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Name: BATY, Sebert Conrad Elton
Photo Source: Matthew McIlvenna
Birth Date: 1.8.1866 London
Death Date: 6.8.1904 London, while in England on leave
Nationality: British
First Date: 1901 formerly Supt. of Public Works, Seychelles
Last Date: 1904
Profession: Director of Public Works, E. A. Protectorate
Married: Ada Mary b. 28 Nov 1865, d. 23 Jan 1942 Hickling, Norfolk
Book Reference: Gillett, Hobley, EAHB 1905, EAS, North, Playne, EA Diary 1903, EAHB 1906, Gazette, EA Diary 1902, EAHB 1904, Web
School: St. Paul's School and Peterhouse College, Cambridge
General Information:
The African Standard - 26-2-1903 - Invited to the wedding of H.R. Phelips & Miss Jacquette Edith Lambe in Mombasa (Mr & Mrs S.C.E. Baty)
Playne - PWD - On April 17, 1901, Mr S.C.E. Baty, MA, Superintendent of Public Works and Surveys in the Seychelles, was appointed to the control of the Department, and in 1903 he assumed the title of Director of Public Works.
North - dep. Mombasa for England on leave six months with a two month extension, ill, chronic dysentery, 3-12-1903.
Gazette - 15/7/02 - Issued with Bird Licence - 11/6/02
North - Granted additional 12 months' leave and not to return to East Africa, 'Our grief is somewhat assuaged, however, when we gaze upon those monuments to his ability - Baty's Barn and the toy Noah's Ark near the lighthouse or ride in fear down Baty's folly to the pier at Kilindini' (EAS) 2-7-1904. 'A Rotter of the first water who barely knows a theodolite from a level' (McGregor-Ross, RH)
EA Diary 1902 - On the Committee for producing the diary
EA Diary 1902 - Listed as Supdt. Public Works Dept.
EA Diary 1903 - Superintendent of Public Works and Surveys, Seychelles Sept. 1 1892; Superintendent of Public Works, EA Protectorate May 1901
Web - Rowed in Peterhouse boat in Bumps of 1887 and 1888
Hobley - helped Hobley build his house at Kisumu in 1900? by sending up well-made teak doors and windows from Nairobi. EAHB 1905 - Director of Public Works
Memorial plaque in Mombasa Cathedral
Cambridge Univ. Alumni pens. at PETERHOUSE, Oct. 1, 1885. S. of Thomas Jack (1851), clerk, deceased. B. Aug. 1, 1866. School, St Paul's. Matric. Michs. 1885; B.A. 1888; M.A. 1892. Went to the Seychelles. Government Surveyor there, 1892. Director of Public Works, Mombasa, 1901. Died Aug. 7, 1904, aged 38, in King's College Hospital. (T. A. Walker, 586; St Paul's Sch. Reg.)
Nat Probate Calendar d. 6 Aug