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Name: WALLER, Desmond Dalrymple
Birth Date: 25 Jan 1865 Calcutta
Death Date: 10 Apr 1944 Liskeard, Cornwall
Nationality: British
First Date: 1899
Last Date: 1916
Profession: Initially appointed Asst. at the Treasury, he was Officer in Charge of Indian Immigration in 1902, Town Magistrate Kisumu 1903, Protector of Immigrants 1904
Area: Mombasa, Kisumu, as well as other centres
Married: 1. In Plymouth 1931 Jean Florence Smeed née Hough b. 1874, d. 1938 St Germans, Cornwall; ?2. Grace Marie Chester
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, EAHB 1905, EAS, Hut, North, Playne, EA Diary 1903, Drumkey, EAHB 1906, Gazette, Harmony, EA Diary 1902, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907, Leader14, Colonial, Web
School: St Xavier's College, Calcutta
General Information:
EAHB 1905 - Protector of Immigrants, Kibos. 3rd Treasury Assistant, EAP, May 12th 1899; 2nd Assistant Sept. 23rd 1899; Officer in charge, Indian Immigration Nov. 1902; Additional District Officer, Jan 6th 1903; Town Magistrate, Kisumu Feb. 6th 1903; Military Paymaster April 1st 1903; Protector of Immigrants April 1st 1904.
The African Standard - 26-2-1903 - Invited to the wedding of H.R. Phelips & Miss Jacquette Edith Lambe in Mombasa
North - Appt. 3rd Class Treasury Asst. EAP; Mombasa June, Dec 1899; Dep. Mombasa for Voi 21/12/1899; 3rd Asst. Treasurer Feb 1900; dep. Mombasa for Kismayu 11/12/1900 to work with Ogaden Punitive Force; dep. Mombasa for India on 6 months' leave 15/2/1902; Appt. Additional Collector Jan 1903; appt. Magistrate 1st Class Kisumu District 6/2/1903; Placed in charge of proposd Indian immigration scheme at Kibos 30/4/1903; Listed as Collector Kibos 1/4/1904; Acting Superintendent of Telegraphs 4/5/1905
Playne - Mr Waller became Protector of Immigrants in 1904 (April 1st), and Acting Director of Transport in 1908 (July 1st). His first official service in the EAP was as Third Treasury Assistant, being promoted to Second Assistant in the same year (1899). He has also held the following appointments: Officer in Charge, Indian Immigration (Nov. 1902); Additional District Officer (Jan. 1903); Town Magistrate, Kisumu (Feb. 1903); Military Paymaster (April, 1903).
Drumkey 1909 - Protector of Immigrants
EAS - 15/1/1903 - Mr D.D. Waller has been appointed an additional Collector until further notice.
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Mombasa - Transport Dept.
Member of Lodge Harmony - Joined 1/5/05, Protector of Immigrants
EA Diary 1902 - Listed as Treasury
EA Diary 1903 - 3rd Treasury Asst., EA Protectorate May 12 1899; 2nd Asst. Sept 23 1899
Leader14 - Principal Immigration Officer
Colonial 1912 - Director of Transport
Red Book 1912 - Immigration Dept. - Principal Immigration Officer, Mombasa - D.D. Waller
HBEA 1912 - Director of Transport, Mombasa. HBEA - Principal Immigration Officer
Nat Probate Calendar