William Macmillan: He was a giant of a man

William Northrup Macmillan landed in Mombasa in 1904 aged 32 years.

William Northrup Macmillan stood over 6ft 3inches tall. Although most white men arriving in Kenya that time came from the UK, especially England, Macmillan arrived in Mombasa in 1904 at the age of 32 from St Louis Missouri in the United States of America.

When he walked off the ship at the Kenyan port, the attendants saw a giant of a man weighing around 200 kilos.