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Name: STRUTHERS, James Banks
Birth Date: 9 May 1871 Ronaldsay, Orkney
Death Date: 18 Mar 1961 Edinburgh
First Date: 1906
Profession: First Manager of the National Bank of India in Entebbe
Area: Entebbe
Married: In Edinburgh 1910 Margaret Garrioch Work b. 1885 Kirkwall, Orkney, d. 1971 Edinburgh
Children: Sheila Margaret (21 Dec 1912 Namirembe-1999 Kirkwall); Kathleen Mary (7 Apr 1915 National Bank House, Kampala-11 Apr 1938 Scotland)
Author: Photo album at Royal Commonwealth Society
Book Reference: Playne, Drumkey, Land, UJ, North
War Service: East African units
General Information:
Drumkey 1909 - Committee Member, Uganda Chamber of Commerce, Entebbe - J.R. Struthers (National Bank of India)
Drumkey 1909 - Directory of Residents - J.R. Struthers
Land - 1909 - J.B. Struthers - Grazing and agricultural, 3170 acres, Uasin Gishu, 27-8-08, Granted locally under occupation licence for 5 years, Registered 25-6-09
Uganda Journal - Vol. 2 No. 2 - Further Memories of Uganda by Sir Albert Cook - The Uganda Chamber of Commerce was established in 1905, the first President being, I think, A.E. Bertie Smith, while Dr. H.H. Hunter, Ramsay Shields, C.H. Werner, and J.B. Struthers were original members.
Uganda Journal - Vol 22, p. 186 - Group photograph of Uganda officials November 1907.
Blue Book 1909-10 land grant in Naivasha to J.B. Struthers