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Name: DAVENPORT, Cecil Thornhill (Capt.)

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Birth Date: 3 Feb 1892 Headington, Oxford

Death Date: 2 Mar 1975 Chichester

First Date: 1920

Profession: Appointed a DC in 1920. Seconded as Acting Commissioner of Mines in 1939

Area: Nairobi, 1922 Kitui, 1925 Gosha, 1930 c/o Secretariat, Nairobi, 1934-36, 1937-39 Kisumu, 1925 Rumuruti

Married: At Eldama Ravine 12 July 1938 Margaret Scott Pearson b. 1892 Edinburgh, d. 10 May 1977 (sister of Comm. Thomas Crawford Pearson of Kitale)

Book Reference: Staff 39, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Colonial, Red 22, Dominion, Foster, Gazette

War Service: Royal Navy

School: Malvern and Oriel College Oxford, MA (Oxon)

General Information:

Dominion - District Officer - 1930
Gazette 3/3/1920 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Asst. District Commissioner - 23/2/1920
KAD 1922 - Administration Cadet, Kitui.
One of the "Roaring Forties" who were well known on Kisumu Golf Course in the early 30's for their highly coloured shirts and not their golf.

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