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Name: BENTLEY, James Campbell

Nee: son of Dr. George Herbert Bentley

Birth Date: 13.3.1879 Kirkliston, Linlithgowshire

Death Date: 21.1.1939 Kiambu

First Date: 1905

Last Date: 1939

Profession: Police; 1938 planter, Kingarara, Kiambu

Area: Nairobi, HBEA 1912 Superintendent, Kiambu. Hut - Kingarara Est., Kiambu, 1919 Nakuru

Married: Kathleen Taverner b. 1887, d. 9 Mar 1951 Nairobi

Children: one dau.

Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, Cuckoo, Police, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Playne, Bur, Drumkey, Red 22, EAHB 1906, Gazette, North, EAHB 1907, Barnes, Leader14, Red Book 1912, Red 19

War Service: SA War 18th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry 1900/01, Natal Mounted Police 1902/05

School: Royal High School, Edinburgh

General Information:

On arrival in EA he was an Inspector of Police, promoted in 1908 to Asst. District Superintendent and in 1911 to Superintendent, subsequently becoming Asst. Commissioner. He served for more than 23 years in the Colony.
Cuckoo - 1906 - Inspector, Nbi.        
Police - Appointed an Inspector in the BEA Police in 1905 (Feb. 12th) - later Deputy Commissioner. .......... The Force lost another distinguished senior officer about the same time, J.C. Bentley, who had been Deputy Commissioner during the three years when Tyssen was Commissioner (1922-25). He joined the BEA Police as an Inspector on Feb. 12th 1905 and was promoted to Asst. District Superintendent on March 12th 1907. Once again promoted to Superintendent, he was made Asst. Commissioner in 1922. Like his friend Tyssen, Bentley served with the Force for 20 years before retiring on pension. His death occurred at Kiambu on Jan. 21st, 1939.
KAD 1922 - Superintendent of Police, Nairobi.
KAD 1922 - Committee Member, REAAA (and Red 25)
Red 25 - Assistant Commissioner of Police. Queen's S.A. Medal, 4 bars; A.G.S. Medal, Nandi, 1906; 1914-15 Star. Served in S. Africa War with 18th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, 1900-01; trooper, Natal Mounted Police, 1902-05; Inspector of Police, EAP 1905; Asst. District Superintendent 1908; Superintendent 1911.
Playne -  Assistant District Superintendent in 1909
Drumkey 1909 - Police - Assistant District Supdt.
EAHB 1906 - J. Bentley, Naivasha
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - J.C. Bentley
St. Paul's Church, Kiambu cemetery - James Campbell Bentley, born March 13th 1879, died January 21st 1939
St. Paul's Church, Kiambu cemetery - Kathleen Bentley, widow of J.C. Bentley, Kingara Estate, who died 9th March 1951 aged 71
Red Book 1912 - Police Dept. - Superintendent
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Rift Valley Area - Capt. J.C. Bentley - Superintendent of Police - Nakuru
Red Book 1919 - J C Bentley - EA Police - Nakuru
Red Book 1919 - Superintendent of Police
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Kiambu Voters List

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