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Name: JARVIS, Edward Blackwell CMG

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Birth Date: 9 Apr 1873 Bayswater, London

Death Date: 17 Nov 1950 Waynflete, Ross on Wye

First Date: 1912

Profession: Chief Sec. Uganda 1912-26, Acting Governor 1921. Official Member of the Inter-Colonial Railway Council in 1921. Colonial Administrator Leeward Islands 1890-1912.

Area: Uganda

Married: 1. In Marylebone 10 Feb 1897 Alice Maria Joanna Hill b. 1874; 2. 1909 Edith Ruby Ledeatt b. 2.6.1889 Antigua, CMG

Children: 1 son; Alice Gertrude

Book Reference: Gillett, Permanent Way, Debrett, Red 25, Red 22, Leader14, Who's Who

War Service: Awarded Croix Commander of Order ofLeopold II, services in WW1

General Information:

Debrett - entered Colonial Service 1890; appointed Assist. Colonial Sec., Leeward Islands 1903, Assist. Ch. Sec., Uganda 1912, and Ch. Sec. 1918 (has acted as Gov.); attended Colonial Conference 1927; is Com. of the Order of Leopold of Belgium.
Red 25 - Vice-President, REAAA, (Uganda)
Gazette 21 Aug 1951 probate
1939 England and Wales Register living in Ross on Wye with Edith, as retired colonial civil service

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