East Africa & Rhodesia - 3/1/57 - CBE - Joseph Trevor Simpson for public services in Uganda. Went to East Africa in 1926 to join the African Mercantile Co. Ltd., transferring to the Vacuum Oil Co. of South Africa Ltd., six years later, and to the Uganda Co. Ltd. In 1946, becoming general manager in the following year. First became a non-official member of the Uganda Legislative Council in 1941. Has held many prominent posts on public bodies, including those of president of the Uganda Federation of Employees, the Uganda Chamber of Commerce, the Uganda Tea Association, and the Uganda branch of the British Empire Society for the Blind.

Rift Valley - Member of the Rift Valley Sports Club - Jan 1929 - Elected - 15 Jan 1929 - J.T. Simpson

Wikipedia Sir James Joseph Trevor Simpson KBE (9 January 1908 – 10 April 1994) was a Ugandan politician who served as Minister of Economic Affairs in the first Cabinet of Uganda. Simpson, originally of British nationality, was educated at Ardingly College, West Sussex, England, and first saw service in East Africa with the Vacuum Oil Company in Kenya. In 1941 he was elected President of the Uganda Chamber of Commerce, and was re-elected in 1946 and 1950. He became a member of Uganda Legislative Council (1950-1958), the Uganda Executive Council (1952-1955), and a member of the East African Central Legislative Assembly (1957-1960) and (1962-1963). He was Chairman of the Uganda Development Corporation (1952-1964) while director of 37 companies in East Africa, including Chairman of East African Airways (1958–73). Following Ugandan independence in 1962, Simpson was elected a Member of the Parliament for North East Kyagwe, and served as Minister of Economic Affairs in the first Ugandan Cabinet from 1962 to 1963. He resigned his seat in Parliament in 1964.

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In 1929 he was engaged to Muriel Millicent Irene Smith.