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Name: DENHAM, Edward Brandis 'Tearing Ted' KCMG, KBE, Sir
Birth Date: 1876, bapt 5 Apr Bristol
Death Date: 2 June 1938 Kingston, Jamaica
First Date: 1923
Profession: Acting Governor of Kenya after Sir Robert Coryndon's death in 1924
Area: Nairobi
Married: 1923 Maude de Quincy Mary Bromhead Butt b. 6 Aug 1895 Beaufort West, S. Africa, d. 4 Mar 1975 Basingstoke (she later m. Ralph Beresford Turner 1879-1972)
Children: John Bovill (28 Sep 1924 Nairobi-1990); Anne Margaret (31 Oct 1925 Nairobi)
Book Reference: Oscar, O&C, Samson, Debrett, Red 25, Permanent Way
School: Malvern and Merton College Oxford
General Information:
President of the Oxford & Cambridge Society - 1928.
Governor Grigg wanted to get rid of him as the Colony's Secretary because Denham did not support his policiies. Grigg thought the Secretariat badly organised, with delays and oversights constant.
Debrett - entered Ceylon Civil Service; appointed Principal Asst. Colonial Sec. Ceylon 1914, Govt. Agent E. Province 1915, Director of Education and Director of Food Production 1916, and Colonial Sec. Mauritius 1920, and Kenya Colony 1923; acted as Gov. of Mauritius 1921 & 1922, and of Kenya Colony Feb. to Oct. 1925 and Jan. to Aug. 1927
Samson - 1927 - Acting Governor - now a KCMG and Governor of British Guiana
Red 25 - President, Nairobi Polo Club; Vice-President, EA and Uganda Natural History Society; Commissioner, Kenya Boy Scouts Association
Permanent Way - Colonial Secretary in 1926
Red 25 - President, Civil Service Athletic Association, Nairobi; Vice-President. Jockey Club of Kenya
Gazette - 12/9/1923 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Colonial Secretary - 2/9/1923