shooting accident

First Date: 1896

Profession: c/o Smith Mackenzie & Co.; shipping agent

Area: Mombasa, Zanzibar

Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, North, EA & Rhodesia, Drumkey, Red 22, Gazette, Medals, EAHB 1907, Red Book 1912, Web

General Information:

East Africa & Rhodesia - 8/1/53 - Mr Eustace Henry Denne, a partner of Smith, Mackenzie & Co. from 1913 to 1924, has died in this country at the age of 81, following a shooting accident. After a short period of training with Gray, Dawes & Co., he joined Smith, Mackenzie and Co. in East Africa in 1898. He was stationed in Mombasa and Lamu for a time, but did most of his service in Zanzibar, where he was at one time a member of the Legislative Council. A keen polo player, he was for many years very interested in the Zanzibar Polo Club. He retired to Minchinhampton, Glos.
Gazette - 22/3/16 - Hugh Maclevin vice Eustace Henry Denne appt. as JP lamu and Witu
Medals - Mombasa Defence Force - Lieutenant
Red Book 1912 - E.H. Dene - Lamu
KAD 1922 - Committee Member, Mombasa Seamen's Institute. Listed as Member of Mombasa Club 1899; Based Mombasa May, Oct. 1900
Gazette 27 Oct 1953 probate
1939 England and Wales Register single, living with sister Ellen Beatrice in Stroud, Glos.

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