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Name: LYDFORD, Henry Colston 'Harry'
Nee: son of Albert Lydford, bro of Sydney Lydford
Birth Date: 1883 Bristol
Death Date: 6 Aug 1955 Eldoret
First Date: 1904
Last Date: 1955
Profession: Farmer. Kericho Coffee Estate, Kericho
Area: Limuru & later at Nanyuki, Hut - 1904 Kiambu, Eldoret
Married: Florence Mary b. 29 Nov 1967 Nairobi
Book Reference: Gillett, SE, EAHB 1905, Hut, Land, North, EAHB 1907, Red Book 1912, Web,KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, EAMR, Playne, Drumkey, Red 22, Advertiser, Gazette, EAHB 1907, Golf, Barnes
War Service: 1915 EAMR - discharged medically unfit. WW1 with EAMR - C Sqdn. 2/12/15
General Information:
SE - H. Lydford - Sept 1908
Land - 1906 - H.C. Lydford and Jevers - Agricultural, 642 acres, Limuru, 15-6-04, Homestead, Registered 3-9-06
EAHB 1907 - H.C. Lydford - Kiambu
Red Book 1912 - H.E. Lydford [sic] - Nairobi
Gazette - 9/8/1922 - Voters Register - Lake - Harry C Lydford, Farmer, Kericho
Prominent in the starting of Kericho Golf Club in 1927
Drumkey 1909 - Police - Temporary Inspector
Advertiser - 19/2/1909 - Mention of Police Inspector Lydford at Kikuyu
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Lumbwa - H. Lydford, Kericho
EAHB 1907 - Temporary Inspector of Police
Playne - Temporary Inspector of Police in 1909
Gazette 30 Aug 1955 probate
Barnes Eldoret cem d. 6 Aug 1955 at Eldoret