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Name: HANDCOCK, Robert Harris Temple 'Bob'
Nee: son of Edward Stanley Handcock, related to Baron Castlemaine
Birth Date: 5.5.1881 Wimbledon
Death Date: 11.12.1913 St. Thomas, Exmouth
First Date: 1906
Last Date: 1913
Profession: Cranworth (1906): Two others were a truly delightful pair of quite young men, Bob Hancock and Alan Tompson, who occupied a farm, Karura, about 4 miles from Nairobi on the road to Fort Hall
Area: Nairobi, 'Karura'
Married: 30.12.1907 Norah Isabel Sherston b. 11 Jan 1885 Camberley, d. 27.12.1932 Newbury (later m. 1917 Com. Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper)
Children: William Stanley (26.10.1908 Nairobi-1964); John Richard (18 Nov 1912 Nairobi-30 July 1913 Nairobi)
Book Reference: HBEA, Cranworth, Playne, Land, Gazette, Debrett, Burke, North, Barnes, Leader14, Foster, Red Book 1912
General Information:
Playne - Gailey and Roberts - "Enterprise is the keystone of success." Messrs Gailey and Roberts recognised this when, early in 1904, they established themselves as retail ironmongers and licensed surveyors. They had previously come to BEA under the Foreign Office, on railway construction, as executive engineers, and after leaving the railway they started as direct importers. .......... The firm occupies two plots in town and one plot on the railway line. Mr Allan Tompson and Mr R. Handcock came in as partners in 1905. The farmer can obtain anything from this firm for agricultural purposes, as they have, together with the Nairobi Engineering Works, practically the sole monopoly in that line. The firm also acts as bankers' agents etc. ........ At present they employ 8 Europeans and several Indians and natives. Buildings are contracted for by the fiirm, and easy terms of payment can be arranged. Irrigation works are also carried out, both Messrs Gailey and Roberts having had considerable practical experience in this direction. Mr Gailey, at the time of writing, is in charge of the Kilindini Harbour Extension.
Land - A.H. Tompson leased 5335 acres at Uasin Gishu, passed to Mrs G. Tompson and R.H.T. Handcock
Land 1909 - R.H. Handcock - Grazing and agricultural, 5443 acres - Uasin Gishu - 24/11/05 - Leasehold for 99 years from 1/4/09 - Registered 16/12/09
Gazette - 28/4/15 - Probate & Admin. - Robert Harris Temple Handcock [sic] - died in England 11/12/13
North - Firearms registered at Mombasa on way to Nairobi 14-11-1905; Settlers Game Licence, Nairobi Oct-Dec 1905
Nairobi South cemetery - John Richard Handcock, died 30 Jul 1913 aged 8, son of R.J. Inscription: John Richard Handcock / died 30th July 1913 / aged 8 months and 12 days / son of Robert and Norah Handcock / of Karura, AND R.J. Handcock, died 30 Jul 1913, father of J.R. [the latter phrase is wrong - there is only one grave.]
Leader14 - R. Hancock - Nairobi
Foster - All Saints Cathedral - The marble font was presented by Mrs Spencer Cooper in memory of her first husband - Robert Harris Temple Handcock of Karuru near Nairobi and their son John Richard Handcock who had died in 1913. The font was made in England and on the way out the inscription plate was smashed. The insurance made good the damage and the font was dedicated by Bishop Heywood on 9 March 1919.
Red Book 1912 - N.H.T. Handcock - Uasin Gishu
Gazette - 16-12-1914 - Probate and Administration - Robert Harris Temple Handcock late of Nairobi, Merchant deceased who died at Exmouth on 11th December 1913 - applied for by Alan Hawtin Tompson of Nairobi, Merchant.
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