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Name: BRUCE, Gordon Kennet Knight
Birth Date: 9 Apr 1891 Cape Town
Death Date: 6 Nov 1938 Dar es Salaam, suicide by gunshot
First Date: 1914
Profession: Civil servant; asst. DC EAP; DC 1920
Area: Kericho, Chuka, Meru
Married: In Newton Abbot 1923 Kathleen Nowell Elizabeth Wise 'Betty' b. 20 Dec 1894 Stratton, Cornwall, d. 1 Dec 1975 Newton Abbot
Children: Hugh Wyndham (1 Dec 1924-2008); Helen Rosemary (13 Nov 1927 Zanzibar-2003)
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Hut, Colonial, Red 22, Gazette, Red 19
School: Radley College and Pembroke College Oxford
General Information:
Red Book 1919 - G K Bruce - Settler - Kericho
Red 22 - G.K. Knight Bruce, Embu, Fort Hall
Gazette - 8/9/15 - appt. Asst DC Lumbwa
Gazette 28/1/1914 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Asst. Dist. Commissioner - 14/1/1914
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Ukamba Area - Gordon Kennet Knight Bruce - Civil Servant, Embu, Kanya Province
KAD 1922 - Asst. District Commissioner, Embu. 1925 - Supreme Court, Mombasa.
Colonial - Asst. DC EAP 1913; despatches 1919; Ag. DC 1920; Ag. Res. Magistrate Mombasa 1923; Res. Magistrate Uganda 1925; Zanzibar 1925 etc
1939 Engand and Wales Register wife is living with her ?sister-in-law at Newton Abbot
EAS 8 Nov 1938 After having acted as DC in 1920 he was appointed acting resident magistrate in Mombasa in 1923, became resident magistrate in Uganda in 1925, and held a similar post in Zanzibar in 1925. He acted as judge in Zanzibar 1926, was called to the bar Gray's Inn in 1927, he again acted as judge in Zanzibar for various periods between 1927 and 1935. In 1930 and 1933 he acted as attorney general. Was appointed Puisne Judge Tanganyika Territory in May 1936. He had recently acted as Chief Justice in the absence of Sir Llewellyn Dalton.
EAS 21 Nov 1938 He had struck down a man at a recent dance because he was very jealous of his wife. Full of remorse. Had not risen early enough to see his wife off to England - also full of remorse.