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Name: LANGMORE, Reginald Charles

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Birth Date: 1871 Hampstead

Death Date: 23.2.1955 Wynberg, Cape Province, SA

First Date: 1904 arrived from Johannesburg after 10 years in Australia

Profession: Started farming, 1907 joined BEA Corp., Manager Usoga Province

Area: Uganda, travelled a great deal through the district

Married: Margaret Fox b. 5 Nov 1882, d. 4 Apr 1972 Mowbray, Cape, S. Africa

Children: Edward Richard (6.12.1907 Kirawa); Lorna Helen (16.8.1909 Jinja-1980); John Erskine

Book Reference: Gillett, EAHB 1905, Playne, Drumkey, Land, Advertiser, EAHB 1906, Harmony, North

General Information:

Playne - Mr Langmore came to BEA in 1904 from Johannesburg, having previously spent 10 years in Australia. He first started farming here in 1904, and in 1907 joined the BEA Corporation, and is at present manager for the Usoga Province, with headquarters at Jinja. His principal duties include travelling among the natives teaching them to sow cotton. Mr Langmore has agents all over the Province buying cotton, which is eventually shipped to Kisumu or Mombasa. In addition ordinary trading is carried on among the natives, more especially in chillies, sem sem, rubber and sisal.
Drumkey 1909 - Directory of Residents - R.C. Langmore (BEA Corporation), Jinja
Land - 1906 - R.C. Langmore - Agricultural, 505 acres, Limuru, 11-6-04, Homestead, Registered 3-9-06
Land - 1906 - R.C. Langmore - Building, 5 acres, Parklands, Nairobi, 29-7-05, Registered 25-10-06
Advertiser - 3/9/1909 - Birth - to Mrs Langmore, wife of R.C. Langmore - a daughter, at Jinja, Uganda 16/8/09
Member of Lodge Harmony - Joined 5/6/05
North - arr. Mombasa from Johannesburg 26-3-1904; Member of the Nairobi Infantry Section of the EAP Volunteer Reserve June 1905; Committee member of Colonists Association, Nairobi Dec 1905
EAHB 1905 - Langmore, - Gaitani, Nairobi

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