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Name: STANNING, Charles Gordon
Nee: brother of Henry Duncan and John Stanning
Birth Date: Apr 1886 Leyland, Lancs.
Death Date: 23 May 1947 Nakuru after a blasting accident at Kampi-ya-Moto
First Date: 1910
Last Date: 1947
Profession: Farmer. Arrived with brother. Purchased land at Lower Molo in the Kampi ya Moto area where they grew maize. Later they developed sisal. Lomolo Ltd. continued as a private sisal estate with maize & beef cattle until Independence in 1963
Area: 1922 Barchellah Lumbwa, Kampi ya Moto, Molo
Married: 1919 Marjorie Nottidge b. 1900 Shropham, Norfolk, d. 1943 Nakuru (dau of John Thomas Ripley Nottidge)
Children: Joan (m. Tom Grumbley, Brooke Bond); David (26 Aug 1923 Southwold, Sussex, farmer Molo); Thomas Ripley (1926-1983, went to S. Rhodesia)
Book Reference: Gillett, EAWL, KFA, Gethin, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, EAMR, Red 22, Gazette, Rift Valley, Barnes, North
War Service: With EAMR in WW1 - B-C Sqdn. 8/8/14 - L/Cpl. 14/10/15; Cpl. 21/10/15; to EASC
School: Rugby and Cambridge
General Information:
Gordon's children:- Tom, his wife Pat and son John & farm manager were killed in that dreadful plane crash in Zimbabwe after the Emergency - a question mark still hangs over this as to the real cause and because of his exploits with the Emergency Forces, suspected revenge. His three daughters are all married - 2 still in Zimbabwe - the eldest in Perth Australia. Joan Stanning married Tom Grumbley of Brooke Bond Tea Estates, Kericho - they still (1994) live in Kenya at Malindi. Source: Mrs Diana Stanning and Mr David Stanning
Gethin - 'After leaving Baringo I came to a European farm where I met for the first time Gordon and Duncan Stanning. They had recently arrived from England and taken up land in the Lower Molo district with the intention of cattle ranching. About my age and both fine looking men, well over 6 feet and tough, one of their family had been a rivetter in a North of England shipyard and had patented a rivetting machine which Gordon used to say brought him in a fortune. He sent his sons to Rugby and gave them a substantial sum to start farming in EA.
Gordon became a great friend of mine, and we had many parties together. When he stood a round of drinks, Gordon would say, "Cheerio! Thank God I have a rich relative who is paying for this". I found the Stannings loading about 20 donkeys with trade goods, with the intention of going to the Suk country to trade for stock.'
Memoirs of Maurice B. Tennent - 1926 - [Lumbwa] Beyond the Vet. Dept. one came to Inglewood Farm, the property of John Stanning. Old Mrs Cushney had been the original owner and he had sold to John and Gordon Stanning.
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Molo - C.G. Stanning (British), Settler
Rift Valley - 24 Oct 1925 - That the growing practice of buttonholing & importuning members on the Club premises for subscriptions to charitable or other purposes is an annoyance - the Committee should take steps to put an end to this nuisance.' [seconded by several other members]
Rift Valley - Member of the Rift Valley Sports Club - Jan 1929 - Elected - 1910 - C.G. Stanning
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Lake Area - Charles Gordon Stanning - Farmer - Lumbwa
Barnes - Nakuru North Cemetery - Charles Gordon Stanning, 1886-1947
Gazette 8 Feb 1949 probate
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