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House in Mombasa in which Hobley lived, 1977

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468L/8

Scope and Contents

203 x 152 mm. View looking across a garden towards a verandahed house. The note on the reverse states that it was occupied by a company employee, John Robert Wilson Pigott (1850-1928), during IBEA Co. times and by Charles William Hobley (1857-1947) when he was Provincial Commissioner of Seyidieh Province (appointed 1912). The house was built on the site of the Katherine Bibby Hospital.

Dates

  • Creation: 1977

Conditions Governing Access

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Language of Materials

English

Date information

DateText: The date is approximate..

Finding aid date

2010-07-26 14:05:30+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

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