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Name: RENNIE, Gilbert McCall GBE, KCMG, MC, Sir
Birth Date: 24 Sep 1895 Kippen, Stirling
Death Date: 12 Nov 1981 Hadley Wood, Barnet
First Date: 1939
Profession: Chief Secretary, Secretariat, Kenya in 1939,
Married: In Tamworth 5 Dec 1929 Jean Marcella Huggins (C.St.J.) b. 29 June 1906 King's Norton, d. 31 Aug 2000 Gravesend
Children: David McCall (15 July 1931 Ceylon); Neil Gordon (27 May 1935-2016); Alison (1944)
Book Reference: Staff 39, Debrett, Colonial, Rhodesia, Foster
School: Stirling High School and at Glasgow University
General Information:
Debrett - was in Ceylon Civil Ser. 1920-37, Financial Sec. Gold Coast 1937-39, and Ch. Sec. Kenya 1939-47, since when Gov. and Com.-in-Ch. of N. Rhodesia; European War 1915-19 as Capt. King's Own Scottish Borderers and 3rd Cyclist Brig. (MC); is a K.St.J.
Rhodesia - High Commissioner in London for the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, served from 1915 to 1919 in France with the King's Own Scottish Borderers. He was in the Ceylon Civil Service from 1920 to 1937, when he went to the Gold Coast as Financial Secretary. From 1939 to 1947 he was Chief Secretary in Kenya, and latterly also Member for Development and Reconstruction. He was Governor of Northern Rhodesia from 1948 to 1954.