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Name: NORTON, Roger Edward CMG, OBE
Birth Date: 15 June 1897 Paddington, London
Death Date: 5 Oct 1978 Westminster, London
First Date: 1922
Profession: Planter
Area: Kacharoba Est., Kiambu
Married: In Kensington 1924 Priscilla Ann Mary Deverell b. 11 Feb 1902 London, d. 25 Apr 1894 London
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Colonial, Red 22, Kiambu Scrapbook, SS
War Service: Military service 1914-18 (despatches)
School: Eton College
General Information:
Colonial - Sec. Stand. Bd. of Econ. Dev. Kenya 1938; Dir. Expts. and Mil. supplies EA Supply and Defence Coun. 1942; Chmn. EA war supplies Board 1942; Dir. Prod. disposal EA Prod & Supply Coun. 1943; EA Commissioner in London 1945
Kiambu Scrapbook - new settler arriving in Kiambu after World War I - Mr R.E. Norton
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - R.E. Norton, 46 Albion Street, London W2 - Farm 1287
Gazette - 28/2/1923 - Dissolution of partnership between Sir William F. Miller Bart., Roger Norton and Saxon Theodore Menne in respect of the estate known as Glenlea situate at Muhoroni - dissolved from 10 February 1923. Carried on by Sir William F. Miller on his own account
Hut - partner with Norton
Red 31 has R. Norton, Kacharoba Estate, Kiambu, Hut the same, partner of Giffard
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Kiambu Voters Roll