Charles Dundas

Hon. Charles Dundas
Born	1884
Died	1956
Residence	Moshi, Tanganika Province, East Africa Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas [1931]
Society Membership membership ordinary fellow elected_AI 1921.04.26

Notes

House Notes

1921.03.22 proposed by T.A. Joyce, seconded by H.S. Stannus

assuming author is this Charles [dates pre election]

Notes From Elsewhere

Hon. Charles Cecil Farquharson Dundas was born on 6 June 1884.1 He was the son of Charles Saunders Melville Dundas, 6th Viscount Melville of Melville and Grace Selina Marion Scully.2 He married Anne Louise Hay, daughter of Reverend Samuel Cox Hay, on 16 October 1920.1 He died on 10 February 1956 at age 71, without issue.1
He held the office of District Commissioner of British East African Protectorate between 1908 and 1915.1 He was Political Officer as Major in the German East African Campaign between 1915 and 1918.1 He was Senior Commissioner of Tanganyika Territory between 1921 and 1925.1 He was invested as a Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1922.1 He held the office of Chief Secretary [Tanganyika] in 1926.1 He held the office of Colonial Secretary [Bahamas] in 1929.1 He held the office of Colonial Secretary [Northern Rhodesia] between 1934 and 1937.1 He held the office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Bahamas between 1937 and 1940.1 He was invested as a Knight Commander, Order of St. Michael and St. George (K.C.M.G.) in 1938.1 He held the office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Uganda Protectorate between 1940 and 1944.1 He was invested as a Knight, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (K.St.J.)1

Sir Charles Cecil Farquharson Dundas (1884–1956) was a district commissioner of the Moshi area in Tanzania during the 1920s. In 1930 he founded the Kilimanjaro Native Cooperative Union. He popularised the area's coffee production, and was given the title Wasaoye-o-Wachagga (Elder of the Chagga).
He noticed that, in Chagga society, care of the furrows was a prime social duty. If a furrow was damaged, even accidentally, one of the elders would sound a horn in the evening (which was known as the call to the furrows). The next morning, townspeople would leave their normal work and set about the business of repairing the damaged furrow.
Dundas became very popular and respected during his stay at Moshi. When he left Moshi for the last time by train to Tanga and ship to Dar es Salaam, the Chagga reputedly hired a band to accompany him on board the ship and serenade him on his journey. As the boat sailed into Dar es Salaam harbour, the band apparently struck up God Save the King. Allegedly, the Governor, who was Scottish, was angered.

Publications

House Publications

History of Kitui, BEA 1913
Organisation and laws of some Bantu tribes of E. Africa 1915