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Name: BENT, William Stanley
Birth Date: bapt 13 Sep 1858 Manchester
Death Date: 14 July 1918 Nairobi
Nationality: British
First Date: 1898
Last Date: 1918
Profession: Employed at Hotel Stanley
Area: Nairobi, EAHB 1906 Fort Smith
Married: Common Law wife: Mayence Ellen Woodbury b. 17.4.1868 London [?1870], d. 17 Mar 1968 Hove (she later m. Frederick Francis Tate 1883-1937)
Children: Gladys Mayence (30 Apr 1896) (Liversidge, Newman)
Book Reference: Gillett, SE, EAHB 1905, Hut, Drumkey, North, Land, EAHB 1906, Nicholls, Medals, EAHB 1904, Barnes, Leader14, Red Book 1912, Gazette
War Service: East Africa Pioneer Co.
General Information:
A very well known figure in Nairobi,
SE - W.S. Bent - July 1907
North - President of the 'Railway Strike Committee' at Nairobi 31-3-1900; Land Grant application 2-10-1902, Kikuyu; At Nairobi with wife and daughter, Gladys (aged 8) April 1903.
Land - 1908 - W.S. Bent - Agricultural, 16.27 acres, Fort Smith, 19-6-03, Registered 27-4-08
Nicholls - The hotel was run by Mayence Bent (née Woodbury) who was the common-law wife of W.S. Bent, a railway worker and president of the Nairobi Railway Strike Committee' of 1900 …….. clothes made by Mrs Bent ……..
North - Formerly with Nigerian Railways; Chief Clerk, Loco Dept.; Based at Nairobi & due to be given 3 months notice by Railway Sept 1901; Agent at Nairobi for the 'East African Standard' Jan 1903; At Nairobi with wife and daughter Gladys (b. 30-4-1897) April 1903; Land Grant application, Mayence Bent, Fort Smith 29-6-1903; Gladys enrolled at Uganda Railway School, Nairobi when it opened 20-1-1904; Opened the 'Hotel Stanley' with wife, Nairobi 1-4-1904
Medals - EA Pioneer Company - EA Volunteer & Miscellaneous List, Clerk
EAHB 1904 - Masai-Land District Residents - Bent, W.S. - Fort Smith, Kikuyu
Nairobi South cemetery - buried 16 Jul 1918 husband of Mayence Bent
Leader14 - Business Register - W.S. Bent - Labour Agent, Nairobi
Red Book 1912 - W.S. Bent - Nairobi
Red Book 1912 - Labour Agent, Nairobi
Gazette 1/2/1908 - Application by Mr R.C. Grant for William Stanley Bent to be declared Insolvent.
Gazette 15/11/1913 - Application for Insolvency by William Stanley Bent
Gazette 21/8/1918 - Probate and Administration in respect of the estate of W.S. Bent who died at Nairobi on 15/7/1918
EAHB 1905 - Hotel Stanley.
North - Uganda Railway - formerly with Nigerian Railways; at first meeting of "Committee of Europeans" 1902