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Name: HOWSE, Leonard Augustus
Birth Date: 16 Apr 1881 Reading
Death Date: 15 Jan 1963 Wokingham, Berkshire
First Date: 1911 - after visiting EA as rep for chemical firm
Profession: Chemist and druggist, 1912 went into partnership with McGeorge
Area: Nairobi, spent 22 years in EA, Chamber of Commerce
Married: In Barnet, Middlesex 1 Nov 1911 Lucinda Waldby b. 3 Jan 1873 St Pancras, d. 1 Mar 1951 Theale, Berkshire
Children: Douglas (1916) - at Blundell's School 1930-34
Book Reference: Gillett, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Blundell's Register, Macmillan, Red 22, Gazette, Harmony, Red Book 1912
War Service: Served in SA War
School: Reading School
General Information:
Macmillan - 1930 - Kodak (East Africa) Ltd., incorporating Howse & McGeorge Ltd. - The business was established in 1912 by Messrs. L.A. Howse and R. McGeorge as chemists and druggists etc.
Red 22 - Committee Member, Nairobi Political Association
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - L.A. Howse, Chemist
Member of Lodge Harmony - Joined 1/4/12
Red Book 1912 - L.A. Howse - Nairobi
Gazette - 23/1/1918 - Issued with Druggist's License
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, North Area - Leonard Augustus Howse - Pharmacist, 4th Avenue, Parklands and Mrs Lucinda Howse - 4th Avenue, Parklands
Red 25 - Committee member, Nairobi Chamber of Commerce.
Red 31 has Kodak Ltd.
Hut - Howse 1920 partner with McGeorge, Koru
Gazette - 6/2/1924 - Voters Register - Nairobi North - Leonard Augustus Howse, Pharmacist, 5th Avenue Parklands and Mrs Lucinda Howse, Married 5th Avenue Parklands
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - Nairobi South - Leonard Augustus Howse, Pharmacist, Ngong Rd., Nbi
1939 England and Wales Register living in Bradfield, Berkshire, with wife, as 'pharmacist'