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Name: HOSKING, Ethelbert Bernard CMG, OBE
Birth Date: 1890 Crawley Down, Sussex, bapt. 28 May
Death Date: 29 Sep 1960 Eldoret
First Date: 1914
Profession: EAP Admin. official, later DC, Estab. Kakamega Centre, Farmer. Chief Native Commissioner, Secretariat, Kenya in 1939, appointed 1937. Originally Asst. DC 1913
Area: Kendurr, Eldoret, Moiben, Nairobi, 1930 Kisumu, 1919 Machakos, Mumias, 1922 Naivasha
Married: In Horsham 1919 Mary Isabella Grant b. 23 Feb 1891, d. 3 Dec 1983 Chichester (dau of J. B. Grant, who arrived 1917)
Children: Roger (1927)
Book Reference: Gillett, Staff 39, RH, Debrett, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Colonial, Curtis, Red 22, O&C, Dominion, Foster, Gazette, Red 19
School: King's School, Canterbury and Wadham College, Oxford 1909-13. BA (Oxon)
General Information:
Debrett - appointed Assist. District Commissioner., Kenya 1913, and Commr. of Mines 1933; was Chief Native Commr. 1937-44; retired 1944; acted as Hon. Sec.-Gen. Royal Empire Society 1945; Chm. of Uasin Gishu District Council, Kenya 1949-53
KAD 1922 - Asst. District and Resident Commissioner, Marakwet
Curtis - p. 91 - 'Eldama Ravine and Baringo - Later from the District Record Book - 1914: Baringo boma with Mr Hosking as ADC was moved from Mukutan to Kabarnet
Dominion - District Officer - 1930
Foster - On his retirement from the Civil Service in Kenya he did much for the welfare of Africans; also he was a lecturer on Colonial Administration at Makerere.
Gazette 28/1/1914 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Asst. Dist. Commissioner - 14/1/1914
RH s.1277 - DC at Kisii in 1920, Commissioner of Mines 1934, Member Legislative Council etc.
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - Nairobi South - Ethelbert Bernard Hosking, Civil Servant, Kilimanjaro Avenue, Nbi and Mary I Hosking, married woman, Kilimanjaro Ave.
Gazette 11 Oct 1960 probate
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