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Name: MORTIMER, Charles Edward CBE, Sir
Nee: son of Joseph Mortimer
Birth Date: 1 Jan 1886 Shipley, Yorkshire
Death Date: 3 Sept 1974 Jindale, Queensland, Australia
First Date: 1912
Profession: Commissioner for Lands and Settlement in 1939, appointed 1938. Originally Clerk, Land Office 1917. Dep. Speaker and Chairman of Comms. Kenya Legco.. Retired 1954. Member for Health, Lands & Local Govt. in 1953. Secretariat
Area: Nairobi
Married: 1. In North Bierley, Yorks. 30 Dec 1914 Sarah Annie Oldfield b. 1886 Batesville, Texas, d. 13 May 1918 Mombasa, malaria 2. In Knaresborough 1920 Winifred Theresa Christina Whitehouse b. 1890 King's Norton, d. 1973 (dau of A.E. Whitehouse)
Children: Philip Arthur Joseph (1924-drowned in the sinking of the SS Ceramic, Dec 1942); another son (1916); Leonard Charles (31.8.1917 Nairobi)
Book Reference: Staff 39, Who's Who, Staff 53, Debrett, KAD, Red 25, Colonial, Who's Who 63, Dominion, Foster, Web, Gazette, Red 19, Red 31
School: Hartley's College, Manchester
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