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Name: WEATHERHEAD, Arthur Evelyn CMG, MBE

Nee: son of Canon R. J. Weatherhead

Birth Date: 10 Feb 1880 Seacombe, Cheshire

Death Date: 19 Oct 1956 Sydenham, London

First Date: 1908 - after earlier service with SA Constabulary

Profession: Arrived in EA to join Uganda Admin. and opened up the West district of the Nile when it was taken over from the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Also served at Arua & Mbale and later appointed a PC. Acting Chief Secretary 1932-33

Area: West Nile, Arua, Mbale and most of provinces

Married: In Birkenhead 1916 Helen Dorothea Wilcox b. 5 June 1888 Rock Ferry, Cheshire, d. 11 Apr 1978 Wells

Children: Andrew Johnston (1920-1976 Chichester); another son, one dau.

Book Reference: Gillett, Debrett, EA & Rhodesia, Red 22

War Service: SA War, first as a trooper and later with a commission

School: Monmouth School

General Information:

He was always a keen sportsman and was a past President of the Uganda Kobs Cricket Club

Debrett - in S. African Constabulary 1900-1907, became Dist. Sup. of Police, Uganda 1908, Assist. Dist. Commr. 1910, Dist. Commr. 1919, Labour Commr. 1925 and Provincial Commr. 1927; S. African War 1900-1902 (Queen's medal with 5 clasps); acting Ch. Sec. Uganda 1932-33, and Acting Gov. there 1935; acting Gov. Seyvhelles 1935-6; is a JP for Somerset

East Africa & Rhodesia - 1/11/56 - Obituary

1939 England and Wales Register living in Wells with wife, retired

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