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Name: MUIR, George John
Birth Date: 1872 Colombo, Ceylon
Nationality: British
First Date: 1899
Profession: Asst. Chief of Customs and Acting Port Officer 1899, Acting Chief of Customs 1902. British Vice Consul and Protector of Immigrants 1903-4
Area: Mombasa, Malindi
Married: In Ealing 25.5.1905 May Fraser Walker b. 2.4.1885 Ealing, d. 1968 Ealing
Children: Basil Rob (18.4.1906 Mombasa-1962); Rosamund May (1908 Ealing-1929; Greville George (20 Jan 1911 Ealing-1997)
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, EAHB 1905, North, Playne, EA Diary 1903, Drumkey, EAHB 1906, Gazette, EA Diary 1902, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907
General Information:
EAHB 1905 - Assistant Chief of Customs, April 1st 1899; Acting Port Officer, June 5th to Oct. 25th 1899, and April 24th to Oct. 31st 1902; Acting Chief of Customs, British Vice-Consul and Protector of Immigrants, Sept. 12th 1903 to Mar. 31st 1904.
Playne - Mr Muir's first appointment in the EAP Service was as General Assistant in the Customs Department (June 13, 1898). The year following he was promoted to his present post of Assistant Chief of Customs. He was Acting Port Officer in 1899 and 1902, and again from May to November 1908. He was also Acting Chief of Customs, British Vice-Consul, and Protector of Immigrants from Sept. 1903 to March 1904
Drumkey 1909 - Customs Dept. - Asst. to Chief of Customs
Gazette - played in a football match for Mombasa against HMS Terpsichore on 1/7/1902
North - Appt. as Go-down Keeper, Mombasa 13-6-1898; temporary appt. as Asst. Chief Customs & Acting Port Officer June-Oct 1899; Appt. Asst. Chief of Customs EAP 28-7-1900; arr. Mombasa from England with new wife June 1905; 1906 Kisumu
EA Diary 1902 - Listed as Assistant Chief of Customs
EA Diary 1903 - Asst. Chief of Customs June 1 1899; Acting Port Officer June 5 1899 to April 1902
HBEA 1912 Asst. Chief of Customs.
EAHB 1905 - Asst. Chief of Customs
Gazette - 15/9/1901 - Notice - It is proposed to establish a Masonic Lodge at Nairobi under the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of England
Brethren resident in East Africa who are willing to cooperate should communicate with the Committee appointed for Mombasa - Signed R J Corbet and J G Muir