View entry
Name: LLEWELYN, Leonard George Edward 'George'
Birth Date: 26 Feb 1901 Clydach Vale, Wales
Death Date: 2 Sep 1977 Nairobi
First Date: 1922
Last Date: 1977
Profession: Farmed at Timau. Ran riding business Nakuru and Karen
Area: Anga Podi, Ol Donyo Farm ex Ewart, Nanyuki, 1925 Nyeri
Married: 1. In Gretna Green 1926 Elizabeth 'Beth' Metcalfe Bailey b. 1907 Newport, Mon., d. 2 Aug 1977 Timau (later m. Christopher George Palmer Berryman 1894-1964); 2. ?; 3.Diana Margaret Orlebar b. 12 Aug 1913 Royston, Herts.; 4. Mrs Sybil May Hunt née Sherwood d. 2008
Children: 1. Leonard Timothy B. (24 Feb 1930 Marylebone-1994); Elizabeth Philippa (Shelley) (1933-2014)
Book Reference: Red 25, Red 31, Hut, EAWL
School: Harrow, Cambridge
General Information:
Source: Mrs Sybil May Llewelyn.
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Aberdare Voters List with Elizabeth Metcalfe
Bought "Angata Podi" now called Ol Donyo farm from Maj.-Gen. Sir R.H. Ewart in 1922. He had had a spell as a farm hand in New Zealand and Australia before coming to Kenya and marrying his childhood friend from S. Wales
Foster - Polo was played on Llewellyn's farm (Ol Donyo) near old Mrs Bailey's house.
Gazette 15 Dec 1959 wants probate for Diana Borrer Llewellyn who d. 2 May 1959 Nairobi
Diana Llewellyn [sic] buried in Langata cemetery, Nairobi (no dates). In 1950s Diana ran a riding school at Karen.