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Name: GRAHAME-BELL, William Henry 'Harry'
Nee: son of Lt.-Col. J.W. Bell
Birth Date: 1.9.1874 Queenstown, S. Africa
Death Date: 26.3.1957 Nairobi
First Date: 1907
Profession: Solicitor, coffee planter and nurseryman. Latterly built up an extensive business in horticulture at Limuru. He was a leading member of the Kenya Horticultural Society and introduced many of the plants and shrubs that beautifed the colony
Area: Closeburn, Kiambu
Married: In Rondebosch 1905 Ella Beatrix Featherstone Cronwright b. 1 Dec 1877 Grahamstown, d. 10.10.1951 Mombasa
Children: Margery Grahame (Lloyd) (1.11.1912 Kitisuru); Robert Grahame (6.3.1909 Kitisuru)
Book Reference: Hut, SE, Gazette, Red 19, Red 12,Gillett, SE, HBEA, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Gazette, Leader14, Barnes, Web, Bate
War Service: Boer War 1899-1901 - mentioned in dispatches
School: St. Andrew's College Grahamstown, Kelly College, Tavistock,
General Information:
St Andrew's College Records (Ancestry) son of Lt. Col. J.W.— V.D. C.M.G.; Left March 1891; Day. Form III–IV; Kelly Coll. Tavistock (Eng.) '91–'93; Mat. '95; Lawyer; Boer war Capt.; M. in D.; Attorney in Cape Colony '04 later also in Tvaal; to Kenya '07; since '09 developed Closeburn; Farmer and Coffee planter; Closeburn P.O. Box 906 NairobiCollection:St. Andrews College RecordsSource:Register of St. Andrew's College Grahamstown Fourth Edition 1855 - 1959
FindaGrave William Henry Grahame “Harry” BELL BIRTH 1 Sep 1874 Queenstown, Chris Hani District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa DEATH 26 Mar 1957 (aged 82) Nairobi, Kenya BURIAL Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya. Inscription in fond memory of / William Henry Grahame Bell / "Harry" / 1st September 1874 - 26th March 1957