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Name: RIVERS-SMITH, Stanley MA, CBE
Birth Date: 9.10.1877 Royston, Herts
Death Date: 13.10.1965 Haslemere, Surrey
First Date: 1907
Profession: Director of Education Zanzibar 1907. An excellent Swahili scholar. First editor of Zanzibar Gazette
Area: Zanzibar, Tanganyika. Retired to live in Byfleet, Surrey
Married: 1908 Jessie Marguerite Ludlow b. 17 Sep 1877 King's Norton, d. 9 Nov 1959 Knaphill, near Woking
Children: Stanley G. (22 Apr 1910)
Book Reference: Gillett, Debrett, Red 25, Red 22
War Service: Served with KAR from 1914-18
School: St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate and St. Catherine's College, Cambridge
General Information:
Sec. of Zanzibar Rifle Club & Committee member of Sports Club. Particularly interested in cricket
Debrett - was Director of Education, Zanzibar 1907-20, and Tanganyika Territory 1920-31; has Orders of Aliyah and Brilliant Star of Zanzibar
Red 25 - Director of Education, Tanganyika Territory; entered Egyptian Civil Service 1905; Director of Education, Zanzibar 1907; seconded for military service, KAR, 1916
1939 England and Wales Register living in Chertsey with wife and son as civil servant, retired.
His wife's birthday was registered in 1875. The 1877 date comes from the 1939 Eng and Wales Register