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Name: COMBE, Ralph Molyneux, Sir
Birth Date: 2 Dec 1872 Rajcote, India
Death Date: 16 Feb 1946 Farley Hill, Berks.
First Date: 1905
Last Date: 1914
Profession: Called to the Bar, Inner Temple, 1897 and was Crown Advocate EAP in 1905
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Weybridge 29 June 1905 Effie Lee Woodhouse b. 27 Sep 1876 Weybridge, d. 3 Oct 1958 Hambledon, Hants.
Children: Barbara Aline (Nairobi 14.3.1909-1983); Joan Mary (Handcock) (Nairobi 9.6.1910-2004); Effie Molyneux (3.8.1912 Nairobi)
Book Reference: Gillett, SE, HBEA, Cuckoo, Debrett, Colonial, Playne, Drumkey, EAHB 1906, North, EAHB 1907, Leader14, Red Book 1912
School: Haileybury College and Exeter College Oxford, Called to the Bar 1897
General Information:
SE - R.M. Combe - Mar 1909
Debrett - Crown Advocate EA Protectorate 1905-11, Attorney General there 1911-14, and Attorney General Nigeria 1914-18; appointed Ch. Justice thereof 1918. Cr. Knt 1920
Playne - Mr Combe came to EA in August, 1905, as Crown Advocate. He was appointed Currency Commissioner, April 1, 1906, and to the Executive and Legislative Councils in 1907. Mr Combe is an instance of an EA Civil servant who was born in India. His birthplace was Rajcote, and the date December 2, 1872. He was educated at Haileybury, and Exeter College, Oxford.
Playne - Vice-Captain of Nairobi Golf Club
Drumkey 1909 - Judicial Department - Crown Advocate
Red Book 1912 - R.M. Combe - Nairobi
Red Book 1912 - Crown Advocate - R.M. Combe
HBEA 1912 - Crown Advocate. Later Chief Justice of Nigeria.
1939 England and Wales Register living in Wokingham with wife