Whenever the name Richard Meinertzhagen comes up, it conjures up the image of a cold-blooded murderer, in my mind, from stories I have heard about him, the most famous of which was the deceitful assassination of the Nandi leader Koitalel arap Samoei in 1905.
Born on March 3, 1878 in London, his family were wealthy English bankers and his aunt Beatrice Webb was one of the founders of the London School of Economics.
