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Name: HIRST, Harold Rupert
Birth Date: 28.4.1903 Ashton under Lyne, Lancs.
Death Date: 6.3.1990 Ryde, Isle of Wight
First Date: 1925
Last Date: 1972
Profession: Accountant. Senior Asst. Treasurer in 1939. Appointed 1934. Originally appointed as a Clerk in 1925. In 1939 seconded as Finance Officer, Aden
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Isle of Wight 1937 Maureen Doherty b. 4.5.1916 Mombasa, d. 18 July 2012 (dau. of James Doherty)
Children: Colin (1940 Nairobi-1995); David (1938 Nairobi); Peter (1943 Nairobi)
Book Reference: Golf, Staff 39, Red 31, Colonial, Debrett, Dominion, EAWL
General Information:
Dominion - Assistant Treasurer 1930
Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List 1936 - Harold Rupert Hirst, Civil Servant, c/o Treasury
In Treasury until 1945, then went to Hong Kong, then Nigeria, then returned to Kenya in 1960 as Secretary to the EA Currency Board
Source: Mrs Maureen Hirst
Captain of Muthaiga GC in 1935.