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Name: McCARTNEY, Fergus James Anthony
Nee: son of Thomas Henry McCartney
Birth Date: 18 Nov 1929 Nairobi
Death Date: 28 Jan 2021 Blandford Forum
First Date: 1929
Profession: Worked for Land & Agricultural Bank 1948-49, Car & General Equipment Co. 1949-54; Joined Colonial Service 1954 - DO & DC; Management of Coffee Estates 1962-1989; General Manager Ker & Downey Safaris Ltd. 1990-1994
Area: Nairobi, Kiambu, Kisumu, Mandera, Meru, Kajiado
Married: 1966 Angela Mary MacLeish d. May 2015 Dorset
Children: Michael James (1967); Robert Denis (1970)
Author: 70 Years in East Africa
Book Reference: EAWL, Hut, Childhood
War Service: Kenya Regt. TF 1950 & seconded to Kenya Police during Mau Mau
School: St. Mary's Boys School, Nairobi; Devonshire Admin Course Cambridge Univ. 1957/58
General Information:
Kenya Regt. 1950-55; Kenya Police on secondment 1952-53 and in 1954-55 on Field Intelligence Duties; Land & Agricultural Bank of Kenya (African Settlement Dept.) 1948-49; Car & general Equipment Co. Ltd 1949-54. Joined Colonial Service - 1954 - DO Meru Guard 1954-55, DO Cadet 1956-57, DO Meru 6 Kiambu, Central Nyanza, Ukwala 1959-61, DC Mandera 1961-62, DO Kajiado 1962; Director, Asst. Manager Loresho & Kiora (Plantations) Ltd. 1962-66; Administrative Director 1966-72; Director Kacharoba Ltd. (Tea) 1967-75, General Manager (coffee) 1978-79; Sasini Tea & Coffee Ltd., Group Manager Tinganga/Kamundu Group 1979-81 and 86-89; Group Manager, Mweiga Estates Ltd 1981-86 - management of a large dairy herd of Friesian cattle and large coffee acreage; Ker & Downey Safaris Ltd., 1990-94. Personal interests include Ornithology and Zoology, Member of EA Wildlife Society, EA Natural History Soc. Kenya Museum Soc. - Antiquarian Books (Africana, Big Game Hunting and Natural History), Art, Conchology, Golf.
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