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Name: DOWN, Alexander Thornton (Rev.)
Birth Date: 7 Jan 1884 Donnaghadee, C. Down
Death Date: 8 Apr 1961 Udimore, Sussex
First Date: 1916
Profession: Chaplain
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Buckhurst Hill, Essex 3 Sep 1913 Lonsdale Victoria De St Fargeau Durand b. Semaphore, S. Australia 29 Jan 1887
Children: Bridget M. T. (1 Mar 1915 Walsall); Noel (1917)
Book Reference: Nicholls, Foster, Red 19
General Information:
Nicholls - The Revd. Falloon was succeeded in 1916 by Alexander Thornton Down, whose stay was brief. In 1920 William Joseph Wright became the fourth Anglican chaplain of Nairobi;
Foster - CMS Missionary 1918
Red Book 1919 - Chaplain of Mombasa - Nairobi
Red Book 1919 - East African Debating Society, Nairobi - Chairman - Rev Thornton Down
1939 England and Wales Register living in Bedford with wife and dau