CLIFFORD HENRY FITZHERBERT PLOWMAN

born: 23 July 1889 Butler's Hill, Nottingham

married: Nora Margaret Pottinger Tweedy , 1 May 1924 St. John's, Westminster

died: 25 Oct. 1948 Bedford.

Educated: Kings School, Ely. Trinity College, Cambridge. B.A. (Classical Tripos);

C.M.G. 1937, O.B.E 1928, J.P. Beds. 1941. FZS; FRES (Royal Empire Soc.).

Entered Colonial Civil Service as Assistant District Commissioner East Africa Protectorate 1912: Political Officer Turkana Expedition, 1915 (African General Service medal and clasp); Acting officer in charge, Northern Frontier District 1919-20; seconded to Foreign Office as H M Vice-Consul, Harar, Ethiopia 1920; transferred to Somaliland as H M Consul Harar 1922. H M Charge d'Affairs, Addis Ababa 1925-26: Political Officer and Assistant Commissioner British Somaliland - Ethiopia Boundary Commission 1931-33; Secretary to the Government of Somaliland 1933-40. Administered Government of Somaliland on several occasions, 1934-39; retired 1940; employed in Civil Defence Staff, War Office 1941-43; Home Guard (Captain) 1940-44, Oriental Secretary Addis Ababa 1945-47: Silver Jubilee medal 1935; Coronation medal 1937; Order of the Star of Ethiopia (2nd class) 1930.