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Name: SYMES-THOMPSON, Richard Herbert 'Dick'
Nee: son of Arthur Hugh and Florisse
Birth Date: 28 Jan 1923 Kiambu
Death Date: 17 Apr 1991 Banbury
Profession: District Officer, Kenya 1946; Senior DO 1962-64. Pembroke No. 93, 1931, Kiambu, (dec'd)
Area: Kiambu, Kericho, 1949 Nakuru, 1946 Nanyuki
Married: In Nairobi 8 Nov 1952 Gillian Brooke Anderson
Children: Hugh Kinnard; Richard Brooke; two other sons, one dau.
Book Reference: Barnes, Hut, Colonial, Pembroke, O&C, Staff 53
War Service: Queen's Royal West Surrey
School: Harrow School and Peterhouse Cambridge 1941-42
General Information:
Staff 53 - DO Kericho, appointed Admin Cadet 25-2-1946
Old Africa - 11-12-08 - L S Van Aardt - After the war I joined the Tanganyika Agricultural Department but was seconded to the Kenya Government to do locust control in the Northern Frontier District .….….…. The DC and one policeman ran the boma. The former, Symes-Thompson, used to smuggle in Joffes gin from Somaliland, which he sold to the policeman and I for five shillings a bottle. When his request for money to build a swimming pool was refused he instructed the policeman to arrest some well known scoundrels and made them dig a suitable hole. He bought materials using money from the 'Goat Bag'.
Barnes St Paul's church Kiambu cem in loving memory of / Florisse Symes-Thompson / died 8th October 1956 / aged 65 / and / Major A H Symes-Thompson D.S.O. / 1876-1962 also of their son / R H Symes-Thompson / 1923-1991