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Name: MORRIS, Edward Gilbert OBE

Birth Date: 15.7.1884 Deptford

Death Date: 11.5.1943 London

First Date: 1908

Last Date: 1938

Profession: Succeeded H.S. Scott as Director of Education in 1934

Area: Nairobi

Married: Mary Grave 'Mellops' b. 1889, d. 7 Jan 1956 Adelaide, Australia on a visit

Children: Barbara G. (1916); Penelope G. (1918); Susan G. (1919); John R. G. (1920)

Book Reference: Tignor, Colonial, EA & Rhodesia, Red 22, Harmony, Foster, Snoxall, North

War Service: Lieut. unattached EA Forces 1915, Capt., Uganda T.C.

School: Bedford School and Hertford College Oxford; BA (Oxon)

General Information:

Colonial - Asst. DC Uganda 1908; DC 1912; Dist. Pol. Offr. Tanganyika 1919; Resigned 1920; Re-appointed 2nd Grade Admin Officer Uganda 1924; Labour Comsnr. 1924; Insp. Schools 1925; Ag. Dir. Education 1927; Dep. Dir. Educ. 1928; Dir. Educ. 1929; Dir. Educ. Kenya 1934; Nigeria 1938
Red 22 - Box 184, Kampala
Member of Lodge Harmony - Joined 2/12/35, age 51, Civil Servant, Nairobi
Snoxall - Uganda 1928 - Deputy (Director of Education) - In his way Morris was an equally distinguished athlete having played Rugby Football for Oxford and Wales, and also gained a swimming blue. Like Eric Hussey, he was addicted not only to early rising, but also to a morning swim.

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