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Name: CAMPBELL, Charles Howard

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Nee: bro of Colin Campbell

Birth Date: 1 Apr 1875 Ambleside

Death Date: 10 Nov 1939 Liskeard

First Date: 1904

Profession: Senior Surveyor, EAP Survey Department 1904, and Land Officer 1905

Area: Nairobi, EAHB 1905 - Asst. Surveyor, KAD 1922 - Mombasa

Married: Eva Mary Traill b. 20 Apr 1882 Marazion, Cornwall, d. 4 Feb 1974 Crossflatts Bingley, Yorkshire

Children: Hilda Jean Catherine (1927)

Book Reference: Gillett, SE, HBEA, Golf, EAHB 1905, KAD, Hut, Playne, Drumkey, Land, Advertiser, EAHB 1906, Gazette, North, Medals, EAHB 1907, SS, Leader14, Colonial, Red Book 1912, Red 19

School: Repton School, PASI London 1898, Diploma Land Agent & Surveyor

General Information:

SE - Chas H. Campbell - Jan 1908
EAHB 1905 - Assistant Engineer, Survey and Construction Staff of Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway 1899-1904; Assistant Surveyor, EAP, May 4th 1904
KAD 1922 - Asst. Land Officer, Dept. Of Lands
Hut has C.H. Campbell 1922 Nanyuki ?
Playne - Mr Campbell is a Professional Associate of the Surveyors' Institution, London. He was born in the English Lake District (Ambleside) on April 1, 1875, and is a Reptonian. He arrived in EA on May 4, 1904, from England, and was appointed to his present position as Assistant Land Officer on June 18, 1906. His other services in EA are as follows: Surveyor, EAP, May 4, 1904 to June 18, 1906; Acting Assistant Chief Surveyor and Land Officer, May to August 1905; Acting Land Officer, August 28 to Dec. 28, 1908. Mr Campbell was Assistant Engineer, Survey and Construction Staff, Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway, S. America, from 1899-1904. He is a member of Committee of the Nairobi Club, Gymkhana, and Golf Clubs, as well as Hon. Treasurer of the Polo Club.
Drumkey 1909 - Land Dept. - Asst. Land Officer
Drumkey 1909 - Hon Treasurer, Nairobi Golf Club
Land - 1912 - C.H. Campbell - Buildings, 5.83 acres - Nairobi - 24/9/03 - Freehold - Original grantee J.H. Gailey for 10 acres. New conveyance granted in exchange for portion of land re-acquired for road purposes - Registered 20/5/12
Advertiser - 2/10/1908 - Nairobi Amateur Dramatic Society - "Bluebeard in East Africa" - C.H. Campbell - Chief Executioner Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - C.H. Campbell, Government Road
Gazette - 26/8/1914 - Appt. - C.H. Campbell, Adjutant, East Africa Regiment, to be Captain, to date August 10th 1914
Gazette - 11/8/1915 - Transfer - Captain Charles Howard Campbell, EAR, to be Ordnance Officer, Voi, to date 9th October 1914.
North - Appt. Asst. Surveyor EAP, 8-4-1904; arr Mombasa 4-5-1904; at Mazeras 19-4-1905; To be Acting Asst. Chief Surveyor 15-5-1905
Medals - East Africa Censors Department - C.H. Campbell, Warrant Officer Class 1
EAHB 1907 - Acting Assistant Chief Surveyor and Land Officer, May to September 1905; Asst. Land Officer June 18 1906
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Capt. C.H. Campbell, 50 St Marks Road, North Kensington, London - Farm 1130 
Colonial 1912 - Land Department - Asst. Land Officer
Red Book 1912 - C.H. Campbell - Nairobi
Red Book 1912 - Land Dept. - Asst. Land Officer
Red Book 1919 - C H Campbell - Land Office - Nairobi
Red Book 1919 - Land Dept - Land Assistant to LO
HBEA 1912 - Asst. Land Officer.
Golf - Present at the first recorded committee meeting of Nairobi, later Royal Nairobi, Golf Club in 1908. Elected to Committee - 1910
1939 England and Wales Register living with wife in Liskeard
His wife was the sister of his bro Colin's wife Brenda Traill

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