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Name: ROBINSON, Hugh Hargreaves CBE
Nee: 3rd son of Francis Edward Robinson of Stanmore
Birth Date: 5 Apr 1899 Stanmore, Middlesex
Death Date: 1980
First Date: 1919
Profession: Dir. of Companies. Chairman & Man. Dir. Smith Mackenzie & Co. Ltd., Dir. African Marine & Gen. Eng. Co. Ltd., African Wharfage Co. Ltd., EA Oxygen & Acetylene Co. Ltd., Kenya Bus Co. (Mombasa) Ltd. etc.
Area: Mombasa, Dar es Salaam
Married: 1928 Kathleen Thelma McEvoy b. 1898, d. 1999
Children: Richard D.H. (1931); Toni Joan (1930)
Book Reference: Who's Who, Red 25, EA & Rhodesia, Red 22, Foster, Fox Davies
War Service: WW1 with King's Royal Rifle Corps
School: Marlborough College
General Information:
East Africa & Rhodesia - 7/1/54 - CBE - After service in the 1914-18 war, he joined the company in 1919, became a partner eight years later, and was elected chairman of the local board of the limited company in 1946. Has been president of the Chambers of Commerce in Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar and Mombasa, and has served on numerous bodies connected with transport and harbour working. A past president of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Eastern Africa. A director of many East African companies.