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Name: DAVIES, Eric Reginald St. Aubrey OBE
Birth Date: 1905 Chilcotin, Brit. Comumbia
Death Date: 7 Dec 1985 Douglas, Isle of Man
First Date: 1928
Profession: Appointed as a DO in 1928. Seconded as Municipal Native Affairs Officer in 1939
Area: Nairobi, 1930 Kiambu, Malindi
Married: 1. In Great Dunmow 28 Feb 1931 Lisette Helen Frederica Chaloner Beamish b. 11 July 1906, d. 6 Apr 1963 Liverpool; 2. Cecilia Elaine
Children: Judith Mary St Aubrey (2 Feb 1941 Nairobi-2010)
Book Reference: Staff 39, RH, Bwana, Staff 53, Ione, Stoneham - Mau, Red 31, Hut, Colonial, Dominion, Foster
School: Felsted School and Corpus Christi College Cambridge; MA (Cantab)
General Information:
Stoneham - Mau - On Sept. 15th 1952, Mr E.R. St. A. Davies, Chief Native Commissioner and Member for African Affairs in the Kenya Govt., arrived in London by air. Asked by press representatives about terrorism in Kenya he replied: "What terrorism? I don't know of any terrorism. There is a subversive element and there has been a certain amount of trouble, but it has been confined to a small area."
Colonial - Cadet Kenya 1928; Inf. Officer 1943-45; Dep. Provincial Commissioner 1946; PC 1947; Ch. Native Commissioner, Mem. African Affairs 1949-54 Dominion - Administration Cadet - 1930
RH s.1277 has Eric Davis as DC/ADC at Kisii in 1925?.
Bwana - DO at Lokichar - 1929. Chief Native Commissioner & Member for African Affairs in 1953
Gazette - 8/5/1928 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Cadet, Administration - E.R. St. A. Davies
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Coast Voters List