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Name: DOLBEY, Hugh Owen

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Birth Date: 27.11.1879 Sutton, Surrey

Death Date: 14.7.1936 Glemsford, Suffolk

First Date: 1904

Profession: Called to the Bar in June 1901, he was Acting Town Magistrate Mombasa in Aug. 1904, Registrar of Joint Stock Companies in 1904, and Secretary, Inventions and Designs, in 1905

Area: Mombasa, Nairobi, Kisumu

Married: In Paddington 27 Nov 1912 Clara Margerison b. 10 Oct 1884 Paddington, London, d. 6 Dec 1969 Northiam, Sussex

Book Reference: Gillett, Cuckoo, EAHB 1905, Playne, Drumkey, EAHB 1906, North, EAHB 1907

School: Dulwich College and London University

General Information:

Cuckoo - mention of him helping Foran with his speech for the Caledonian Society's dinner where Foran was to propose the toast to the ladies - too drunk.
EAHB 1905 - Registrar, Mombasa; Called to the Bar, June 1901; Middle Temple, Oxford Circuit; Registrar, EAP, Apr. 29th 1904; Acting Town Magistrate, Mombasa, Aug 13th to 20th 1904. Secretary to Visiting Justices, Mombasa Jail 1905 Playne - Called to the Bar in 1901, Mr Dolbey, who is a Dulwich College and London University man, chose the Oxford Circuit, but on April 29, 1904, became Registrar, EAP, and Principal Registrar of Documents. He was Acting Town Magistrate, Mombasa, for a week in the same year, and Registrar of Joint Stock Companies; Secretary, Inventions and Designs, Sept. 1905; Acting Town Magistrate for a few days in 1906; and Magistrate, Feb. 2, 1907.
Drumkey 1909 - Judicial Department - Town Magistrate
North - Unsatisfactory as Registrar - 'has shown little aptitude for his work or desire to improve it' (Hamilton, CO 533); Firearm registered at Mombasa 2/6/1905
Cuckoo - Town Magistrate, Kisumu - 1907

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