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Name: NICOL, William James White
Birth Date: 1864 Karachi, India
Death Date: 14 Nov 1940 West Linton, Peeblesshire, Scotland
First Date: 1886
Last Date: 1902
Profession: Merchant. Worked for Smith Mackenzie & Co. and later became a senior partner
Area: Zanzibar, Mombasa
Married: 1. In Zanzibar 24 June 1895 Mary Laura Drummond Hay b. 1871 Rolleston, Notts., d. 27 Aug 1924 Kensington; 2. In Kensington 25 Apr 1925 Helen Marion Davenport b. Oct 1876 Kensington, d. 24 Nov 1943 Lanarkshire
Children: William George Drummond Hay (20 June 1899 Clifton, Glos.-1969 Ramsgate, S. Africa. He was the first Company Chairman Smith Mackenzie 1936)
Book Reference: EAWL, Jewell, North, Curtis
General Information:
Source: Mrs P. Cockell
North - Member of Zanzibar Chamber of Commerce June 1892; Visiting Mombasa Aug. 1892; Managing Partner Smith, Mackenzie & Co. 1894. Established depot at Ndi for storage of loads for the lake steamer ss William Mackinnon Oct 1895.
Curtis - p. 132 - 'Impermanent Way' - part of a letter written in 1902 by Mrs Nichol describing a visit to Kisumu with her husband Willie, Sir Charles Eliot, the Protectorate Commissioner, Captain Coke, a retired Naval officer, and Messrs. Wilson and Marsden. - 'After a hasty breakfast Sir Charles, Willie, Mr Wilson and Mr Marsden went off on business together, so Captain Coke and I strolled down the line right to the Point, where the new steamer for the Lake is being built.