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Name: PILLING, Henry Guy KCMG, Sir
Birth Date: 1886 East Dereham
Death Date: 13 June 1953 Nairobi
First Date: 1937
Last Date: 1953
Profession: Deputy Colonial Secretary, Kenya, 1934-7; Brit Resident, Zanzibar 1941-6
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Suva, Fiji 1912 Gladys Neville Garrick dau of Joseph Hector Garrick b. 11 Aug 1887 Levuka, Ovalau, Fiji, d. 3 Nov 1965 Nairobi
Children: Hector Garrick (1913-killed in action over Belgium 20 May 1942); Joyce Elizabeth (1913-2000)
Book Reference: Karen 50, EA & Rhodesia, Barnes, KR
School: King's School Ely; Keble Coll Oxford
General Information:
East Africa & Rhodesia - 18/6/53 - Sir Henry Guy Pilling, KCMG, since 1949 Speaker of the East African Central legislative Assembly, died in Nairobi last week at the age of 67. He entered the Colonial Service as a cadet in Fiji in 1907, and became Secretary to the Western Pacific High Commission 18 years later. After serving as Colonial Secretary in Honduras he went to Kenya as Deputy Chief Secretary in 1934, was Governor of St. Helena from 1938-41 and British Resident in Zanzibar for the next 5 years. He leaves a widow and a daughter. Their only son was killed in action in 1942.
Barnes - Nairobi City Park Cemetery - Sir H G Pilling, died 13 Jun 1953
KR - Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) Hector Garrick Pilling RAFVR - died 20/5/1942 aged 29 - Heverlee War Cemetery, Belgium
Karen 50 - One of the original members of Karen Club in 1937 (Mr & Mrs & Miss)
Gazette 18 Jan 1966 wife's probate