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Name: HAMILTON, George Alexander Hume
Birth Date: 1882 Belfast
Death Date: 1 July 1937 Stoke on Trent
First Date: 1913
Profession: Advocate and solicitor, partner in Allen & Hamilton, later Hamilton, Harrison & Matthews.
Area: Nairobi,
Married: In Mombasa 1913 Gertrude Hannah Pickup b. 16 July 1887 Morpeth, d. 10 Apr 1975 Nairobi
Children: James Frederick Hume (5 Jan 1916 Nairobi-2002); Margaret Hume (Pockley) (5 Mar 1919 Nairobi-25 Sep 2006 Moulsford, Oxon.)
Book Reference: Gillett, Golf, James Frederick Hume Hamilton, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Red 22, Gazette
General Information:
Letter from J.F.H. Hamilton - He arrived in Kenya in 1913, the actual date of arrival is not known to me but he came as an Assistant to Mr B.G. Allen who was a Solicitor from Northern Ireland and came to Kenya at the end of the 19th Century. There were two children of the marriage, myself and my sister who now lives in England both of us having been born in Kenya.
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - George Alexander Hume Hamilton - Solicitor, Girouard Road and Mrs Gertrude Hannah Hamilton - Girouard Road
Golf - Hon. Solicitor to Nairobi Golf Club in 1925
Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List 1936 - Nairobi South - George Alexander Hume Hamilton, Solicitor, Girouard Rd., Nbi and Gertrude Hannah Hamilton, Girouard Rd., Nbi.
Gazette 3 May 1938 probate
Langata cemetery, Nairobi in loving memory / of / Gertrude Hannah Hamilton / 16 Jul 1887 to 10 Apr 1975 / J F H H and M H R