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Sir Evelyne Baring: ‘Butcher of Kenya’ who presided over mass detentions

The Governor, Sir Evelyn Baring, makes a presentation to Lady Mcmillan, founder of the Mcmillan Memorial Library, at the opening of the Library's silver jubilee exhibition. Sir Richard Woodley is on Lady Mcmillan's right in 1956 [File]

Sir Evelyne Baring is regarded as having presided over a ruthless regime when he was colonial governor in Kenya.

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