Person Kirk; Sir; John (1832 - 1922) Kirk John Sir 1832 - 1922 Male The Manse, Barry, Forfarshire, Scotland 19 December 1832 15/01/1922 19220115

Zanzibar (1887); Wavertree, Sevenoaks, Kent

Physician Education: Edinburgh University. MD Career: Served in a hospital in the Dardanells during the Crimean War; Chief Officer to Dr Livingstone's second African expedition (1858-1864); Physician to the consulate of Zanzibar (1866); Vice-Consul (1867); Consul (1873); Political agent, Zanzibar (1886); Consul General; retired from the Consular Service (1887); British Plenipotentiary to the African Conference, Brussels (1889-1890); a founder and Director of the British East African Company; Kirk Range, in the Rift Valley, named after him, as is Kirk's Gazelle Honours: CMG 1879; KCMG 1881; GCMG 1886; KCB 1890 Memberships: FLS; FRGS Son of Rev John Kirk Royal Society roles: VP 1894-1895 Fellow 09/06/1887 Sources: Bulloch's Roll Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series B 1922-1923 vol 94 pp xi-xxx signed by D P References: R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 19 Dec 1832 - 15 Jan 1922 NA6270 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/45082551 01384746-f225-4a95-a4d4-587d10f9aa09