Ernest Albert Vasey

Sir Ernest Albert Vasey CMG KBE (27 August 1901 – 10 January 1984) was a British colonial politician and actor.

[1] He spent much of his early life touring the country with his mother and attending various elementary schools until the age of twelve.

After leaving school at twelve, he supported himself through acting and other means, until he settled in Shrewsbury in 1922, married, and began taking part in local politics.

In 1928, he became chairman of the Shrewsbury Junior Imperial League, and was elected to the local council as an independent conservative.

Vasey initially found work as a cinema manager, but soon got involved in local politics; being elected to Nairobi Municipal Council for the Westland's Ward in 1938.