One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 219).

Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Aberdare Voters List

East Africa & Rhodesia - 19/1/56 - On a charge of murdering his employer, Major Arthur Mills of Rumuruti, Kenya, his farm manager Allen Edward Huxley, who went to the Colony last May, has been committed for trial. Dr. Maurice Rogoff, police pathologist, told the court in Nakuru that the deceased had died from heart failure and asphyxia following convulsions which could have been caused by strychnine poisoning.

For the defence Mr L.E. Long admitted that there was evidence that death had occurred from strychnine poisoning and that Huxley had a motive for wishing the death of Major Mills but said that the Crown must prove that the accused had actually administered the poison with intent to murder.

Sheardown - "….. Surprising, therefore, that a prominent member of the local community [Rumuruti] Major Tom Mills, should have been murdered. Tom was a good friend of mine. He was about 40 years of age and a very hale and hearty sort of chap. It came as something of a shock to me, in the circumstances, to learn that he had died suddenly of a heart attack. His manager, Alan Huxley, told me the sad tidings when I met him on one of my visits to town, and he seemed so cut up about it that I invited him to our place for the night. Next morning, after the usual Kenya light breakfast of a couple of eggs and a chop or two, he went back to his place 20 miles away, and that was the last that I saw of him for he was subsequently arrested, charged with murdering Tom, to whom he had administered a lethal dose of strychnine in a gin and tonic, and hanged in Nakuru Prison a couple of months later. This was one of the annual murders, which took place regularly on or around Christmas Day for 3 years running.

Hut - Hon. Sec. Laikipia Farmers Ass. Narok Est. sold to A. Cole. Murdered by Huxley

Gazette 27 Dec 1955 probate

Birmingham Post Tue 17 Jan 1956 Maj, Anthony Mills, eldest son of the late Mr and Mrs TW Mills, of Summerhill, Kingswinford, near Stourbridge, probably died of strychnine poisoning at his ranch near Nakuru, Kenya. It was stated yesterday. Allen Edward Huxley 25, farm manager was committed for trial in Nakuru on a charge of murdering Major Mills, his employer. Huxley arrived in Kenya last May. A police pathologist, Dr Maurice Rogoff, told the court that Major Mills died from heart failure and asphyxia after convulsions which could have been caused by strychnine poisoning. Mr LE Long, counsel for Huxley, said there was evidence that Major Mills had died from strychnine poisoning and that Huxley had a motive for wishing his death, but, he said the Crown must show that Huxley administered the poison with the intention of murdering Major Mills. Major Mills might have taken the strychnine accidentally and the evidence tended to prove it impossible for Huxley to have given it, Mr Long said.

Birmingham Post Sat 2 June 1956 Allan Edward Huxley, 25 a farm manager from Tunbridge Wells, was hanged in Nairobi last night for the murder of his employer, Major TH Mills, last November. Huxley poisoned Major Mills after forging a will to get possession of his  £60,000 ranch.

Daily Mirror Fri 23 Mar 1956 A tall, fair haired young Englishman who emigrated to Kenya less than a year ago was sentenced to death at Nairobi yesterday for murder. Allen Edward Huxley comes from Upper Grovenor Road, Tunbridge Wells. He arrived in Kenya only last May. He was employed as a farm manager by forty-four-year-old Major Thomas Henry Arthur Mills. Huxley was alleged to have forged a will, purporting to be that of Major Mills, in favour of himself. In the fake will Huxley was 'left' Major Mills' entire estate, valued at £60,000. Huxley was said to have poisoned his employer the day after Major Mills returned from leave abroad. Major Mills died in convulsions as he sat down, with Huxley, to a meal in his farmhouse. Huxley denied the charge. He said he had never heard of strychnine before; he had no reason to wish his employer dead; and he did not know there was a will in his favour. Major Mills was very generous to him, he added, and they' never had a wrong word'. The jury was out for 35 minutes before bringing in their guilty verdict. More than 100 people packed the Supreme Court to hear sentence passed - among them Major Mills's brother, David Murray Mills, a London businessman. Huxley, wearing a dark blue blazer, showed little emotion when sentence of death was pronounced. Asked if he had anything to say, he replied: 'I am not guilty, my lord.' Huxley's counsel gave notice of appeal.

Terence Gavaghan, Of Lions and Dungbeetles, 1999  He was a powerful, beetle browed major, whose appearance of an 18th century ostler belied his miniscule copperplate script and skill as manager of his cousin Brian Curry's ranch. He met a tragic and sordid death at the hand of a newly hired assistant manager who had slipped the net of the immigration department on arrival from the UK, having a criminal record for forgery and theft. The newcomer unwisely forged a will in Tom's inimitable handwriting leaving everything to himself, putting it about that Tom's Kipsigis mistress had administered a fatal dose of strychnine to him in a fit of jealousy at his homosexual attachment supplanting her own affections. An extraordinary CID Inspector 'Big' Bill Dent, 6 foot 5 and 18 stone, following the suspected murderer with relentless tenacity, appearing everywhere he went with his amiable bulk and gentle Gallic concern for his prey until at last his nerve broke and he drove off wildly, anywhere. When he came to the end of his tether and his fuel, Bill was there with comforting arm and steel cuffs. His name was Huxley and he was hanged.