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Name: GILLETT, John Stuart CMG
Nee: son of Richard William Gillett, bro of David Welham Gillett
Birth Date: 31.10.1909 Norwich
Death Date: 1964 Norwich
First Date: 1928
Profession: Chairman Overseas Food Corp., Dir. of Agriculture Kenya 1948-51. To Tanganyika 1951
Area: Nairobi, Tanganyika, 1930 Soy, Naivasha
Married: 1. In Hampstead 4 July 1931 Irene Mary Holm b. 10.3.1906; 2. Morag Maxwell Loudon b. 9 June 1928, d. 12 Aug 2013 Scotland
Children: Michael M. (22.7.1937); Gordon S. (3.8.1945)
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Who's Who, Debrett, Red 31, Hut, Colonial, Stud, Hut, Planters, Dominion
School: Faversham Grammar Sch., Bedford School & Wye College
General Information:
Debrett - is a Member of Kenya Branch of Commonwealth Parliamentary Ass.; was a Member of Colonial Agricultural Service, Kenya 1928-47, Commr. of European Settlement, Kenya 1947-48, and Director of Agric. Kenya 1948-51, since when Chm. and Gen. Mgr. Overseas Food Corporation, Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika
EA Stud Book 1954 - Pigs - Large Whites - J.S. Gillett, Ol Kalou [this is probably son of R.W.G.]
Planters - S. Gillett - a member of the Coffee Board from 1940 to 1946. Director of Agriculture from 1948 to 1951
Dominion - Agricultural Department - Assistant Agricultural Officer - 1930 - S. Gillett
Hut has S. Gillett
Gazette - 22/5/1928 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Asst. Agricultural Officer - S. Gillet
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - Nairobi South - Stuart Gillett, Agricultural Officer, Scott Lab, Box 338, Nbi
Pre-war volunteer to the Kenya Regiment (KR 770).