Background
BLUNDELL, Michael was born on April 7, 1907 in London. Son of Alfred Herbert Blundell and Amelia Woodward Richardson.
BLUNDELL, Michael was born on April 7, 1907 in London. Son of Alfred Herbert Blundell and Amelia Woodward Richardson.
Wellington College.
Served in Royal Engineers (Colonel) 1939-1945. Commission, for European Settlement 1946-1947. Chairman Pyrethrum Board of Kenya 1949-1954, Allsopps African Investments 1949-1954.
Leader 1952.
Minister on Emergency War Council 1954. Minister of Agriculture 1955-1959, 1961-1962. Honorary Colonel 3rd King"s African Rifles 1955-1960.
Leader New Kenya Party 1959-1963.
Chairman East. A. Breweries Limited. 1964-1977, Uganda Breweries Limited.
1965-1976. Director Barclays Bank of Kenya 1968-1981.
Chairman Egerton Agricultural College 1962-1972, Kenya Society for the Blind 1978-1982. Freeman Goldsmiths’ and Silversmiths’ Company since 1953.
Kenya Legislative Council for Rift Valley Constituency 1948-1958, 1961-1962. Under Lennox-Boyd Constitution for Kenya, April 1958-1961.
Married Geraldine Lotte Robarts in 1946.