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Name: DAWE, Morley Thomas
Birth Date: 9.8.1880 Sampford Courtenay, Devon
Death Date: 14.7.1943 Kyrenia, Cyprus
Nationality: British
First Date: 1902
Profession: Joined the Forest Department in Uganda
Area: Entebbe, Masaka, Uganda
Married: No
Book Reference: Gillett, EAHB 1905, North, Drumkey, EAHB 1906, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907, Gazette
General Information:
EAHB 1905 - Assistant Scientific and Forestry Dept., Uganda Protectorate, Nov. 7th 1902; officer in charge of Scientific and forestry dept., Nov. 1st 1903
North - Sub-Foreman at Kew Gardens, aged 22, appt. Asst. in Scientific Dept. UP 7-11-1902; Appt. Acting Director of Agriculture 1-11-1903
Gazette - 1/2/1906 - departed on leave, Scientific and Forest Dept., left Khartum for England - 12/12/1905 6 months leave
EAHB 1905 - Scientific Dept., Entebbe.
North - dep. Entebbe for Masaka 17/9/1903 to start experimental farm.
UK Census Date 1891: Living with his parents and brother in Sticklepath, Sampford Courtenay, Devon. Aged 10. His father was a Copper Miner. By 1901 Morley was boarding in Bushwood Road, Kew, Surrey, England. He was aged 21. Occupation: Gardener Not Domestic. After he trained at Kew he became a well known Botanist. He collected widely in Africa and South America particularly studying economic species. He became a Crown agent who was sent by the Colonial office to Gambia (1919), and whose report resulted in the founding of the Agricultural Department. He was later appointed commissioner for Lands and Forests in Sierra Leone. The genus Dawea Sprague ex Dawe in the Canellaceae commemorates his name. After a bout of ill health he moved to Kyrenia, Cyprus, where he passed away in 1943 at the age of 63, unmarried.
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 23 July 1943, Pg 7: Mr. Morley Thomas Dawe, O.B.E., who has died at Kyrenia. Cyprus, at the age of 63, was a native of Sticklepath, Okehampton and brother of Captain W. Dawe, King's Avenue. Falmouth, manager of Truro Employment Exhange. Deceased, a bachelor, underwent his agricultural and horticultural training at Kew Gardens. He held numerous posts in the Colonies and foreign countries, including those of Director of Agriculture, Uganda; Agricultural Adviser to the Portuguese Government in Mozambique and Angola; Agricultural Adviser to the Republican Government of Columbia, South America; Commissioner of lands and Forests, Sierra Leone; and Director of Agriculture and Fisheries, Palestine. He retired from the last post through ill-health in 1938, and went to Falmouth, hoping to settle with his brother, but he became seriously ill and his doctor advised him to live abroad and he went to Cyprus. He was recalled to Government service on the outbreak of war as Assistant Commissioner at Kyrenia, Cyprus, which post he held until his death
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 23 July 1943, Pg 7: Mr. Morley Thomas Dawe, O.B.E., who has died at Kyrenia. Cyprus, at the age of 63, was a native of Sticklepath, Okehampton and brother of Captain W. Dawe, King's Avenue. Falmouth, manager of Truro Employment Exhange. Deceased, a bachelor, underwent his agricultural and horticultural training at Kew Gardens. He held numerous posts in the Colonies and foreign countries, including those of Director of Agriculture, Uganda; Agricultural Adviser to the Portuguese Government in Mozambique and Angola; Agricultural Adviser to the Republican Government of Columbia, South America; Commissioner of lands and Forests, Sierra Leone; and Director of Agriculture and Fisheries, Palestine. He retired from the last post through ill-health in 1938, and went to Falmouth, hoping to settle with his brother, but he became seriously ill and his doctor advised him to live abroad and he went to Cyprus. He was recalled to Government service on the outbreak of war as Assistant Commissioner at Kyrenia, Cyprus, which post he held until his death