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Name: SHAW, John Frederick de Vere
Photo Source: Sue Pelly
Nee: son of Sir Robert de Vere Shaw
Birth Date: 8 May 1930
Death Date: 19 Oct 1960 car accident at Lukenya hill
First Date: 1922
Profession: Member for Machakos South in Nairobi County Council 1960
Area: Machakos
Married: In Machakos 6 Aug 1955 Penelope Anne Milbank b. May 1934 London, d. 2023 S. Africa (later m. Robert Mills, a S. African)
Children: Charles (1 Mar 1957 Kenya, inherited baronetcy from uncle Sir Robert Shaw); Jane Frances (19 Nov 1960 Kenya); Ann Vivian (28 Sep 1960)
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Hut, Red 22
School: Prince of Wales School
General Information:
Gazette 23 Aug 1960
Sue Pelly (sister-in-law): John Shaw, Sir Robert and Lady Shaw's younger son, was educated at the Prince of Wales in Kenya .He served five years in the British Army before coming back to the farm Bondoni. Being a Wakamba speaker he worked at a detention camp towards the end of the Mau Mau uprising, helping to rehabilitate that tribe. He had three children - Charles, Jane and Ann. He was a Major in the Kenya Regiment. He was a good polo player being a 3 and captain of Machakos polo club. Like his parents he was wonderfully generous and always ready to help anyone. He was a favourite with the local Wakamba. There was a great Ngoma on the farm the night he and my sister were married.