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Name: FAWKES, Richard Ayscough Hawksworth
Birth Date: 1872 Woolley, Yorkshire
Death Date: 28.9.1928 Otley, Yorkshire
Nationality: British
First Date: 1899
Profession: Uganda Railway asst. engineer; Mile 345 Feb 1899; had resigned by 10/1/1900; later farmed at Kiambu
Area: Kiambu
Book Reference: North, Gillett, EAHB 1905, Hut, Land
General Information:
North - From York; Asst Engineer with Kikuyu Earthworks Division, based at Mile 345, Limuru 23-2-1899; Nairobi Nov 1899; resigned from Railway when not promoted to Senior Asst. Engineer, dep. for England 6-1-1900; seeking Prospecting Licence - 'late engineer with Railway' (FO 2) 18-1-1904; Land Grant application Kiu River 22-1-1904; Settler's Game Licence 22-4-1904; Land Grant application for prospecting an area 50 square miles along shores of Lake Victoria 23-5-1905
Land - 1907 - R.H. Fawkes - Agricultural, 640 acres, Kiambu, 22-1-04, Registered 3-1-07
Land Grant 1905 - A.H. Fawkes - Agricultural, 640 acres - Kiu River - Jan 22 - Freehold
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