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Name: WELWOOD, Lawrence Robert Maconochie

Birth Date: 13 Aug 1902 Kirknewton, Scotland

Death Date: 8 Mar 1981 Kirknewton, Scotland

First Date: 1927

Profession: Member of Legislative Council; farmer

Area: Elburgon, Kipkabus

Married: At Lanercost Abbey 7 Sep 1934 Lady Elizabeth Henrietta Howard b. 24 Oct 1903 Westminster, d. 12 Jan 1969 Edinburgh (dau of 10th Earl of Carlisle)

Children: Charles Cornelius (1939); Mary Elizabeth (Hughes) (8 Mar 1936)

Book Reference: Red 31, Hut, Who's Who, Debrett, Burke

School: Harrow

General Information:

One-time tea planter in Assam, where he broke his back playing polo.
Farmer. Member of Kenya Legco 1948 - , Minister of Forest Dev., Game and Fisheries, Kenya Govt. 1954. Chairman Uasin Gishu Dist.
Burke - MLC Kenya Colony 1948-56 and 1961-63, Min for Forest, Game & Fisheries 1954, Min without portfolio 1956, chmn Road Authority 1957, Leader European Rep. Kenya Constitutional Conf. London 1962-63
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Uasin Gishu Voters Roll
Gazette 27 Feb 1970 wife's probate
Gazette 26 June 1981 probate

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