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Name: HENDERSON, John Laidlaw 'Jock'

Birth Date: 26 Feb 1890 Haddington, Scotland

Death Date: 27 Sep 1953 Mombasa

First Date: 1912

Last Date: 1953

Profession: Worked for Simpson & Whitelaw before going to Nyeri to farm, owning the land on which Treetops was built. He then had a coffee farm at Kamiti before retiring to Mombasa.Thika sisal; Maize & Produce Controller (Nairobi)

Area: Nyeri, Kiambu, Kamiti, Mombasa in later years, 1922 Chania Bridge, 1925 Thika Farm, Chania Bridge

Married: In Nairobi 1919 Jean Paterson Hutchinson b. 3 July 1891 Edinburgh, d. 14 July 1960 Mombasa

Children: Joy Annette (m. John Bell of Prisons Dept.) (13 Nov 1923 Nairobi-1967 Rhodesia); Ian Stuart McWalter (8 Mar 1927 Nairobi-13 Apr 2013 Bahrain)

Book Reference: Gillett, EAWL, Golf, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Ruiru, Kiambu Scrapbook, O&C, Gazette, Medals, Leader14, Barnes

War Service: EA Mounted Rifles in WW1, Service in Kenya and Tanganyika

School: Scotland. St. John's College Cambridge 1923-25 (J.L. Henderson)

General Information:

Played soccer for Caledonians and at one time Chieftain of Kenya Caledonian Society. President of Nyeri Club; Founder and first Master of Mt. Kenya Masonic Lodge. Twice Master of Donyo Sabuk Lodge.   Source: Maj. Gen. Ian Henderson                                    
Golf - President of Nyeri Golf Club in 1942/43. Captain of Nyeri Golf Club in 1935
Red 25 - J.L. Henderson, Vice-President, Thika Sports Club
Kiambu Scrapbook - bought part of Mr T. Russell's farm at Kamiti and planted a small acreage with coffee.
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - J.L. Henderson, Simpson and Whitelaw
Medals - East African Regiment - John L. Henderson, No. 7, Private
Barnes - Mombasa Cemetery - John Laidlaw Henderson, died 27 Sep 1953, European Hospital, Coronary Thrombosis
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Aberdare Voters List

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