View entry
Name: MAXWELL, James Robert CMG
Nee: son of James and Kate Maxwell
Birth Date: 5 Aug 1902 Reigate
Death Date: cremated 1 Apr 1969 Kloof, Durban
First Date: 1912
Profession: Managed the 'Emporium' in Nairobi for his father-in-law
Area: 1960 Lapuet Estate, Kitale, Kisumu
Married: 1927 Margaret Davidson b. 1906 (dau of James Gardner Davidson of Nairobi)
Children: Ian (24 Feb 1928 Kisumu); David Robert (1929-17.5.2016 Durban); Margaret (5 Feb 1934 Kisumu); Joan (1935); Elizabeth (1938)
Book Reference: Gillett, Debrett, Hut, EA & Rhodesia, Red 22, Harmony, Winnie
General Information:
Debrett - Member of Nairobi City Council since 1946 (Mayor 1951-52)
East Africa & Rhodesia - 12/6/52 - Birthday Honours - James Robert Maxwell, CMG, for services to local government in Kenya. Went to Kenya in 1912 and was elected an alderman of Nairobi in 1948 and mayor last year.
Red 22 - J.R. Maxwell, Box 9, Kisumu
Member of Lodge Harmony - Joined 7/1/46, age 43, Merchant, Nairobi
Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List - Nairobi South - James Robert Maxwell, Merchant, Box 134, Nbi
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Nyanza Voters List
Member of Legislative Council for Kitale area before Independence.
Left Kenya 1962 for South Africa