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Name: BURN, Walter Adam (Major)
Birth Date: 11.8.1851 Hammersmith, London
Death Date: 23.1.1920 Kampala
First Date: 1904
Last Date: 1920
Profession: Barrister in Mombasa
Area: Mombasa
Married: 1. In Fulham 17 June 1882 widow Elizabeth Margaret Gray née Ackley b. 18 Jan 1852 Manchester, d. 4 Apr 1911 (prev. m. Andrew Gray); 2. In Marylebone 10 Feb 1916 Ada Rose Chinchen b. 1865 East Cowes, d. 26 Mar 1955 Ryde, Isle of Wight (prev. m. 1887 John Henry Cory 1839-1909, later 1920 m. George Albert Woodcock 1860-1939)
Book Reference: Gillett, EAHB 1905, Drumkey, Land, EAHB 1906, Globe, North, EAHB 1907, Barnes, Leader14, Gazette
School: Qualified in England
General Information:
1st wife died of cirrhosis of liver, buried at Namirembe Cathedral, Kampala)
Drumkey 1909 - Barrister, Pleader - Entebbe
Land - 1908 - W.A. Burn - Building, 9375 sq. ft., Nakuru Township, 28-12-05, Registered 22-7-08
Land - 1907 - W.A. Burn - Building, 5 acres, Ngong Road, 20-7-04, Registered 3-5-07
Land 1909 - W.A. Burn - Agricultural and grazing, 640 acres - Makindu - 23/2/04 - Free grant - Registered 25/8/09
The Globe Trotter - 6th March 1907 - Advertisement - Wanted - Useful maid required by a lady. Apply, Mrs Burn, The Hill (near Club), Nairobi
North - Pleader at Mombasa Jun 1904; Listed as new member of the Settlers' Association, Nairobi Jan 1905; in England seeking employment with EAP but not recommended by Sir Donald Stewart Sep. 1905; Vice President of Colonists' Association, Nairobi Dec 1905
St Paul's Namirembe cemetery - Elizabeth Margaret Burn, beloved wife of Major W A Burn, late 4th Manchester Regt., barrister at law, Entebbe, 18 Jun 1852 - 4 Apr 1911
Gazette 28/7/1920 - Probate and Administration in respect of the estate of Walter Adam Burn late of Kampala who died at Kampala on 23/1/1920.