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Name: MacDONALD, Archibald Campbell
Birth Date: 1864 Kilfinichen, Argyllshire
Death Date: 6 July 1926 Kabete
Nationality: Scottish
First Date: 1903 Agric. Asst Cape Colony 1889, Dir of Stock Transvaal 1902
Profession: Appointed to Agric. Dept. EAP 1903, Dir. of Agriculture 1907.
Area: Nairobi
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, KFA, Cranworth, Tignor, Hut, North, Playne, Drumkey, Red 22, Advertiser, Barnes, Leader14, Red Book 1912, Gazette, Red 19
School: Kilmartin and Royal Agric. College, Cirencester, MRAC, FMAS
General Information:
Freemason in Grahamstown 4.4.1893
KFA - It was he who, being a South African, named the district of Trans Nzoia
Cranworth - Director of Agriculture - brought up from S. Africa by Sir Percy Girouard - was keenness personified, a strong friend of white settlement and a convivial companion.
Playne - The Chief of the Agricultural Dept. of the EAP, who was born in Argyllshire, and educated at Kilmartin in that shire, and at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, is said by many good judges to be the most popular official in the Protectorate. He arrived in EA on July 20, 1907, from the Transvaal to take up his present position as Director of Agriculture. (Date of appointment, July 1st) Mr MacDonald was Agricultural Assistant in Cape Colony, and afterwards Asst. Director of Agriculture in the Transvaal. He served with the Cape Colonial Forces during the Boer War and has the Queens medal.
Playne - Kabete Experimental Farm - The establishment of this farm by the Dept. of Agriculture was undertaken through the recommendation of Mr A.C. MacDonald, the present Director of Agriculture, who, when he was deputed in 1906 by the Colonial Office as an agricultural expert to report on the agricultural possibilities of this country, condemned the site of the old Government farm and suggested this site as being more representative of the soil generally of the Kikuyu District, besides being more centrally situated, and therefore equally convenient to the white settlers and farmers in the localities surrounding it.
Drumkey 1909 - Agricultural Dept. - Director
Drumkey 1909 - Committee Member, Nairobi Golf Club
Red 22 - A.C. Macdonald, CBE, Nakuru
Advertiser - 16/10/1908 - Nairobi Golf Club - Bowring Monthly Handicap - Hon. A.C. MacDonald, handicap 12
Nairobi Forest Road cemetery - Archibald C. MacDonald, Scottish, age 62, died 6/7/26
Leader14 - Director, Agriculture Dept.
Leader14 - Beekeepers Association (Nairobi) - President
Red Book 1912 - Agricultural Dept. - Director of Agriculture
Red Book 1912 - Committee Member - Masara Hunt Club
Gazette 15/8/1907 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Director of Agriculture - from South Africa 22/7/1907
Red Book 1919 - Agricultural Dept. - Director of Agriculture
Gazette - 25/8/1926 - Probate and Administration - Archibald Campbell MacDonald late of Nairobi who died at Nairobi on 6 July 1926. Applied for by Arthur Alexander Legat of Nairobi
HBEA - Dir. of Agriculture. Official Member Legco. Gravestone at Nairobi, Forest Rd. says - 'Director of Agriculture of this Colony 1907 - 1919'.
Hut has A.C. Macdonald CBE 1920 Nakuru