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Name: VINCENT, Arthur Rose CBE

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Birth Date: 9.6.1876 Mhow, India

Death Date: 24.9.1956 Monte Carlo, Monaco

Nationality: British

First Date: 1903

Last Date: 1905

Profession: Called to the Munster Bar and then appointed Magistrate in Kisumu 1903, Mombasa 1904 & later to other parts of the colony. Later seconded as Asst. Judge, HBM Court, Zanzibar & member HMs Court of Appeal for BEA

Area: Kisumu, Mombasa, Zanzibar

Married: 1. 1911 Maud Chase Bourn b. 6 Nov 1883 San Francisco, d. 12 Feb 1929 Manhattan; 2. In New Forest 13 Nov 1933 Dorothy Lavinia Emily Sands née Crouteau b. 11 Aug 1896 Fawley, Hants., d. 4 May 1988 St Leonards on Sea (prev. m. to Joseph James Hughes b. 1887)

Children: Elizabeth Rose (13 Jan 1915 London-1981); Arthur William Bourn (16 July 1919 Chelsea-2012)

Book Reference: Gillett, Hobley, Kenya Diary, Debrett, EAHB 1905, Red 25, Hut, North, EAHB 1906, EAHB 1904, Who's Who

School: Wellington College, College de France, Paris, Trinity College, Dublin

General Information:

Hobley - a charming personality ...... we jointly had the luck to discover a curious creature in the lake in the shape of a fresh water jelly-fish called Limnocnida.
Debrett - Bar, King's Inns, Dublin 1901; was an Assist Judge of H.B.M.'s Court, Zanzibar (also a Judge of Court of Appeal for EA) 1905-6, Assist Judge H.B.M.'s Court, Bangkok 1906-8, Judge in China 1908-9, and High Sheriff of County Kerry 1916; Chicago Representative, Ministry of Information during European War; is a DL  
EAHB 1905 - Magistrate, Mombasa. First Class King's Inns, Dublin; First Class Final Law Examination; Munster Bar; Magistrate Kisumu, EAP, June 29th 1903; Mombasa July 1st 1904.  
Red 25 - Crown Advocate - Kenya March 1905 - Aug. 1905
EAHB 1906 - Transferred in 1905 to be 2nd Assistant Judge, Zanzibar
North - dep. Zanzibar for home 10/10/1905; posted to Bangkok, not to return to Zanzibar

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