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Name: TATE, Sydney
Nee: bro of Frederick and Jacob Tate, and of Dame Maggie Teyte
Birth Date: 15 Jan 1892 Wolverhampton
Death Date: 25 May 1966 Natal
Nationality: British
First Date: 1900
Profession: Several years as Managing Director of Messrs Isherwood's Ltd. Nairobi
Area: Nairobi, Hut 1952 Kibagare Estate Kabete
Married: In West Ham 1911 Margaret Abigail Crimin b. 1890 London
Children: Donald Sydney (26 Aug 1911 Woodford, Essex-12 Jan 1980 Denmark Hill, London)
Book Reference: Gillett, EAWL, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, North, Macmillan, Red 22, Gazette
General Information:
Businessman and coffee farmer, Kabete - Source: Miss Daphne Ewings
Macmillan - 1930 - Isherwood Ltd., Steel Constructional Engineers, Founders, Welders, Tinsmiths, Sheet-Metal Workers etc., Factory Sites - …. Practically all the metal plates on the doors of offices and other business places in Nairobi and elsewhere in the colony were made by them …… Supplied the 40,000 square feet of leaded glass in the new Torr's Hotel …… After various changes in the personnel of the firm, the present company was formed in 1923; and the expansion which the business has since attained reflects the enterprise and ability brought to bear on all its details by the Managing Director, Mr Sydney Tate.
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - Sidney Tate, Stanley Hotel
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, North Area - Sydney Tate - Business, Kikuyu Road, Parklands and Mrs Maggie Tate - Kikuyu Road, Parklands
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - Sydney Tate, Business, Kikuyu Rd., Parklands
Gazette 13 Dec 1966 probate