of his duties when he suggested that the Kenyan government should be more humane, and rely less upon force and harsh conditions to impose order in the camps. His stance was vindicated after the 1959 inquiry into the deaths of 11 detainees, who were beaten to death at Hola Camp (see Hola massacre). Later life Askwith finished his career as Permanent Secretary to Beniah Ohanga, the first African incumbent at the Ministry of African Affairs, retiring in 1961. Tom spent the next year working as a community development officer in Afghanistan, and worked in a similar role for the British government in Turkey from 1964 until 1966. Askwith recorded his memoirs in three volumes, From Mau Mau to Harambee (1995), Getting My Knees Brown (1996) and Eyeball to Eyeball (1998). Family Askwith married Patricia Noad (died 1999) in 1939; they had two sons and a daughter. See also List of Cambridge University Boat Race crews References 1911 births 2001 deaths Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge English male rowers British male rowers People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College Olympic rowers of Great Britain Members of Leander Club Cambridge University Boat Club rowers Rowers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1936 Summer Olympics British people in British Kenya