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Name: MORTIMER, Charles Edward CBE, Sir
Photo Source: in waistcoat - Phyllida Cockell photo album
Nee: son of Joseph Mortimer
Birth Date: 1 Jan 1886 Shipley, Yorkshire
Death Date: 3 Sept 1974 Jindale, Queensland, Australia
First Date: 1912
Profession: Commissioner for Lands and Settlement in 1939, appointed 1938. Originally Clerk, Land Office 1917. Dep. Speaker and Chairman of Comms. Kenya Legco.. Retired 1954. Member for Health, Lands & Local Govt. in 1953. Secretariat
Area: Nairobi
Married: 1. In North Bierley, Yorks. 30 Dec 1914 Sarah Annie Oldfield b. 1886 Batesville, Texas, d. 13 May 1918 Mombasa, malaria; 2. In Knaresborough 1920 Winifred Theresa Christina Whitehouse b. 1890 King's Norton, d. 1973 (dau of A.E. Whitehouse)
Children: 1. Kenneth (1916); Leonard Charles (31.8.1917 Nairobi) 2. Derek Edward (25 May 1922 Nairobi-1950 Switzerland); Philip Arthur Joseph (1 Mar 1924 Nairobi-drowned in the sinking of the SS Ceramic, 7 Dec 1942)
Book Reference: Staff 39, Who's Who, Staff 53, Debrett, KAD, Red 25, Colonial, Who's Who 63, Dominion, Foster, Web, Gazette, Red 19, Red 31
School: Hartley's College, Manchester
General Information:
Debrett - formerly a nominated MLC, Kenya, Member for Health, Lands and Local Govt., and Commr. for Local Govt., Lands and Settlement
KAD 1922 - Land Office Assistant, Dept. of Lands
Who's Who 63 - Land Dept. Clerk 1917-28; Lands Secretary 1938-45; Member for Health and Lands and Local Government 1946-50 and 1952-54; Member of Kenya Legco 1938-54; Companion of St. John and Chairman of Council for Kenya; President of YMCA.
Dominion - Lands Secretary, Local Government Lands & Settlement 1930
Foster - A Methodist
Web - President of Nairobi Rotary Club - 1942-43
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - Charles Edward Mortimer - Civil Servant - Valley Road
Red Book 1919 - Land Dept - Clerk - C.E. Mortimer
Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List 1936 - Nairobi South - Mrs Winifred Theresa Christian Mortimer, Valley Road
Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List 1936 Nairobi South - Charles Edward Mortimer, Civil Servant, Caledonian Rd., Nbi
UK Foreign and Overseas Registers for first wife's death
Mombasa Mbaraki cemetery Sarah Annie Mortimer d. 13 May 1918, cerebral malaria
Joan Karmali, A School in Kenya, 2002 Short, stocky, with a fluid complexion and a shot of white hair, Mortimer epitomized the best kind of Christian. You never spoke about his faith but lived by the Christian ethic and was at heart ashamed of the racist behavior of many of his fellow Christians. He tried to influence Kenya Europeans to become more tolerant of the other races.
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