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Name: SLINGSBY, Charles Richard MBE

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Nee: son of William Edwards Slingsby

Birth Date: 17 May 1886 Mossel Bay, S. Africa

Death Date: 24 Aug 1968 Cape Town

First Date: 1919

Last Date: 1924

Profession: Commission agent and auctioneer

Area: Farm 87, Eldoret

Married: Violet Alice Dove b. 11 Feb 1895 Cape Town, d. 23 July 1989

Children: John Orm (5 Nov 1919 Eldoret); Betty Jane (9 Dec 1920 Eldoret); Richard Solomon; 3 others

Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Hut, Red 22, David Slingsby, Childhood, LG, Gazette

War Service: SA Forces in EA Campaign in WW1, Carrier Corps, Lieut.

General Information:

David Slingsby - Charles Richard Slingsby and his wife Violet Alice moved to Eldoret in early 1919 - My father John was born in Eldoret on 5 November 1919 and a sister Betty Jane on 9 December 1920. I'm not sure of the exact date he returned to Cape Town - but an archive in Cape Town he appeared in court on 29 August 1924 as he was summoned by Standard Bank over a promissory note.  It appears that he was in partnership (briefly) with Mundell in what I think was a beef cattle auction business. He returned to SA in I think about 1923-4 leaving a debt owed to Mundell.
Childhood - Joan Reid (née Lumley) - Eldoret - Lord Kitchener's son, Lord Broome, often stayed with the next door neighbour, Mr Slingsby, whose wife, Violet was a very pretty lady.
London Gazette - 18 Nov 1918 - MBE for distinguished service in connection with military operations in East Africa - Lieutenant Charles Richard Slingsby, EA Carrier Corps
Gazette 14/9/1921 - Dissolution of Partnership between Alfred John Boyes Duffett and Charles Richard Slingsby carrying on business under the style of Slingsby & Co. as General and Commission Agents and Auctioneers at Eldoret. Retirement from firm of A.J.B. Duffett.
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Plateau South - S.R. Slingsby - Manufacturer and Agent, Eldoret
Gazette - 4/5/1921 - Presentation of Honours by Governor - Capt. C R Slingsby - MBE

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