Humphrey Slade

The Honourable
Humphrey Slade
EBS, KBE
Speaker of the Kenyan National Assembly
In office
1967–1970
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byFred Mbiti Gideon Mati
Speaker of the Kenyan House of Representatives
In office
1963–1967
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Speaker of the Kenyan Legislative Council
In office
1960–1963
Preceded byFerdinand Cavendish-Bentinck
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born4 May 1905
London, England
Died13 August 1983 (aged 78)
Nairobi, Kenya
Political partyIndependent
Alma materEton College
Magdalen College, Oxford

Humphrey Slade, EBS, KBE (4 May 1905 – 13 August 1983) was a British-born Kenyan lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Legislative Council and later the National Assembly between 1952 and 1970.[1] He was the inaugural Speaker of the National Assembly, from 1967 to 1970.[2]

  1. ^ The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Volume 6, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Incorporated, 1983, p.2004
  2. ^ Opalo, Ken Ochieng' (20 June 2019). Legislative Development in Africa: Politics and Postcolonial Legacies. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108579964 – via Google Books.