Humphrey Slade
Humphrey Slade EBS | |
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Speaker of the Kenyan Legislative Council | |
In office 1960–1963 | |
Preceded by | Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck |
Succeeded by | none (position abolished) |
Speaker of the Kenyan House of Representatives | |
In office 1963–1967 | |
Speaker of the Kenyan National Assembly | |
In office 1967–1969 | |
Preceded by | none (position established) |
Succeeded by | Fred Mbiti Gideon Mati |
Personal details | |
Born | 1905 London, England |
Died | 10 August 1983 (aged 78) Nairobi, Kenya |
Political party | Independent |
Alma mater | Eton College Magdalen College, Oxford |
Humphrey Slade EBS (1905 – 10 August 1983) was a Kenyan lawyer and member of parliament who served as the inaugural Speaker of the National Assembly, from 1967 to 1970. He had earlier served in the same position in the House of Representatives, from 1963 to 1967, and in the pre-independence Legislative Council, from 1960 to 1963.[1]