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Name: MACKINNON, Archibald Donald CMG, OBE, MD (Major, Dr.)

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Birth Date: 27 Mar 1864 Kilbride, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Death Date: 5 Sep 1937 Hove, Sussex

Nationality: British

First Date: 1888

Profession: Accompanied Sir Frederick Jackson on famous safari from Coast to Victoria Nyanza 1890 as medical officer

Married: 1. 1901 Mrs Mary Henderson Maciver née MacDonald b. 18 July 1857 Portree, Inverness-shire, d. 6 Sep 1923 Kyleakin 2. In England 24 Sep 1925 Mrs Sylvia Joan Bagnall née Robinson b. 1883 Kettering, d. 28 Aug 1973 Hove

Book Reference: Gillett, Hobley, EAHB 1905, EAS, Debrett, North, Playne, IBEA, Carman, Kiewiet, EAHB 1906, EA Diary 1903, EAHB 1904, Beck

School: Aberdeen Univ.

General Information:

Debrett - was Med. Officer for Uganda Protectorate 1894-7, and Director of Transport 1898-9; is a JP for Invernessshire; has 2nd Class Brilliant Star of Zanzibar, 4th class Order of Hamoudieh of Zanzibar, and 3rd class Order of El Aliyeh of Zanzibar; employed on special duty 1917, with rank of Major
The African Standard - 26-2-1903 - Invited to the wedding of H.R. Phelips & Miss Jacquette Edith Lambe in Mombasa (Dr & Mrs Mackinnon)
North - Arr. in EA from India; Signed treaty with Ukambani 4/8/1889; accompanied the F.J. Jackson caravan to Uganda, 1890, remained at Mumia's; attached as Medical Officer to "sporting & exploring" expedition which arr. Lamu 21/11/1892 under Lieut. C.H. Villiers, expedn. had broken up by Jan 1893; Appt. Med. Officer UP 31/8/1894; arr. Fort Smith from coast 9/1/1895, dep. for Uganda 12/1/1895; dep. Port Alice on a Nandi punitive expedition 1/11/1895; Director of Transport UP from 21/12/1897; based Kampala 1897; dep. Nandi station for coast on 6 months leave 24/6/1897; arr. Kikuyu 2/8/1898; Kakama, Kavirondo Oct. 1898; Dir. of Transport UP 1899; Mombasa July 1899; MO Zanzibar Protectorate
IBEA Co. - Nominal List of British Born Subjects resident in IBEA Territories within the Sultan's Domain, 30 April 1891 - Dr. A.W. Mackinon, Scotland, MO at Witu
Carman - The first doctor appointed to the Chartered Company was Dr. A. Mackinnon who arrived in 1888 to be joined in the following year by Dr. I.S. Macpherson
EAHB 1905 - IBEA Co. General Africa Staff - appointed 1st September 1888.
Playne - probably the first doctor to serve in EA.
Career: MO Kenya IBEAC (1888-91); Civil Surgeon Cooch Behar, India (1893-94); MO Uganda (1894-97); Director of Transport Uganda (1898-99); MO Zanzibar (1900-06); retired Isle of Skye 

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