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Name: HEBDEN, George Brentnall CMG
Birth Date: 22.1.1886 Greenfield, Beds.
Death Date: 28.4.1968 Uckfield
First Date: 1936
Last Date: 1945
Profession: Postmaster General in 1939, appointed 1936. Nigeria 1909-36
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Wycombe, Bucks. 1913 Mabel Woollaston Clarke b. 19 Sep 1890 Crouch End, d. 10 Oct 1985 Darlington, Durham
Children: Dennis Musgrave (7 Sep 1916 Bourne End, Bucks.-1939 Sydney); Peggy Patricia (18 Feb 1921 Bourne End-2013)
Book Reference: Staff 39, Debrett, Colonial, Uganda Staff
War Service: WW1 as Dir. of Posts & Telegraphs, Cameroons Expeditionary Force
School: Bedford School, AMIEE
General Information:
Debrett - appointed Telegraph Construction Superintending Engineer, Nigeria 1909, Div. Engineer 1914, Assist. Engineer-in-Chief 1917, Engineer-in-Ch. 1921, Postmaster-Gen. 1928, and Postmaster-Gen. Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika Territory 1936; was Ch. Censor, E. Africa 1939-45; retired from Colonial Service 1945; Area Dir., London for Min. of Works 1945-7 Uganda
Staff 1938 - Postmaster General, Nairobi, appointed 1936