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Name: WRIGHT, Warren Samuel Leonard

Birth Date: 21 Aug 1882 Athy, Co. Kildare

Death Date: 30.9.1949 Dublin

Nationality: British

First Date: 1894

Profession: Became one of best known solicitors in EA. In 1905 he was manager of Messrs Besson & Co. in Uganda and in 1907 was appointed an Asst. Collector and served at Entebbe and Gondokoro. Then first Resident Magistrate of Kampala

Area: Entebbe, Gondokoro, Kampala, Mombasa, Nairobi, 1922 Mombasa, 1925 c/o Atkinson & Wright, Mombasa

Married: In Mombasa 29 May 1920 Eleanor 'Nellie' Maud McComas b. 1883 Dalkey, Dublin

Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, Land 1903, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Mombasa, Playne, Drumkey, Red 22, North, Leader14, Red Book 1912, Red 19

War Service: Commissioned in 1914 and served with 3/KAR

School: Dublin University, BA, LLB

General Information:

In 1909 was Registrar of the High Court and Court of Appeal for EA. 1919 he joined the legal firm of C.G. Atkinson. An Official Member of Kenya Legislative Council from 1923-24 also member of Mombasa. Town Planning Committee for a number of years. He was a keen golfer and yachtsman. 
Land Grant 1903 - W.S. Wright - Beche-de-Mer and Trepang Concession for 12 years with option to renew for another 8 years - Certain parts of Coast of British East Africa - Mar 3 1902 - Lease 15% royalty on gross proceeds of sale - Grant through Foreign Office.  
Mombasa - President, Mombasa Sports Club in 1932 (Mombasa has Warren H. Wright?)
North - arr. Zanzibar aged 30, 1/11/1890; Solicitor at Mombasa c. 1894; requesting concession to fish for Beche-de-Mer & Trepang (sea slugs) around Mombasa & Zanzibar, Aug 1901, contract signed with FO 3/3/1902; Owner of a concession for bark stripping at Mombasa 1903
Playne - Besson & Co. - The chief business undertaken in Uganda is the export of cotton, chillies, coffee, groundnuts, hides, skins, and ivory ......... The firm was established in Uganda in 1905, in Mombasa in 1897, and in Zanzibar in 1887. Mr W.S. Wright, manager for Uganda, came to BEA in 1894, and started business immediately, and he has already resided in Uganda for 5 years. .…
Red 22 - Warren S. Wright, Atkinson & Wright, Mombasa
Red Book 1912 - W.S. Wright - Naivasha
Red Book 1912 - Judicial Dept. - Registrar of the High Court
Blue Book 1913-14 appt Registrar 18 Aug 1909

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