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Name: SPROTT, Frederick Laurence KB, Sir
Birth Date: 10 July 1863 Shrewsbury
Death Date: 24 March 1943 Roydon, Norfolk
First Date: 1919
Profession: PWD civil engineer; member of Legislative Council
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Surrey 24 Oct 1888 Amy Graham Dame b. 1865, d. 2 Jan 1938 Norwich, Norfolk
Children: Frederick William (1889-25 Aug 1916); Frank Herbert (29 May 1893 Bombay, m. 1923 Helen Wingate Gray)
Book Reference: KAD, Debrett, Red 25, Red 22, Pioneers
School: Shrewsbury School and RIE College, Coopers Hill
General Information:
Debrett - Entered Public Works Dept. Bombay 1884, and became Asst. Engineer 1885, and Executive Engineer 1897, Sup. Engineer 1904, and Ch. Engineer 1913; was Principal and Professor of Civil Engineering, Coll. of Science, Poona 1899-1903, Sup. Engineer, Indus River Commn. 1904-08, Sanitary Engineer to Bombay Govt. 1908; Dep. Chmn. Bombay Port Trust 1909-10 and Chm. 1910-18.
Pioneers - Karen in the Twenties - I arrived in Kenya in October 1919. My father, Sir Frederick Sprott, had bought a small property, now known as Cooper's Hill, from Major C. Steele. I started to clear the heavy forest and build a couple of cottages for my parents. My father became an Elected Member of Legislative Council.
KAD 1922 - Chairman of Dagoretti Settlers' Association.
Red 25 - Member, Kenya Land Settlement Advisory Board
Gazette 23 Jan 1946 probate
1939 England and Wales Register living in Depwade, Norfolk