He spent 30 years as a Colonial Service administrator in eastern Africa, K.C.M.G., C.B., F.L.S., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. He first went to East Africa on a hunting expedition in 1884 and later joined the service of the imperial British East Africa Company. In 1894 he was appointed by the Foreign Office as a First Class Assistant in Uganda. He served as Lieutenant-Governor in East Africa (now Kenya) and as Governor of Uganda. As a great sportsman and explorer, he devoted all his spare time to studying natural history and was founder and President of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society.
He spent 30 years as a Colonial Service administrator in eastern Africa, K.C.M.G., C.B., F.L.S., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. He first went to East Africa on a hunting expedition in 1884 and later joined the service of the imperial British East Africa Company. In 1894 he was appointed by the Foreign Office as a First Class Assistant in Uganda. He served as Lieutenant-Governor in East Africa (now Kenya) and as Governor of Uganda. As a great sportsman and explorer, he devoted all his spare time to studying natural history and was founder and President of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society.
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