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Name: SIMMONDS, Kenneth Willison CMG
Birth Date: 13 May 1912 Douglas, Lanarkshire
Death Date: 18 Nov 1991 Taunton
First Date: 1935
Last Date: 1948
Profession: Appointed as a DO in 1935. At Kwale in 1939.
Area: Kwale
Married: 1939 Ruth Constance Sargant
Book Reference: Staff 39, Colonial, EA & Rhodesia, Who's Who
School: Bedford School, Clee Gram. Sch. and St. Catherine's Coll. Cambridge; BA Hons. (Cantab)
General Information:
East Africa & Rhodesia - 5/1/56 - CMG - Financial Secretary Nyasaland since 1951. Colonial Service Kenya 1935; served as district officer in Masai, Turkana, West Suk, Nyeri, Fort Hall, Mombasa and Embu districts and as district commissioner at Kitui. Seconded to Secretariat 1941-47; Deputy Financial Secretary Uganda 1948; official member East African Central Legislative Assembly 1948-51
Colonial - Dep. Fin. Sec. Uganda 1948; Fin. Sec. Nyasaland 1951; Chief Sec. Aden 1957-63